Burgess Meredith: movies and TV shows
Burgess Meredith has 213 credits in the archive: 153 films and 60 TV series, from 1935 to 2020. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1935 – 2020 · busiest year: 1959 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 112 |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Henry Bemis (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 111 |
| 2006 | Rocky Balboa | Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 98 |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson | Film | 6.5 | 87 |
| 1995 | Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure | Old Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 87 |
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | Film | 8.3 | 87 |
| 1994 | Camp Nowhere | Fein | Film | 5.9 | 86 |
| 1994 | Across the Moon | Barney | Film | 4.0 | 86 |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson | Film | 6.7 | 85 |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | The Helicopter Man (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 85 |
| 1992 | The Chaplin Puzzle | Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 84 |
| 1992 | Mastergate | Wiley Slaughter | Film | 6.3 | 84 |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Winfield Scott (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 84 |
| 1992 | I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America | Guest | Film | — | 84 |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 83 |
| 1991 | Night of the Hunter | Birdy | Film | 5.9 | 83 |
| 1990 | Rocky V | Mickey Goldmill | Film | 5.8 | 82 |
| 1990 | State of Grace | Finn | Film | 7.0 | 82 |
| 1990 | Rocky Special: Burning Youth | Mickey Goldmill (archive footage) | Film | — | 82 |
| 1990 | Oddball Hall | Ingersol | Film | 9.0 | 82 |
| 1989 | The Wickedest Witch | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 81 |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night | Judge Cully | TV | 7.6 | 80 |
| 1988 | Full Moon in Blue Water | The General | Film | 6.1 | 80 |
| 1988 | Hot to Trot | Don's Dad | Film | 5.2 | 80 |
| 1988 | King Lear | Don Learo | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 1987 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Golobulus (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 79 |
| 1987 | Mr. Corbett's Ghost | Mad Tom | Film | 6.3 | 79 |
| 1986 | Outrage! | Judge Aaron Klein | Film | 5.3 | 78 |
| 1986 | The Blinkins: The Magic Flower | Film | — | 78 | |
| 1986 | The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard | Mr. Ben the Owl | Film | 5.7 | 78 |
| 1985 | Santa Claus: The Movie | Ancient Elf | Film | 6.3 | 77 |
| 1985 | Answers | Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent") | Film | — | 77 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 77 |
| 1985 | Broken Rainbow | Historical Voice (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 77 |
| 1985 | Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie | Self | Film | 5.4 | 77 |
| 1984 | Wet Gold | Sampson | Film | 5.8 | 76 |
| 1984 | Thumbelina | Mr. Mole | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Mr. Mole | TV | 8.1 | 74 |
| 1982 | Rocky III | Mickey Goldmill | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 1982 | Gloria | Dr. Willard Adams | TV | 5.7 | 74 |
| 1982 | Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody | Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 74 |
| 1981 | Clash of the Titans | Ammon | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 1981 | True Confessions | Msgr. Seamus Fargo | Film | 6.1 | 73 |
| 1981 | Mr. Griffin and Me | Kenneth Griffin | Film | — | 73 |
| 1981 | The Last Chase | Captain J.G. Williams | Film | 3.9 | 73 |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Rene Valdez | Film | 5.4 | 72 |
| 1980 | Final Assignment | Zak | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 1979 | Rocky II | Mickey Goldmill | Film | 7.3 | 71 |
| 1979 | UFOs: It Has Begun | Film | 7.4 | 71 | |
| 1979 | Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies | Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1978 | The Manitou | Dr. Snow | Film | 5.4 | 70 |
| 1978 | Foul Play | Mr. Hennessey | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1978 | Magic | Ben Greene | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1978 | The Amazing Captain Nemo | Prof. Waldo Cunningham | Film | 5.4 | 70 |
| 1978 | SST: Death Flight | Willy Basset | Film | 5.4 | 70 |
| 1978 | The Great Bank Hoax | Jack Stutz | Film | 5.0 | 70 |
| 1978 | Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid | William Blackstone | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1978 | Puff, the Magic Dragon | Puff (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1978 | The Living Sands of Namib | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Charles Chazen | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 1977 | Tail Gunner Joe | Joseph Welch | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 1977 | Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye | John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald | Film | 5.5 | 69 |
| 1977 | Golden Rendezvous | Van Heurden | Film | 5.5 | 69 |
| 1977 | The Last Hurrah | Cardinal Burke | Film | — | 69 |
| 1976 | Rocky | Mickey Goldmill | Film | 7.8 | 68 |
| 1976 | Burnt Offerings | Arnold Allardyce | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1976 | Circasia | Clown | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 1976 | Circasia | Film | 5.0 | 68 | |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | Emilio Pajetta | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1975 | The Day of the Locust | Harry Greener | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 1975 | The Master Gunfighter | Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.5 | 67 |
| 1975 | 92 in the Shade | Goldsboro | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 1975 | B. Must Die | Hector | Film | 4.5 | 67 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1974 | Korg: 70,000 B.C. | TV | 7.6 | 66 | |
| 1974 | Golden Needles | Winters | Film | 5.3 | 66 |
| 1974 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | The Dolphin | Film | 4.9 | 66 |
| 1974 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Film | 4.9 | 66 | |
| 1974 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Film | 4.9 | 66 | |
| 1973 | Old Faithful | Chief Ranger | Film | — | 65 |
| 1972 | Search | V.C.R. Cameron | TV | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1972 | Beware! The Blob | Old Hobo | Film | 4.6 | 64 |
| 1972 | The Man | Senator Watson | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1972 | Getting Away from It All | Capt. Frank Coffin | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 1972 | We the People | Narrator | Film | — | 64 |
| 1972 | A Fan's Notes | Mr. Blue | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1972 | The New Healers | Dr. Simmons | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 1972 | Probe | V.C.R. Cameron | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1971 | Such Good Friends | Kalman | Film | 5.1 | 63 |
| 1971 | Clay Pigeon | Freedom Lovelace | Film | 4.0 | 63 |
| 1971 | Lock, Stock and Barrel | Rev. Willie Pursle | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1971 | The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove | Henry Meade | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Charlie Finnegan | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Dr. William Fall (segment "The Little Black Bag") | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | The Missouri Kid | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1970 | The Bold Ones: The Senator | State Party Chairman Mallon | TV | 4.7 | 62 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Harrison Merriweather | TV | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | TV | 6.2 | 61 | |
| 1969 | Room 222 | TV | 6.1 | 61 | |
