Burgess Meredith

Known for: Acting

Born: 1907-11-16 – 1997-09-09 (aged 89)

From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American movie, television, stage, radio, voice actor, and director. He was known for his roles as The Penguin in the 1960s TV version of Batman, as Mickey Goldmill in Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III, and as Grandpa Gustafson in Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. He won two Saturn Awards (in 1978 and in 1981), Tony Awards, and many Emmy Awards.

Filmography (188)

MOVIE★ 7.5
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Henry Bemis (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Rocky Balboa
2006
as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Grumpier Old Men
1995
as Grandpa Gustafson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
as Old Man (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.3
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
Across the Moon
1994
as Barney
MOVIE★ 5.9
Camp Nowhere
1994
as Fein
MOVIE★ 7.6
La Classe américaine
1993
as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Grumpy Old Men
1993
as Grandpa Gustafson
MOVIE
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
1992
as Guest
MOVIE★ 7.3
Lincoln
1992
as Winfield Scott (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Mastergate
1992
as Wiley Slaughter
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Night of the Hunter
1991
as Birdy
MOVIE★ 5.8
Rocky V
1990
as Mickey Goldmill
MOVIE★ 7.0
State of Grace
1990
as Finn
MOVIE★ 9.0
Oddball Hall
1990
as Ingersol
MOVIE
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
1990
as Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Wickedest Witch
1989
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
as The General
MOVIE★ 6.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Hot to Trot
1988
as Don's Dad
TV★ 7.6
In the Heat of the Night
1988
as Judge Cully
MOVIE★ 6.5
King Lear
1988
as Don Learo
MOVIE★ 6.3
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
as Mad Tom
MOVIE★ 6.6
G.I. Joe: The Movie
1987
as Golobulus (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Outrage!
1986
as Judge Aaron Klein
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
1986
as Mr. Ben the Owl
MOVIE
The Blinkins: The Magic Flower
1986
MOVIE★ 5.4
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Santa Claus: The Movie
1985
as Ancient Elf
MOVIE★ 5.8
Broken Rainbow
1985
as Historical Voice (voice)
MOVIE
Answers
1985
as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
MOVIE★ 6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Wet Gold
1984
as Sampson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Thumbelina
1984
as Mr. Mole
MOVIE★ 6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TV★ 5.7
Gloria
1982
as Dr. Willard Adams
TV★ 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Mr. Mole
MOVIE★ 6.9
Rocky III
1982
as Mickey Goldmill
MOVIE★ 6.8
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
1982
as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
True Confessions
1981
as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
MOVIE★ 6.9
Clash of the Titans
1981
as Ammon
MOVIE★ 3.9
The Last Chase
1981
as Captain J.G. Williams
MOVIE
Mr. Griffin and Me
1981
as Kenneth Griffin
MOVIE★ 5.5
Final Assignment
1980
as Zak
MOVIE★ 5.4
When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Rene Valdez
MOVIE★ 6.8
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
1979
as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Rocky II
1979
as Mickey Goldmill
MOVIE★ 7.4
UFOs: It Has Begun
1979
MOVIE★ 6.8
Magic
1978
as Ben Greene
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Great Bank Hoax
1978
as Jack Stutz
MOVIE★ 7.0
Puff, the Magic Dragon
1978
as Puff (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Foul Play
1978
as Mr. Hennessey
MOVIE★ 7.0
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as William Blackstone
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Amazing Captain Nemo
1978
as Prof. Waldo Cunningham
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Manitou
1978
as Dr. Snow
MOVIE★ 5.4
SST: Death Flight
1978
as Willy Basset
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Living Sands of Namib
1978
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Golden Rendezvous
1977
as Van Heurden
MOVIE
The Last Hurrah
1977
as Cardinal Burke
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
as Joseph Welch
MOVIE★ 5.5
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977
as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Sentinel
1977
as Charles Chazen
MOVIE★ 7.8
Rocky
1976
as Mickey Goldmill
MOVIE★ 6.5
Burnt Offerings
1976
as Arnold Allardyce
MOVIE★ 5.0
Circasia
1976
as Clown
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Hindenburg
1975
as Emilio Pajetta
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Master Gunfighter
1975
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
92 in the Shade
1975
as Goldsboro
MOVIE★ 4.5
B. Must Die
1975
as Hector
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Day of the Locust
1975
as Harry Greener
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1974
as The Dolphin
TV★ 7.0
Dinah!
1974
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
1974
MOVIE★ 5.3
Golden Needles
1974
as Winters
MOVIE
Old Faithful
1973
as Chief Ranger
TV★ 7.1
Search
1972
as V.C.R. Cameron
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Man
1972
as Senator Watson
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Fan's Notes
1972
as Mr. Blue
MOVIE★ 4.6
Beware! The Blob
1972
as Old Hobo
MOVIE★ 10.0
The New Healers
1972
as Dr. Simmons
MOVIE★ 5.8
Probe
1972
as V.C.R. Cameron
MOVIE★ 10.0
Getting Away from It All
1972
as Capt. Frank Coffin
MOVIE
We the People
1972
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.1
Such Good Friends
1971
as Kalman
