Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Oliver Burgess Meredith , بورگس مریدیت
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 112
TV Involvements: 30
Most Famous Work
Biography
Oliver Burgess Meredith, or Burgess Meredith, 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.
Most Famous Work
Bonanza
(1959) Owney DugganNight Gallery
(1970) Charlie FinneganThe Twilight Zone
(1959) Romney WordsworthDaniel Boone
(1964) Alex HemmingRobert Montgomery Presents
(1950) Stage ManagerBurke's Law
(1963) Harold HaroldRawhide
(1959) Hannibal H. PlewStudio One
(1948) Gulley JimsonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2023 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Henry Bemis (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited) | |
| Self (archive footage) / Mickey Goldmill | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1995 | Grandpa Gustafson | |
| Barney | ||
| Old Man (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1994 | Fein | |
| 1993 | The Helicopter Man (archive footage) | |
| Grandpa Gustafson | ||
| 1992 | Guest | |
| Winfield Scott (voice) | ||
| Wiley Slaughter | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1991 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Birdy | ||
| 1990 | Mickey Goldmill | |
| Finn | ||
| Ingersol | ||
| 1989 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1988 | The General | |
| Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Don's Dad | ||
| Judge Cully | ||
| Don Learo | ||
| 1987 | Mad Tom | |
| Golobulus (voice) | ||
| 1986 | Judge Aaron Klein | |
| Mr. Ben the Owl | ||
| 1985 | Self | |
| Ancient Elf | ||
| Historical Voice (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent") | ||
| 1984 | Sampson | |
| Mr. Mole | ||
| 1982 | Dr. Willard Adams | |
| Mr. Mole | ||
| Mickey Goldmill | ||
| Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) | ||
| 1981 | Msgr. Seamus Fargo | |
| Ammon | ||
| Captain J.G. Williams | ||
| Kenneth Griffin | ||
| 1980 | Zak | |
| Rene Valdez | ||
| 1979 | Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) | |
| Mickey Goldmill | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1978 | Ben Greene | |
| Jack Stutz | ||
| Puff (voice) | ||
| Mr. Hennessey | ||
| William Blackstone | ||
| Prof. Waldo Cunningham | ||
| Dr. Snow | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1977 | Van Heurden | |
| Cardinal Burke | ||
| Willy Basset | ||
| Joseph Welch | ||
| John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald | ||
| Charles Chazen | ||
| 1976 | Mickey Goldmill | |
| Arnold Allardyce | ||
| Clown | ||
| 1975 | Emilio Pajetta | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Goldsboro | ||
| Hector | ||
| Harry Greener | ||
| 1974 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Winters | ||
| 1973 | Himself | |
| 1972 | V.C.R. Cameron | |
| Senator Watson | ||
| Mr. Blue | ||
| Old Hobo | ||
| Dr. Simmons | ||
| V.C.R. Cameron | ||
| Capt. Frank Coffin | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1971 | Kalman | |
| Henry Meade | ||
| Rev. Willie Pursle | ||
| Freedom Lovelace | ||
| 1970 | Charlie Finnegan | |
| The Missouri Kid | ||
| The Dolphin | ||
| 1969 | Lucius / Narrator (voice) | |
| Narrator | ||
| Harrison Merriweather | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ramsey Williams | ||
| Captain Ned | ||
| The Storekeeper | ||
| 1968 | The Warden | |
| Charlie Lightcloud | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1967 | Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story) | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Judge Purcell | ||
| Theodore Booth | ||
| 1966 | Narrator (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| The Penguin | ||
| Doc Scully | ||
| Dan Sullivan | ||
| The Penguin | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Commander Egan Powell | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | John Peter Altgeld | |
| Alex Hemming | ||
| Dr. Michael Rink | ||
| Prof. George Bannerman | ||
| 1963 | Father Halley | |
| N/A | ||
| Principal Martin Woodridge | ||
| Sidney Wilde | ||
| Burton Reese | ||
| Harold Harold | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Herbert Gelman | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Vladimir / Didi | ||
| 1959 | Henry Bemis | |
| Mr. Smith | ||
| Luther Dingle | ||
| Romney Wordsworth | ||
| Owney Duggan | ||
| Self | ||
| Tom Gwynn | ||
| Matthew Higgins | ||
| Hannibal H. Plew | ||
| 1958 | Duncan Kleist | |
| Narrator | ||
| Louis Halliburton | ||
| 1957 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Ramskill | ||
| Joe Butterfly | ||
| 1953 | Thomas A. Edison | |
| Velvet Pants | ||
| 1951 | Sid Davis | |
| Cardinal Burke | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Narrator | |
| David | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Panelist | ||
| Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo | ||
| Stage Manager | ||
| 1949 | Dick | |
| Joseph Heurtin | ||
| N/A | ||
| Narrator | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jack - Bartender (uncredited) | ||
| 1948 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Gulley Jimson | ||
| N/A | ||
| Oliver M. Pease | ||
| Self | ||
| 1947 | Felix Milne | |
| 1946 | James Madison | |
| Captain Mauger | ||
| 1945 | N/A | |
| Ernie Pyle | ||
| 1944 | Narrator (voice) | |
| American soldier (voice) | ||
| Narrator(voice) | ||
| Joe - the American Soldier | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1943 | Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams | |
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Frank Thompson | |
| 1941 | Harry | |
| Alexander Sebastian | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Hank Taylor | ||
| 1940 | Johnny Barnes | |
| Steve Rockford | ||
| 1939 | George | |
| Quillary | ||
| 1938 | The Lippencott | |
| 1937 | Derek "Dick" Matthews | |
| 1936 | Mio Romagna | |
| 1935 | Flop House Bum | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Producer | |
| 1950 | Producer | |
| 1948 | Producer | |
| 1946 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Screenplay | |
| 1948 | Writer | |
| 1946 | Screenplay | |
| 1944 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1949 | Director | |
| 1943 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |