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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-11-16 (117 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Burgess Meredith

Biography:

Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997), known professionally as Burgess Meredith, was an American actor in theatre, film, and television, who also worked as a director. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" who was "one of the most accomplished actors of the century." Meredith won several Emmys and was nominated for Academy Awards.

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Known For

Acting

2024

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020

2019

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Henry Bemis (archive footage)

2006

Rocky Balboa as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
The Opponents as Self (archive footage) / Mickey Goldmill
Tribute To Burgess Meredith as Self (archive footage)

1995

Grumpier Old Men as Grandpa Gustafson

1994

Camp Nowhere as Fein
Across the Moon as Barney

1993

Grumpy Old Men as Grandpa Gustafson
La Classe américaine as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

1992

The Chaplin Puzzle as Narrator (voice)
Lincoln as Winfield Scott (voice)
Mastergate as Wiley Slaughter

1991

1990

Rocky V as Mickey Goldmill
Oddball Hall as Ingersol

1989

The Wickedest Witch as Narrator (voice)

1988

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
King Lear as Don Learo
Hot to Trot as Don's Dad

1987

G.I. Joe: The Movie as Golobulus (voice)

1986

Outrage! as Judge Aaron Klein

1985

Santa Claus: The Movie as Ancient Elf
Answers as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
Broken Rainbow as Historical Voice (voice)

1984

Wet Gold as Sampson
Thumbelina as Mr. Mole

1982

Rocky III as Mickey Goldmill
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
Gloria as Dr. Willard Adams

1981

True Confessions as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
The Last Chase as Captain J.G. Williams
Mr. Griffin and Me as Kenneth Griffin

1980

When Time Ran Out... as Rene Valdez

1979

Rocky II as Mickey Goldmill

1978

The Amazing Captain Nemo as Prof. Waldo Cunningham
Magic as Ben Greene
The Manitou as Dr. Snow
Foul Play as Mr. Hennessey
The Great Bank Hoax as Jack Stutz
The Living Sands of Namib as Narrator (voice)
Puff, the Magic Dragon as Puff (voice)

1977

Golden Rendezvous as Van Heurden
The Sentinel as Charles Chazen
SST: Death Flight as Willy Basset
Tail Gunner Joe as Joseph Welch
The Last Hurrah as Cardinal Burke
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

1976

Rocky as Mickey Goldmill
Burnt Offerings as Arnold Allardyce
Circasia as Clown

1975

The Day of the Locust as Harry Greener
92 in the Shade as Goldsboro
The Hindenburg as Emilio Pajetta
B. Must Die as Hector
The Master Gunfighter as Narrator (voice)

1974

Golden Needles as Winters
Dinah! as Self

1973

Old Faithful as Himself

1972

Probe as V.C.R. Cameron
The Man as Senator Watson
We the People as Narrator
The New Healers as Dr. Simmons
Beware! The Blob as Old Hobo
Getting Away from It All as Capt. Frank Coffin
A Fan's Notes as Mr. Blue
Search as V.C.R. Cameron

1971

Clay Pigeon as Freedom Lovelace
Lock, Stock and Barrel as Rev. Willie Pursle

1970

There Was a Crooked Man... as The Missouri Kid
Night Gallery as Charlie Finnegan

1969

Hard Contract as Ramsey Williams
Mackenna's Gold as The Storekeeper
The Reivers as Lucius / Narrator (voice)
The Father as Captain Ned
Love, American Style as Harrison Merriweather

1968

Skidoo as The Warden
Stay Away, Joe as Charlie Lightcloud
Dear Mr. Gable as Narrator

1967

Torture Garden as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
Hurry Sundown as Judge Purcell
The Invaders as Theodore Booth

1966

Batman as The Penguin
Madame X as Dan Sullivan
The Crazy-Quilt as Narrator (voice)
Batman as The Penguin

1965

In Harm's Way as Commander Egan Powell

1964

Fanfare for a Death Scene as Prof. George Bannerman
Daniel Boone as Alex Hemming
Profiles in Courage as John Peter Altgeld
12 O'Clock High as Dr. Michael Rink

1963

The Cardinal as Father Halley
Burke's Law as Sidney Wilde
Mr. Novak as Principal Martin Woodridge
Burke's Law as Burton Reese
Burke's Law as Harold Harold

1962

Advise & Consent as Herbert Gelman

1961

Waiting for Godot as Vladimir / Didi

1959

The Twilight Zone as Henry Bemis
Rawhide as Tom Gwynn
The Twilight Zone as Luther Dingle
The Twilight Zone as Romney Wordsworth
The Twilight Zone as Mr. Smith
Rawhide as Matthew Higgins
Rawhide as Hannibal H. Plew
Bonanza as Owney Duggan

1958

Sorcerers' Village as Narrator
The Kidnappers as Louis Halliburton
Naked City as Duncan Kleist

1957

Albert Schweitzer as Narrator (voice)
Joe Butterfly as Joe Butterfly
Suspicion as Ramskill

1953

General Electric Theater as Thomas A. Edison
General Electric Theater as Velvet Pants

1952

Mr. Lincoln as Avon Horsley Jr.

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Cardinal Burke

1950

Works of Calder as Narrator
Robert Montgomery Presents as Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1949

Jigsaw as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower as Joseph Heurtin
Golden Arrow as Dick
The Big Story as Narrator

1948

On Our Merry Way as Oliver M. Pease
Studio One as Gulley Jimson
Lamp Unto My Feet as Narrator (voice)

1947

Mine Own Executioner as Felix Milne

1946

The Diary of a Chambermaid as Captain Mauger
Magnificent Doll as James Madison

1945

Story of G.I. Joe as Ernie Pyle

1944

Tunisian Victory as American soldier (voice)
A Salute to France as Joe - the American Soldier
Our Country as Himself
Hymn of the Nations as Narrator(voice)

1943

The Rear Gunner as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
A Welcome to Britain as Self (uncredited)
The United States Service Bands as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

1942

Street of Chance as Frank Thompson

1941

That Uncertain Feeling as Alexander Sebastian
Second Chorus as Hank Taylor

1940

Castle on the Hudson as Steve Rockford
San Francisco Docks as Johnny Barnes

1939

Idiot's Delight as Quillary
Of Mice and Men as George

1938

Spring Madness as The Lippencott

1937

There Goes the Groom as Derek "Dick" Matthews

1936

Winterset as Mio Romagna

1935

The Scoundrel as Flop House Bum

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Writing

1948

1946

1944

A Salute to France as Screenplay

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Third Eye as Writer

Directing

1943

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Third Eye as Director

Production

1976

Circasia as Producer

1950

Works of Calder as Producer

1948

On Our Merry Way as Producer