| 1969 | Mackenna's Gold | The Storekeeper | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1969 | The Father | Captain Ned | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1969 | The Reivers | Lucius / Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1969 | Hard Contract | Ramsey Williams | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1969 | Winter of the Witch | Narrator | Film | 7.7 | 61 |
| 1968 | Stay Away, Joe | Charlie Lightcloud | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1968 | Skidoo | The Warden | Film | 4.7 | 60 |
| 1968 | Dear Mr. Gable | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1967 | Ironside | TV | 6.9 | 59 | |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 59 | |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Theodore Booth | TV | 6.9 | 59 |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Judge Purcell | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1967 | Torture Garden | Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story) | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1966 | Batman | The Penguin | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1966 | The Monkees | TV | 6.5 | 58 | |
| 1966 | Batman | The Penguin | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Doc Scully | Film | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1966 | Madame X | Dan Sullivan | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1966 | The Crazy-Quilt | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Orkney Cadwallader | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1965 | Laredo | TV | 6.4 | 57 | |
| 1965 | Branded | TV | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 1965 | The Loner | TV | 6.3 | 57 | |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Commander Egan Powell | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Alex Hemming | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Dr. Michael Rink | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | John Peter Altgeld | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1964 | Fanfare for a Death Scene | Prof. George Bannerman | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | TV | 5.9 | 55 | |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Sidney Wilde | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Burton Reese | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Harold Harold | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Principal Martin Woodridge | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | Father Halley | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Tim Bradbury | TV | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | TV | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Herbert Gelman | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 53 | |
| 1961 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimir / Didi | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Owney Duggan | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Henry Bemis | TV | 8.5 | 51 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Smith | TV | 8.5 | 51 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Luther Dingle | TV | 8.5 | 51 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Romney Wordsworth | TV | 8.5 | 51 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Tom Gwynn | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Matthew Higgins | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Hannibal H. Plew | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Duncan Kleist | TV | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1958 | Sorcerers' Village | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1958 | The Kidnappers | Louis Halliburton | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1957 | Suspicion | Ramskill | TV | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1957 | Albert Schweitzer | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1957 | Joe Butterfly | Joe Butterfly | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Thomas A. Edison | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Velvet Pants | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | TV | 6.4 | 43 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sid Davis | TV | 8.8 | 43 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Cardinal Burke | TV | 8.8 | 43 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Stage Manager | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | David | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | TV | 7.3 | 42 | |
| 1950 | Works of Calder | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1950 | Works of Calder | Film | 10.0 | 42 | |
| 1949 | Lights Out | TV | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1949 | The Big Story | Narrator | TV | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1949 | The Big Story | Self - Narrator | TV | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Joseph Heurtin | Film | 5.2 | 41 |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Film | 5.2 | 41 | |
| 1949 | Jigsaw | Jack - Bartender (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1949 | Golden Arrow | Dick | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Gulley Jimson | TV | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 40 | |
| 1948 | Lamp Unto My Feet | Narrator (voice) | TV | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Oliver M. Pease | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Film | 5.7 | 40 | |
| 1948 | A Yank Comes Back | Self | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1948 | A Yank Comes Back | Film | 9.0 | 40 | |
| 1947 | Mine Own Executioner | Felix Milne | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Captain Mauger | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Film | 6.2 | 38 | |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Film | 6.2 | 38 | |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | James Madison | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1945 | A Walk in the Sun | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1945 | Story of G.I. Joe | Ernie Pyle | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1944 | A Salute to France | Joe - the American Soldier | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1944 | A Salute to France | Film | 10.0 | 36 | |
| 1944 | Our Country | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1944 | Hymn of the Nations | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1944 | Tunisian Victory | American soldier (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1944 | Attack! The Battle for New Britain | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1943 | A Welcome to Britain | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1943 | A Welcome to Britain | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1943 | A Welcome to Britain | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1943 | The Rear Gunner | Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1943 | The United States Service Bands | footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited) | Film | 4.5 | 35 |
| 1942 | Street of Chance | Frank Thompson | Film | 5.4 | 34 |
| 1941 | That Uncertain Feeling | Alexander Sebastian | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1941 | Second Chorus | Hank Taylor | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1941 | Tom, Dick and Harry | Harry | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1941 | The Forgotten Village | Narrator | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Steve Rockford | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1940 | San Francisco Docks | Johnny Barnes | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1939 | Of Mice and Men | George Milton | Film | 7.3 | 31 |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Quillary | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | The Lippencott | Film | 4.9 | 30 |
| 1937 | There Goes the Groom | Derek "Dick" Matthews | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1936 | Winterset | Mio Romagna | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | The Scoundrel | Flop House Bum | Film | 6.3 | 27 |