Burgess Meredith

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Nov 16 (died age 89) Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1935–2020 (85 year career)

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Biography

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.

Known For

Film

Rocky

Mickey Goldmill

Film

Rocky II

Mickey Goldmill

Film

Rocky III

Mickey Goldmill

Film

Rocky Balboa

Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

Film

Rocky V

Mickey Goldmill

Film

Clash of the Titans

Ammon

Film

Batman

The Penguin

Film

Grumpy Old Men

Grandpa Gustafson

Filmography

Acting (190)

Movies (142)

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019

as Henry Bemis (archive footage)

10.0

Rocky Balboa

2006

as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

6.9

Grumpier Old Men

1995

as Grandpa Gustafson

6.5

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

1995

as Old Man (uncredited)

6.2

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

as Self

Camp Nowhere

as Fein

Across the Moon

as Barney

Grumpy Old Men

as Grandpa Gustafson

La Classe américaine

as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

7.6

The Chaplin Puzzle

1992

as Narrator (voice)

Mastergate

1992

as Wiley Slaughter

2.0

Lincoln

1992

as Winfield Scott (voice)

6.8

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America

1992

as Guest

Night of the Hunter

1991

as Birdy

5.7

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Narrator (voice)

Rocky V

as Mickey Goldmill

State of Grace

as Finn

Oddball Hall

as Ingersol

Rocky Special: Burning Youth

1990

as Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)

The Wickedest Witch

as Narrator (voice)

Hot to Trot

as Don's Dad

Full Moon in Blue Water

as The General

King Lear

as Don Learo

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

G.I. Joe: The Movie

as Golobulus (voice)

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

as Mad Tom

Outrage!

as Judge Aaron Klein

The Blinkins: The Magic Flower

1986

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

1986

as Mr. Ben the Owl

5.3

Answers

1985

as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")

Santa Claus: The Movie

1985

as Ancient Elf

6.3

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

1985

as Self

5.0

Broken Rainbow

1985

as Historical Voice (voice)

Thumbelina

as Mr. Mole

Wet Gold

as Sampson

Rocky III

as Mickey Goldmill

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody

1982

as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

Clash of the Titans

as Ammon

The Last Chase

as Captain J.G. Williams

3.6

True Confessions

1981

as Msgr. Seamus Fargo

6.1

Mr. Griffin and Me

1981

as Kenneth Griffin

When Time Ran Out...

as Rene Valdez

Final Assignment

as Zak

Rocky II

as Mickey Goldmill

UFOs: It Has Begun

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies

1979

as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

6.8

The Amazing Captain Nemo

1978

as Prof. Waldo Cunningham

5.3

The Living Sands of Namib

1978

as Narrator (voice)

Foul Play

as Mr. Hennessey

The Manitou

as Dr. Snow

Magic

as Ben Greene

The Great Bank Hoax

as Jack Stutz

SST: Death Flight

as Willy Basset

Puff, the Magic Dragon

1978

as Puff (voice)

6.8

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

1978

as William Blackstone

The Sentinel

as Charles Chazen

The Last Hurrah

as Cardinal Burke

Tail Gunner Joe

as Joseph Welch

Golden Rendezvous

as Van Heurden

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

1977

as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

Rocky

as Mickey Goldmill

Circasia

as Clown

Burnt Offerings

as Arnold Allardyce

The Day of the Locust

1975

as Harry Greener

6.4

The Master Gunfighter

as Narrator (voice)

92 in the Shade

as Goldsboro

The Hindenburg

as Emilio Pajetta

B. Must Die

as Hector

Golden Needles

as Winters

Old Faithful

as Chief Ranger

Beware! The Blob

as Old Hobo

A Fan's Notes

as Mr. Blue

The New Healers

as Dr. Simmons

The Man

as Senator Watson

Probe

as V.C.R. Cameron

Getting Away from It All

1972

as Capt. Frank Coffin

We the People

1972

as Narrator

Clay Pigeon

as Freedom Lovelace

Such Good Friends

as Kalman

Lock, Stock and Barrel

1971

as Rev. Willie Pursle

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove

1971

as Henry Meade

6.0

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

as The Missouri Kid

6.8

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

as The Dolphin

Mackenna's Gold

as The Storekeeper

The Reivers

as Lucius / Narrator (voice)

