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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 16, 1907
Died
September 9, 1997
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Oliver Burgess Meredith
- بورگس مریدیت
Burgess Meredith
1.3 Popularity
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
7.6
Self (archive footage)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
10.0
Henry Bemis (archive footage)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
6.9
Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
Rocky Balboa
2006
6.5
Grandpa Gustafson
Grumpier Old Men
1995
6.2
Old Man (uncredited)
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
8.0
Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
3.5
Barney
Across the Moon
1994
5.9
Fein
Camp Nowhere
1994
7.6
The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993
6.7
Grandpa Gustafson
Grumpy Old Men
1993
Credits
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.6
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Henry Bemis (archive footage)
2019
10.0
Rocky Balboa
as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
2006
6.9
Grumpier Old Men
as Grandpa Gustafson
1995
6.5
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
as Old Man (uncredited)
1995
6.2
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
1995
8.0
Across the Moon
as Barney
1994
3.5
Camp Nowhere
as Fein
1994
5.9
La Classe américaine
as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
1993
7.6
Grumpy Old Men
as Grandpa Gustafson
1993
6.7
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
as Guest
1992
0.0
🎬
Lincoln
as Winfield Scott (voice)
1992
6.8
Mastergate
as Wiley Slaughter
1992
2.0
The Chaplin Puzzle
as Narrator (voice)
1992
0.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Narrator (voice)
1991
7.7
Night of the Hunter
as Birdy
1991
5.7
Rocky V
as Mickey Goldmill
1990
5.8
State of Grace
as Finn
1990
6.9
Oddball Hall
as Ingersol
1990
0.0
The Wickedest Witch
as Narrator (voice)
1989
5.0
Full Moon in Blue Water
as The General
1988
6.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1988
5.9
Hot to Trot
as Don's Dad
1988
5.2
In the Heat of the Night
as Judge Cully
1988
7.5
King Lear
as Don Learo
1988
6.4
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
as Mad Tom
1987
5.0
G.I. Joe: The Movie
as Golobulus (voice)
1987
6.5
Outrage!
as Judge Aaron Klein
1986
5.0
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
as Mr. Ben the Owl
1986
5.3
🎬
The Blinkins: The Magic Flower
1986
0.0
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
as Self
1985
5.0
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Ancient Elf
1985
6.3
Broken Rainbow
as Historical Voice (voice)
1985
5.7
Answers
as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
1985
0.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Wet Gold
as Sampson
1984
4.5
Thumbelina
as Mr. Mole
1984
6.0
Gloria
as Dr. Willard Adams
1982
5.0
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Mr. Mole
1982
8.1
Rocky III
as Mickey Goldmill
1982
6.9
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
1982
6.8
True Confessions
as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
1981
6.1
Clash of the Titans
as Ammon
1981
6.9
The Last Chase
as Captain J.G. Williams
1981
3.6
Mr. Griffin and Me
as Kenneth Griffin
1981
0.0
Final Assignment
as Zak
1980
4.0
When Time Ran Out...
as Rene Valdez
1980
5.4
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
1979
6.8
Rocky II
as Mickey Goldmill
1979
7.3
🎬
UFOs: It Has Begun
1979
7.0
Magic
as Ben Greene
1978
6.8
The Great Bank Hoax
as Jack Stutz
1978
4.4
Puff, the Magic Dragon
as Puff (voice)
1978
6.8
Foul Play
as Mr. Hennessey
1978
6.3
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as William Blackstone
1978
5.0
The Amazing Captain Nemo
as Prof. Waldo Cunningham
1978
5.3
The Manitou
as Dr. Snow
1978
5.4
SST: Death Flight
as Willy Basset
1978
5.8
The Living Sands of Namib
as Narrator (voice)
1978
0.0
Golden Rendezvous
as Van Heurden
1977
4.9
The Last Hurrah
as Cardinal Burke
1977
0.0
Tail Gunner Joe
as Joseph Welch
1977
6.0
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
1977
2.0
The Sentinel
as Charles Chazen
1977
6.1
Rocky
as Mickey Goldmill
1976
7.8
Burnt Offerings
as Arnold Allardyce
1976
6.5
Circasia
as Clown
1976
5.0
The Hindenburg
as Emilio Pajetta
1975
6.3
The Master Gunfighter
as Narrator (voice)
1975
4.5
92 in the Shade
as Goldsboro
1975
5.5
B. Must Die
as Hector
1975
4.0
The Day of the Locust
as Harry Greener
1975
6.4
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
1974
7.0
Golden Needles
as Winters
1974
4.7
Old Faithful
as Chief Ranger
1973
0.0
Search
as V.C.R. Cameron
1972
6.9
The Man
as Senator Watson
1972
6.3
A Fan's Notes
as Mr. Blue
1972
5.5
Beware! The Blob
as Old Hobo
1972
4.6
The New Healers
as Dr. Simmons
1972
0.0
Probe
as V.C.R. Cameron
1972
5.5
Getting Away from It All
as Capt. Frank Coffin
1972
0.0
🎬
We the People
as Narrator
1972
0.0
Such Good Friends
as Kalman
1971
4.8
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
as Henry Meade
1971
6.0
Lock, Stock and Barrel
as Rev. Willie Pursle
1971
0.0
Clay Pigeon
as Freedom Lovelace
1971
3.2
Night Gallery
as Charlie Finnegan
1970
7.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
