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