Hard Contract

as Ramsey Williams

Winter of the Witch

as Narrator

The Father

as Captain Ned

Skidoo

1968

as The Warden

4.7

Stay Away, Joe

1968

as Charlie Lightcloud

5.3

Dear Mr. Gable

1968

as Narrator

Hurry Sundown

1967

as Judge Purcell

6.4

Torture Garden

1967

as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

Batman

as The Penguin

Madame X

as Dan Sullivan

The Crazy-Quilt

as Narrator (voice)

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966

as Doc Scully

7.1

In Harm's Way

1965

as Commander Egan Powell

6.6

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964

as Prof. George Bannerman

The Cardinal

as Father Halley

Advise & Consent

as Herbert Gelman

Waiting for Godot

as Vladimir / Didi

Sorcerers' Village

as Narrator

The Kidnappers

1958

as Louis Halliburton

Albert Schweitzer

as Narrator (voice)

Joe Butterfly

as Joe Butterfly

Works of Calder

as Narrator

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949

as Joseph Heurtin

5.1

Jigsaw

1949

as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

4.8

Golden Arrow

1949

as Dick

On Our Merry Way

1948

as Oliver M. Pease

5.6

A Yank Comes Back

1948

as Self

Mine Own Executioner

1947

as Felix Milne

7.0

The Diary of a Chambermaid

as Captain Mauger

Magnificent Doll

as James Madison

A Walk in the Sun

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Story of G.I. Joe

as Ernie Pyle

Hymn of the Nations

as Narrator (voice)

A Salute to France

as Joe - the American Soldier

Tunisian Victory

1944

as American soldier (voice)

6.2

Our Country

1944

as Self

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

1944

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

The Rear Gunner

1943

as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

5.8

A Welcome to Britain

1943

as Self (uncredited)

7.0

The United States Service Bands

1943

as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

Street of Chance

as Frank Thompson

Second Chorus

as Hank Taylor

That Uncertain Feeling

1941

as Alexander Sebastian

6.6

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941

as Harry

5.9

The Forgotten Village

as Narrator

San Francisco Docks

as Johnny Barnes

Castle on the Hudson

as Steve Rockford

Idiot's Delight

as Quillary

Of Mice and Men

as George Milton

Spring Madness

as The Lippencott

There Goes the Groom

as Derek "Dick" Matthews

Winterset

as Mio Romagna

The Scoundrel

as Flop House Bum

Time Enough at Last

as Henry Bemis

Third Eye

Television (48)

In the Heat of the Night

as Judge Cully

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Mr. Mole

Gloria

as Dr. Willard Adams

Dinah!

as Self

Korg: 70,000 B.C.

as V.C.R. Cameron

Night Gallery

as Charlie Finnegan

The Bold Ones: The Senator

1970

as State Party Chairman Mallon

Love, American Style

Room 222

Ironside

Mannix

The Invaders

as Theodore Booth

Batman

as The Penguin

The Monkees

The Wild Wild West

as Orkney Cadwallader

Laredo

Branded

The Loner

Daniel Boone

as Alex Hemming

12 O'Clock High

as Dr. Michael Rink

Profiles in Courage

as John Peter Altgeld

5.0

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Burke's Law

as Sidney Wilde

Mr. Novak

as Principal Martin Woodridge

The Virginian

as Tim Bradbury

Sam Benedict

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Ben Casey

Bonanza

as Owney Duggan

The Twilight Zone

as Henry Bemis

Rawhide

as Tom Gwynn

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

Naked City

as Duncan Kleist

Suspicion

as Ramskill

Tony Awards

as Self - Special Award Recipient

5.9

General Electric Theater

as Thomas A. Edison

Tales of Tomorrow

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Sid Davis

8.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

as Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Your Show of Shows

Lux Video Theatre

as David

Lights Out

The Big Story

as Narrator

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

as Gulley Jimson

Lamp Unto My Feet

as Narrator (voice)

Crew (14)

Movies (14)

Circasia

1976

Producer

5.0

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

1970

Director

4.2

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

1970

Screenplay

4.2

Works of Calder

1950

Producer

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

Director

On Our Merry Way

Producer

A Yank Comes Back

Writer

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946

Producer

6.2

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946

Screenplay

6.2

A Salute to France

1944

Screenplay

A Welcome to Britain

Director

A Welcome to Britain

Writer

Third Eye

Director

Third Eye

Writer