
Burgess Meredith
Actor
Born: November 16, 1907 (89 years old)
Died: September 9, 1997
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography (116)
- Rocky II (1979, ★ 7.3)
- Rocky (1976, ★ 7.8)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951, ★ 8.6)
- The Twilight Zone (1959, ★ 8.5)
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982, ★ 8.1)
- Rocky III (1982, ★ 6.9)
- State of Grace (1990, ★ 6.9)
- Clash of the Titans (1981, ★ 6.9)
- Night Gallery (1970, ★ 7.8)
- Grumpy Old Men (1993, ★ 6.7)
- Castle on the Hudson (1940, ★ 6.8)
- There Was a Crooked Man... (1970, ★ 6.8)
- Magic (1978, ★ 6.8)
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966, ★ 7.1)
- Advise & Consent (1962, ★ 7.2)
- Of Mice and Men (1939, ★ 7.3)
- Mine Own Executioner (1947, ★ 7)
- Rocky Balboa (2006, ★ 6.9)
- 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020, ★ 7.5)
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991, ★ 7.7)
- La Classe américaine (1993, ★ 7.6)
- Puff, the Magic Dragon (1978, ★ 6.8)
- Batman (1966, ★ 7.3)
- Mannix (1967, ★ 6.7)
- Ironside (1967, ★ 6.8)
- Rawhide (1959, ★ 7.2)
- Daniel Boone (1964, ★ 7)
- Search (1972, ★ 6.9)
- In the Heat of the Night (1988, ★ 7.5)
- Bonanza (1959, ★ 7.5)