Acting credits
176
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Burgess Meredith
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 133Series: 43Crew credits: 9
TMDB ID: 16523
IMDb ID: nm0580565
Known for: Acting
Born: November 16, 1907
Died: September 9, 1997
Age: 89
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1935 - 2020
Years active: 86
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q343633
Also known as
Oliver Burgess Meredith • بورگس مریدیت
Other jobs
Director (3)Producer (3)Screenplay (2)Writer (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Burgess Meredith.
as Self (archive footage)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020 • Movie
as Henry Bemis (archive footage)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019 • Movie
as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
Rocky Balboa
2006 • Movie
as Grandpa Gustafson
Grumpier Old Men
1995 • Movie
as Old Man (uncredited)
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995 • Movie
as Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995 • Movie
as Barney
Across the Moon
1994 • Movie
as Fein
Camp Nowhere
1994 • Movie
as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993 • Movie
as Grandpa Gustafson
Grumpy Old Men
1993 • Movie
as Guest
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
1992 • Movie
as Wiley Slaughter
Mastergate
1992 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 • Movie
as Birdy
Night of the Hunter
1991 • Movie
as Mickey Goldmill
Rocky V
1990 • Movie
as Finn
State of Grace
1990 • Movie
as Ingersol
Oddball Hall
1990 • Movie
as Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
1990 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Wickedest Witch
1989 • Movie
as The General
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988 • Movie
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 • Movie
as Don's Dad
Hot to Trot
1988 • Movie
as Don Learo
King Lear
1988 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Burgess Meredith.
as Judge Cully • 3 eps
In the Heat of the Night
1988 • Series
as Dr. Willard Adams • 22 eps
Gloria
1982 • Series
as Mr. Mole • 1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Dinah!
1974 • Series
19 eps
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
1974 • Series
as V.C.R. Cameron • 23 eps
Search
1972 • Series
as Charlie Finnegan • 1 eps
Night Gallery
1970 • Series
as State Party Chairman Mallon • 1 eps
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970 • Series
as Harrison Merriweather • 1 eps
Love, American Style
1969 • Series
1 eps
Room 222
1969 • Series
1 eps
Mannix
1967 • Series
2 eps
Ironside
1967 • Series
as Theodore Booth • 1 eps
The Invaders
1967 • Series
1 eps
The Monkees
1966 • Series
as The Penguin • 21 eps
Batman
1966 • Series
1 eps
The Loner
1965 • Series
as Orkney Cadwallader • 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
1965 • Series
1 eps
Laredo
1965 • Series
1 eps
Branded
1965 • Series
as Alex Hemming • 1 eps
Daniel Boone
1964 • Series
as Dr. Michael Rink • 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
1964 • Series
as Principal Martin Woodridge • 2 eps
Mr. Novak
1963 • Series
as Sidney Wilde • 1 eps
Burke's Law
1963 • Series
as Tim Bradbury • 1 eps
The Virginian
1962 • Series