Burgess Meredith

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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

Rocky

Mickey Goldmill

Rocky II

Mickey Goldmill

Rocky III

Mickey Goldmill

Rocky Balboa

Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

Rocky V

Mickey Goldmill

Batman

The Penguin

The Twilight Zone

Henry Bemis

The Twilight Zone

Mr. Smith

Full Filmography

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

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