Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 16, 1907
Died
Sep 09, 1997
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Credits
190 titles
Burgess Meredith
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
Filmography
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Henry Bemis (archive footage)
Rocky Balboa
Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
Grumpier Old Men
Grandpa Gustafson
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Old Man (uncredited)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
Across the Moon
Barney
Camp Nowhere
Fein
La Classe américaine
The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
Grumpy Old Men
Grandpa Gustafson
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
Guest
Lincoln
Winfield Scott (voice)
Mastergate
Wiley Slaughter
The Chaplin Puzzle
Narrator (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Narrator (voice)
Night of the Hunter
Birdy
Rocky V
Mickey Goldmill
State of Grace
Finn
Oddball Hall
Ingersol
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)
The Wickedest Witch
Narrator (voice)
Full Moon in Blue Water
The General
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hot to Trot
Don's Dad
South of Reno
In the Heat of the Night
Judge Cully
King Lear
Don Learo
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Mad Tom
G.I. Joe: The Movie
Golobulus (voice)
Outrage!
Judge Aaron Klein
The Blinkins: The Magic Flower
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Mr. Ben the Owl
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Self
Santa Claus: The Movie
Ancient Elf
Broken Rainbow
Historical Voice (voice)
Answers
Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Wet Gold
Sampson
Thumbelina
Mr. Mole
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Gloria
Dr. Willard Adams
Faerie Tale Theatre
Mr. Mole
Rocky III
Mickey Goldmill
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
True Confessions
Msgr. Seamus Fargo
Clash of the Titans
Ammon
The Last Chase
Captain J.G. Williams
Mr. Griffin and Me
Kenneth Griffin
Final Assignment
Zak
When Time Ran Out...
Rene Valdez