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