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