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Burgess Meredith

Acting Born Nov 16, 1907 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Stage Manager
  • Bonanza (1959) as Owney Duggan
  • Ironside (1967)
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • The Virginian (1962) as Tim Bradbury
  • Mannix (1967)
  • Burke's Law (1963) as Sidney Wilde
  • Burke's Law (1963) as Burton Reese
  • Burke's Law (1963) as Harold Harold
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
  • Batman (1966) as The Penguin
  • Daniel Boone (1964) as Alex Hemming
  • The Wild Wild West (1965) as Orkney Cadwallader
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
  • Rawhide (1959) as Tom Gwynn
  • Rawhide (1959) as Matthew Higgins
  • Rawhide (1959) as Hannibal H. Plew
  • Lights Out (1949)
  • The Twilight Zone (1959) as Henry Bemis
  • The Twilight Zone (1959) as Mr. Smith
  • The Twilight Zone (1959) as Luther Dingle
  • The Twilight Zone (1959) as Romney Wordsworth
  • Love, American Style (1969) as Harrison Merriweather