as The Missouri Kid
1970
6.8
The Bold Ones: The Senator
as State Party Chairman Mallon
1970
3.0
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as The Dolphin
1970
4.2
The Reivers
as Lucius / Narrator (voice)
1969
6.3
Winter of the Witch
as Narrator
1969
8.0
Love, American Style
as Harrison Merriweather
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Room 222
1969
6.0
Hard Contract
as Ramsey Williams
1969
4.7
🎬
The Father
as Captain Ned
1969
0.0
Mackenna's Gold
as The Storekeeper
1969
6.6
Skidoo
as The Warden
1968
4.7
Stay Away, Joe
as Charlie Lightcloud
1968
5.3
Dear Mr. Gable
as Narrator
1968
0.0
Torture Garden
as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
1967
6.1
Mannix
1967
6.7
Ironside
1967
6.8
Hurry Sundown
as Judge Purcell
1967
6.4
The Invaders
as Theodore Booth
1967
6.8
The Crazy-Quilt
as Narrator (voice)
1966
4.6
The Monkees
1966
6.5
Batman
as The Penguin
1966
6.4
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Doc Scully
1966
7.1
Madame X
as Dan Sullivan
1966
6.4
Batman
as The Penguin
1966
7.3
The Loner
1965
5.7
The Wild Wild West
as Orkney Cadwallader
1965
7.6
Laredo
1965
6.3
In Harm's Way
as Commander Egan Powell
1965
6.6
Branded
1965
6.6
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as John Peter Altgeld
1964
5.0
Daniel Boone
as Alex Hemming
1964
7.0
12 O'Clock High
as Dr. Michael Rink
1964
7.2
Fanfare for a Death Scene
as Prof. George Bannerman
1964
6.0
The Cardinal
as Father Halley
1963
6.6
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
Mr. Novak
as Principal Martin Woodridge
1963
6.5
Burke's Law
as Sidney Wilde
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Burton Reese
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Harold Harold
1963
6.0
The Virginian
as Tim Bradbury
1962
6.4
Sam Benedict
1962
6.0
Advise & Consent
as Herbert Gelman
1962
7.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Waiting for Godot
as Vladimir / Didi
1961
6.0
The Twilight Zone
as Henry Bemis
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Smith
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
as Luther Dingle
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
as Romney Wordsworth
1959
8.5
Bonanza
as Owney Duggan
1959
7.5
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
Rawhide
as Tom Gwynn
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Matthew Higgins
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Hannibal H. Plew
1959
7.2
Naked City
as Duncan Kleist
1958
5.5
Sorcerers' Village
as Narrator
1958
0.0
🎬
The Kidnappers
as Louis Halliburton
1958
0.0
Albert Schweitzer
as Narrator (voice)
1957
6.1
Suspicion
as Ramskill
1957
5.9
Joe Butterfly
as Joe Butterfly
1957
5.8
Tony Awards
as Self - Special Award Recipient
1956
5.9
General Electric Theater
as Thomas A. Edison
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Velvet Pants
1953
6.4
Mr. Lincoln
as Avon Horsley Jr.
1952
0.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sid Davis
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cardinal Burke
1951
8.6
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
Works of Calder
as Narrator
1950
0.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as David
1950
6.3
Your Show of Shows
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo
1950
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Stage Manager
1950
5.6
Golden Arrow
as Dick
1949
0.0
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Joseph Heurtin
1949
5.1
The Big Story
as Narrator
1949
6.7
The Big Story
as Self - Narrator
1949
6.7
Lights Out
1949
5.8
Jigsaw
as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
1949
4.8
🎬
Lamp Unto My Feet
as Narrator (voice)
1948
0.0
Studio One
as Gulley Jimson
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
On Our Merry Way
as Oliver M. Pease
1948
5.6
A Yank Comes Back
as Self
1948
0.0
Mine Own Executioner
as Felix Milne
1947
7.0
Magnificent Doll
as James Madison
1946
5.9
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Captain Mauger
1946
6.2
A Walk in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1945
5.8
Story of G.I. Joe
as Ernie Pyle
1945
6.4
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
as Narrator (voice)
1944
6.0
Tunisian Victory
as American soldier (voice)
1944
6.2
Hymn of the Nations
as Narrator (voice)
1944
4.9
🎬
Our Country
as Self
1944
0.0
A Salute to France
as Joe - the American Soldier
1944
0.0
The Rear Gunner
as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
1943
5.8
A Welcome to Britain
as Self (uncredited)
1943
7.0
The United States Service Bands
as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)
1943
2.0
Street of Chance
as Frank Thompson
1942
5.3
Tom, Dick and Harry
as Harry
1941
5.7
That Uncertain Feeling
as Alexander Sebastian
1941
6.6
🎬
The Forgotten Village
as Narrator
1941
5.2
Second Chorus
as Hank Taylor
1941
5.8
San Francisco Docks
as Johnny Barnes
1940
6.0
Castle on the Hudson
as Steve Rockford
1940
6.8
Of Mice and Men
as George Milton
1939
7.3
Idiot's Delight
as Quillary
1939
6.1
Spring Madness
as The Lippencott
1938
3.9
There Goes the Groom
as Derek "Dick" Matthews
1937
5.3
Winterset
as Mio Romagna
1936
5.7
The Scoundrel
as Flop House Bum
1935
6.2
🎬
Third Eye
N/A
0.0
Time Enough at Last
as Henry Bemis
N/A
0.0