Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 16, 1907
Died
September 9, 1997
Age
89
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Popularity
1.6
Burgess Meredith
Acting
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.
Also known as
Oliver Burgess Meredith · بورگس مریدیت
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Known For
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV
7.5
Bonanza
1959 · TV
7.0
What's My Line?
1950 · TV
6.8
Ironside
1967 · TV
6.9
Mannix
1967 · TV
6.2
Love, American Style
1969 · TV
7.3
Batman
1966 · TV
6.5
The Virginian
1962 · TV
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · TV
5.4
Studio One
1948 · TV
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · TV
Filmography
2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.5
2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · Henry Bemis (archive footage)
10.0
2006
Rocky Balboa
Movie · Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
6.9
1995
Grumpier Old Men
Movie · Grandpa Gustafson
6.5
1995
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Movie · Old Man (uncredited)
6.2
1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Movie · Self
7.8
1994
Across the Moon
Movie · Barney
4.2
1994
Camp Nowhere
Movie · Fein
6.0
1993
La Classe américaine
Movie · The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
7.6
1993
Grumpy Old Men
Movie · Grandpa Gustafson
6.7
1992
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
Movie · Guest
0.0
1992
Lincoln
Movie · Winfield Scott (voice)
7.3
1992
Mastergate
Movie · Wiley Slaughter
6.3
1992
The Chaplin Puzzle
Movie · Narrator (voice)
10.0
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · Narrator (voice)
8.0
1991
Night of the Hunter
Movie · Birdy
5.8
1990
Rocky V
Movie · Mickey Goldmill
5.8
1990
State of Grace
Movie · Finn
6.9
1990
Oddball Hall
Movie · Ingersol
9.0
1989
The Wickedest Witch
Movie · Narrator (voice)
6.3
1988
Full Moon in Blue Water
Movie · The General
6.1
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie · Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6.0
1988
Hot to Trot
Movie · Don's Dad
5.2
1988
South of Reno
Movie
4.9