Burgess Meredith
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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
Credits
Rocky (1976)
as Mickey Goldmill
Rocky III (1982)
as Mickey Goldmill
Rocky Balboa (2006)
as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
Rocky II (1979)
as Mickey Goldmill
Clash of the Titans (1981)
as Ammon
Rocky V (1990)
as Mickey Goldmill
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
as Grandpa Gustafson
Batman (1966)
as The Penguin
Foul Play (1978)
as Mr. Hennessey
In Harm's Way (1965)
as Commander Egan Powell
Lincoln (1992)
as Winfield Scott (voice)
The Sentinel (1977)
as Charles Chazen
State of Grace (1990)
as Finn
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
as The Storekeeper
The Cardinal (1963)
as Father Halley
Camp Nowhere (1994)
as Fein
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
as Grandpa Gustafson
The Reivers (1969)
as Lucius / Narrator (voice)
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
as Captain Mauger
King Lear (1988)
as Don Learo
Burnt Offerings (1976)
as Arnold Allardyce
Madame X (1966)
as Dan Sullivan
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Emilio Pajetta
Hurry Sundown (1967)
as Judge Purcell
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
as Doc Scully
True Confessions (1981)
as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
Magic (1978)
as Ben Greene
Hot to Trot (1988)
as Don's Dad
G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
as Golobulus (voice)
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
as Ancient Elf
Magnificent Doll (1946)
as James Madison
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
as Rene Valdez
The Manitou (1978)
as Dr. Snow
The Day of the Locust (1975)
as Harry Greener
Advise & Consent (1962)
as Herbert Gelman
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine (1993)
as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)
as Old Man (uncredited)
The Man (1972)
as Senator Watson
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Torture Garden (1967)
as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
The Last Chase (1981)
as Captain J.G. Williams
Mastergate (1992)
as Wiley Slaughter
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
as George Milton
Beware! The Blob (1972)
as Old Hobo
Skidoo (1968)
as The Warden
Wet Gold (1984)
as Sampson
Albert Schweitzer (1957)
as Narrator (voice)
On Our Merry Way (1948)
as Oliver M. Pease
Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
as Ernie Pyle
Across the Moon (1994)
as Barney
Clay Pigeon (1971)
as Freedom Lovelace
Hard Contract (1969)
as Ramsey Williams
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
as The Missouri Kid
Golden Rendezvous (1977)
as Van Heurden
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Quillary
Puff, the Magic Dragon (1978)
as Puff (voice)
SST: Death Flight (1978)
as Willy Basset
Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
as The General
Jigsaw (1949)
as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
as Self
Mr. Corbett's Ghost (1987)
as Mad Tom
The Scoundrel (1935)
as Flop House Bum
Such Good Friends (1971)
as Kalman
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
as Alexander Sebastian
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
as Charlie Lightcloud
Second Chorus (1941)
as Hank Taylor
Rocky Special: Burning Youth (1990)
as Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Father (1969)
as Captain Ned
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
as Henry Bemis (archive footage)
Golden Needles (1974)
as Winters
Winterset (1936)
as Mio Romagna
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
as Joseph Welch
Castle on the Hudson (1940)
as Steve Rockford
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
as Harry
The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978)
as Prof. Waldo Cunningham
Joe Butterfly (1957)
as Joe Butterfly
B. Must Die (1975)
as Hector
92 in the Shade (1975)
as Goldsboro
Probe (1972)
as V.C.R. Cameron
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)
as Mr. Ben the Owl
Spring Madness (1938)
as The Lippencott
A Salute to France (1944)
as Joe - the American Soldier
The Rear Gunner (1943)
as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971)
as Rev. Willie Pursle
Night of the Hunter (1991)
as Birdy
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
as Joseph Heurtin
Final Assignment (1980)
as Zak
Outrage! (1986)
as Judge Aaron Klein
Old Faithful (1973)
as Chief Ranger
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
Broken Rainbow (1985)
as Historical Voice (voice)
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977)
as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
The Great Bank Hoax (1978)
as Jack Stutz
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie (1985)
as Self
Golden Arrow (1949)
as Dick
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1974)
as The Dolphin
There Goes the Groom (1937)
as Derek "Dick" Matthews
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America (1992)
as Guest
The New Healers (1972)
as Dr. Simmons
Our Country (1944)
as Self
A Fan's Notes (1972)
as Mr. Blue
Dear Mr. Gable (1968)
as Narrator
Thumbelina (1984)
as Mr. Mole
Fanfare for a Death Scene (1964)
as Prof. George Bannerman
The Last Hurrah (1977)
as Cardinal Burke
Oddball Hall (1990)
as Ingersol
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies (1979)
as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
Street of Chance (1942)
as Frank Thompson
Getting Away from It All (1972)
as Capt. Frank Coffin
San Francisco Docks (1940)
as Johnny Barnes
UFOs: It Has Begun (1979)
Actor
Tunisian Victory (1944)
as American soldier (voice)
The United States Service Bands (1943)
as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)
Hymn of the Nations (1944)
as Narrator (voice)
A Yank Comes Back (1948)
as Self
Mine Own Executioner (1947)
as Felix Milne
A Welcome to Britain (1943)
as Self (uncredited)
Answers (1985)
as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
The Crazy-Quilt (1966)
as Narrator (voice)
Attack! The Battle for New Britain (1944)
as Narrator (voice)
Circasia (1976)
as Clown
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody (1982)
as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1971)
as Henry Meade
The Kidnappers (1958)
as Louis Halliburton
The Wickedest Witch (1989)
as Narrator (voice)
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978)
as William Blackstone
The Chaplin Puzzle (1992)
as Narrator (voice)
Mr. Griffin and Me (1981)
as Kenneth Griffin
Winter of the Witch (1969)
as Narrator
We the People (1972)
as Narrator
Waiting for Godot (1961)
as Vladimir / Didi
Works of Calder (1950)
as Narrator
The Living Sands of Namib (1978)
as Narrator (voice)
Sorcerers' Village (1958)
as Narrator
The Blinkins: The Magic Flower (1986)
Actor
The Forgotten Village (1941)
as Narrator