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
1971
as Henry Meade
MOVIE★ 8.0
Lock, Stock and Barrel
1971
as Rev. Willie Pursle
MOVIE★ 4.0
Clay Pigeon
1971
as Freedom Lovelace
TV★ 7.8
Night Gallery
1970
as Charlie Finnegan
MOVIE★ 6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as The Missouri Kid
TV★ 4.7
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
as State Party Chairman Mallon
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Reivers
1969
as Lucius / Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Winter of the Witch
1969
as Narrator
TV★ 6.2
Love, American Style
1969
as Harrison Merriweather
TV★ 6.1
Room 222
1969
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hard Contract
1969
as Ramsey Williams
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Father
1969
as Captain Ned
MOVIE★ 6.6
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as The Storekeeper
MOVIE★ 4.7
Skidoo
1968
as The Warden
MOVIE★ 5.5
Stay Away, Joe
1968
as Charlie Lightcloud
MOVIE★ 10.0
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.2
Torture Garden
1967
as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
MOVIE★ 6.4
Hurry Sundown
1967
as Judge Purcell
TV★ 6.9
The Invaders
1967
as Theodore Booth
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Crazy-Quilt
1966
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.6
The Monkees
1966
MOVIE★ 6.4
Batman
1966
as The Penguin
MOVIE★ 7.1
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
as Doc Scully
MOVIE★ 6.4
Madame X
1966
as Dan Sullivan
TV★ 7.3
Batman
1966
as The Penguin
TV★ 6.3
The Loner
1965
TV★ 7.6
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Orkney Cadwallader
TV★ 6.4
Laredo
1965
MOVIE★ 6.6
In Harm's Way
1965
as Commander Egan Powell
TV★ 6.8
Branded
1965
TV★ 7.5
Profiles in Courage
1964
as John Peter Altgeld
TV★ 7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
as Alex Hemming
TV★ 7.2
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Dr. Michael Rink
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964
as Prof. George Bannerman
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Cardinal
1963
as Father Halley
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TV★ 7.3
Mr. Novak
1963
as Principal Martin Woodridge
TV★ 6.3
Burke's Law
1963
as Sidney Wilde
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Tim Bradbury
TV★ 6.7
Sam Benedict
1962
MOVIE★ 7.2
Advise & Consent
1962
as Herbert Gelman
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 5.9
Ben Casey
1961
MOVIE★ 6.0
Waiting for Godot
1961
as Vladimir / Didi
TV★ 8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Henry Bemis
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Owney Duggan
TV★ 8.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as Tom Gwynn
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Duncan Kleist
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sorcerers' Village
1958
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Kidnappers
1958
as Louis Halliburton
MOVIE★ 6.5
Albert Schweitzer
1957
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.2
Suspicion
1957
as Ramskill
MOVIE★ 6.5
Joe Butterfly
1957
as Joe Butterfly
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Thomas A. Edison
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sid Davis
TV★ 6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
MOVIE★ 10.0
Works of Calder
1950
as Narrator
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as David
TV★ 7.3
Your Show of Shows
1950
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo
MOVIE★ 7.0
Golden Arrow
1949
as Dick
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949
as Joseph Heurtin
TV★ 7.3
The Big Story
1949
as Narrator
TV★ 6.0
Lights Out
1949
MOVIE★ 5.0
Jigsaw
1949
as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
TV★ 9.0
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Gulley Jimson
TV★ 6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MOVIE★ 5.7
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Oliver M. Pease
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Yank Comes Back
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mine Own Executioner
1947
as Felix Milne
MOVIE★ 6.1
Magnificent Doll
1946
as James Madison
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
as Captain Mauger
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Walk in the Sun
1945
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Story of G.I. Joe
1945
as Ernie Pyle
MOVIE★ 7.0
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Tunisian Victory
1944
as American soldier (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Hymn of the Nations
1944
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Salute to France
1944
as Joe - the American Soldier
MOVIE
Our Country
1944
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Rear Gunner
1943
as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Welcome to Britain
1943
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.5
The United States Service Bands
1943
as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.4
Street of Chance
1942
as Frank Thompson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Harry
MOVIE★ 6.6
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Alexander Sebastian
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Forgotten Village
1941
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.8
Second Chorus
1941
as Hank Taylor
MOVIE★ 7.3
San Francisco Docks
1940
as Johnny Barnes
MOVIE★ 7.0
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Steve Rockford
MOVIE★ 7.3
Of Mice and Men
1939
as George Milton
MOVIE★ 6.1
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Quillary
MOVIE★ 4.9
Spring Madness
1938
as The Lippencott
MOVIE★ 6.3
There Goes the Groom
1937
as Derek "Dick" Matthews
MOVIE★ 6.0
Winterset
1936
as Mio Romagna
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Scoundrel
1935
as Flop House Bum