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.
Filmography 188
Movies (141)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic2020Self (archive footage)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration2019Henry Bemis (archive footage)
Rocky Balboa2006Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
Grumpier Old Men1995Grandpa Gustafson
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure1995Old Man (uncredited)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick1995Self
Across the Moon1994Barney
Camp Nowhere1994Fein
La Classe américaine1993The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
Grumpy Old Men1993Grandpa Gustafson
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America1992Guest- Lincoln1992Winfield Scott (voice)
Mastergate1992Wiley Slaughter
The Chaplin Puzzle1992Narrator (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991Narrator (voice)
Night of the Hunter1991Birdy
Rocky V1990Mickey Goldmill
State of Grace1990Finn
Oddball Hall1990Ingersol
Rocky Special: Burning Youth1990Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)
The Wickedest Witch1989Narrator (voice)
Full Moon in Blue Water1988The General
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick1988Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hot to Trot1988Don's Dad
King Lear1988Don Learo
Mr. Corbett's Ghost1987Mad Tom
G.I. Joe: The Movie1987Golobulus (voice)
Outrage!1986Judge Aaron Klein- The Blinkins: The Magic Flower1986
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard1986Mr. Ben the Owl
Shows (47)
In the Heat of the Night1988Judge Cully
Gloria1982Dr. Willard Adams
Faerie Tale Theatre1982Mr. Mole
Dinah!1974Self
Korg: 70,000 B.C.1974
Search1972V.C.R. Cameron
Night Gallery1970Charlie Finnegan
The Bold Ones: The Senator1970State Party Chairman Mallon
Love, American Style1969Harrison Merriweather
Room 2221969
Mannix1967
Ironside1967
The Invaders1967Theodore Booth
The Monkees1966
Batman1966The Penguin
The Loner1965
The Wild Wild West1965Orkney Cadwallader
Laredo1965
Branded1965- Profiles in Courage1964John Peter Altgeld
Daniel Boone1964Alex Hemming
12 O'Clock High1964Dr. Michael Rink- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
Mr. Novak1963Principal Martin Woodridge
Burke's Law1963Sidney Wilde
The Virginian1962Tim Bradbury
Sam Benedict1962
The Mike Douglas Show1961Self
Ben Casey1961
The Twilight Zone1959Henry Bemis