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Aliases: Oliver Burgess Meredith
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Movie Involvements: 107
TV Involvements: 30
Most Famous Work
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burgess Meredith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - PanelistThe Invaders
(1967) Theodore BoothRobert Montgomery Presents
(1950) Stage ManagerDaniel Boone
(1964) Alex HemmingLux Video Theatre
(1950) DavidRawhide
(1959) Hannibal H. PlewThe Twilight Zone
(1959) Romney WordsworthStudio One
(1948) Gulley JimsonActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2023 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
2019 | Henry Bemis (archive footage) | |
2006 | Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) | |
Self (archive footage) / Mickey Goldmill | ||
N/A | ||
Himself (archive footage) | ||
1995 | Grandpa Gustafson | |
Barney | ||
Old Man (uncredited) | ||
1994 | Fein | |
1993 | The Helicopter Man (archive footage) | |
Grandpa Gustafson | ||
1992 | Guest | |
Winfield Scott (voice) | ||
Wiley Slaughter | ||
Narrator | ||
1991 | Narrator (voice) | |
Birdy | ||
1990 | Mickey Goldmill | |
Finn | ||
Ingersol | ||
1989 | Narrator (voice) | |
Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | ||
1988 | The General | |
Don's Dad | ||
Judge Cully | ||
1987 | Mad Tom | |
Don Learo (uncredited) | ||
Golobulus (voice) | ||
1986 | Mr. Ben the Owl | |
Judge Aaron Klein | ||
1985 | Self | |
Ancient Elf | ||
Self | ||
Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent") | ||
1984 | Sampson | |
Mr. Mole | ||
1982 | Dr. Willard Adams | |
Mr. Mole | ||
Mickey Goldmill | ||
Puff the Magic Dragon | ||
1981 | Msgr. Seamus Fargo | |
Ammon | ||
Captain J.G. Williams | ||
Kenneth Griffin | ||
1980 | Zak | |
Rene Valdez | ||
1979 | Puff the Magic Dragon | |
Mickey Goldmill | ||
N/A | ||
1978 | Ben Greene | |
Jack Stutz | ||
Puff | ||
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 | 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 | ||
N/A | ||
Freedom Lovelace | ||
1970 | Charlie Finnegan | |
The Missouri Kid | ||
The Dolphin | ||
1969 | Lucius / Narrator (voice) | |
Narrator | ||
Harrison Merriweather | ||
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 | N/A | |
Vladimir | ||
1959 | Henry Bemis | |
Mr. Smith | ||
Luther Dingle | ||
Romney Wordsworth | ||
Owney Duggan | ||
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 | ||
Jack - Bartender (uncredited) | ||
1948 | Narrator (voice) | |
Gulley Jimson | ||
N/A | ||
Oliver M. Pease | ||
Self | ||
1947 | Felix Milne | |
1946 | James Madison | |
N/A | ||
Captain Mauger | ||
1945 | N/A | |
Ernie Pyle | ||
1944 | Narrator (voice) | |
American soldier (voice) | ||
Narrator(voice) | ||
Himself | ||
Joe - the American Soldier | ||
1943 | Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams | |
Self (uncredited) | ||
footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited) | ||
1942 | Frank Thompson | |
1941 | Harry | |
Alexander Sebastian | ||
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 |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1970 | Director | |
1949 | Director | |
1943 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1970 | Screenplay | |
1948 | Writer | |
1946 | Screenplay | |
1944 | Screenplay | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |