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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 16, 1907
Place of Birth:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Burgess Meredith
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Henry Bemis (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Rocky Balboa | Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2006 | The Opponents | Self (archive footage) / Mickey Goldmill |
| 2006 | Tribute To Burgess Meredith | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson |
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self |
| 1995 | Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure | Old Man (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Camp Nowhere | Fein |
| 1994 | Across the Moon | Barney |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | The Helicopter Man (archive footage) |
| 1992 | I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America | Guest |
| 1992 | The Chaplin Puzzle | Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Winfield Scott (voice) |
| 1992 | Mastergate | Wiley Slaughter |
| 1991 | Night of the Hunter | Birdy |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 | Rocky V | Mickey Goldmill |
| 1990 | State of Grace | Finn |
| 1990 | Oddball Hall | Ingersol |
| 1989 | The Wickedest Witch | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Full Moon in Blue Water | The General |
| 1988 | King Lear | Don Learo |
| 1988 | Hot to Trot | Don's Dad |
| 1987 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Golobulus (voice) |
| 1987 | Mr. Corbett's Ghost | Mad Tom |
| 1986 | Outrage! | Judge Aaron Klein |
| 1986 | The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard | Mr. Ben the Owl |
| 1985 | Santa Claus: The Movie | Ancient Elf |
| 1985 | Answers | Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent") |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1985 | Broken Rainbow | Historical Voice (voice) |
| 1985 | Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie | Self |
| 1984 | Wet Gold | Sampson |
| 1984 | Thumbelina | Mr. Mole |
| 1982 | Rocky III | Mickey Goldmill |
| 1982 | Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody | Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) |
| 1981 | Clash of the Titans | Ammon |
| 1981 | True Confessions | Msgr. Seamus Fargo |
| 1981 | The Last Chase | Captain J.G. Williams |
| 1981 | Mr. Griffin and Me | Kenneth Griffin |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Rene Valdez |
| 1980 | Final Assignment | Zak |
| 1979 | Rocky II | Mickey Goldmill |
| 1979 | UFOs: It Has Begun | |
| 1979 | Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies | Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) |
| 1978 | The Amazing Captain Nemo | Prof. Waldo Cunningham |
| 1978 | Magic | Ben Greene |
| 1978 | The Manitou | Dr. Snow |
| 1978 | Foul Play | Mr. Hennessey |
| 1978 | The Great Bank Hoax | Jack Stutz |
| 1978 | The Living Sands of Namib | Narrator (voice) |
| 1978 | Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid | William Blackstone |
| 1978 | Puff, the Magic Dragon | Puff (voice) |
| 1977 | Golden Rendezvous | Van Heurden |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Charles Chazen |
| 1977 | SST: Death Flight | Willy Basset |
| 1977 | Tail Gunner Joe | Joseph Welch |
| 1977 | The Last Hurrah | Cardinal Burke |
| 1977 | Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye | John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald |
| 1976 | Rocky | Mickey Goldmill |
| 1976 | Burnt Offerings | Arnold Allardyce |
| 1976 | Circasia | Clown |
| 1975 | The Day of the Locust | Harry Greener |
| 1975 | 92 in the Shade | Goldsboro |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | Emilio Pajetta |
| 1975 | B. Must Die | Hector |
| 1975 | The Master Gunfighter | Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | Golden Needles | Winters |
| 1973 | Old Faithful | Self |
| 1972 | Probe | V.C.R. Cameron |
| 1972 | The Man | Senator Watson |
| 1972 | We the People | Narrator |
| 1972 | The New Healers | Dr. Simmons |
| 1972 | Beware! The Blob | Old Hobo |
| 1972 | Getting Away from It All | Capt. Frank Coffin |
| 1972 | A Fan's Notes | Mr. Blue |
| 1971 | Such Good Friends | Kalman |
| 1971 | Clay Pigeon | Freedom Lovelace |
| 1971 | The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove | Henry Meade |
| 1971 | Lock, Stock and Barrel | Rev. Willie Pursle |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | The Missouri Kid |
| 1970 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | The Dolphin |
| 1969 | Hard Contract | Ramsey Williams |
| 1969 | Mackenna's Gold | The Storekeeper |
| 1969 | Winter of the Witch | Narrator |
| 1969 | The Reivers | Lucius / Narrator (voice) |
| 1969 | The Father | Captain Ned |
| 1968 | Skidoo | The Warden |
| 1968 | Stay Away, Joe | Charlie Lightcloud |
| 1968 | Dear Mr. Gable | Narrator |
| 1967 | Torture Garden | Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story) |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Judge Purcell |
| 1966 | Batman | The Penguin |
| 1966 | Madame X | Dan Sullivan |
| 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Doc Scully |
| 1966 | The Crazy-Quilt | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Commander Egan Powell |
| 1964 | Fanfare for a Death Scene | Prof. George Bannerman |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | Father Halley |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Herbert Gelman |
| 1961 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimir / Didi |
| 1958 | Sorcerers' Village | Narrator |
| 1958 | The Kidnappers | Louis Halliburton |
| 1957 | Albert Schweitzer | Narrator (voice) |
| 1957 | Joe Butterfly | Joe Butterfly |
| 1952 | Mr. Lincoln | Avon Horsley Jr. |
| 1950 | Works of Calder | Narrator |
| 1949 | Jigsaw | Jack - Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Joseph Heurtin |
| 1949 | Golden Arrow | Dick |
| 1948 | A Yank Comes Back | Self |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Oliver M. Pease |
| 1947 | Mine Own Executioner | Felix Milne |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Captain Mauger |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | James Madison |
| 1945 | Story of G.I. Joe | Ernie Pyle |
| 1945 | A Walk in the Sun | |
| 1944 | Tunisian Victory | American soldier (voice) |
| 1944 | A Salute to France | Joe - the American Soldier |
| 1944 | Our Country | Self |
| 1944 | Attack! The Battle for New Britain | Narrator (voice) |
| 1944 | Hymn of the Nations | Narrator(voice) |
| 1943 | The Rear Gunner | Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams |
| 1943 | A Welcome to Britain | Self (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The United States Service Bands | footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Street of Chance | Frank Thompson |
| 1941 | That Uncertain Feeling | Alexander Sebastian |
| 1941 | Tom, Dick and Harry | Harry |
| 1941 | The Forgotten Village | Narrator |
| 1941 | Second Chorus | Hank Taylor |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Steve Rockford |
| 1940 | San Francisco Docks | Johnny Barnes |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Quillary |
| 1939 | Of Mice and Men | George |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | The Lippencott |
| 1937 | There Goes the Groom | Derek "Dick" Matthews |
| 1936 | Winterset | Mio Romagna |
| 1935 | The Scoundrel | Flop House Bum |
| Third Eye |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night | Judge Cully |
| 1982 | Gloria | Dr. Willard Adams |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Mr. Mole |
| 1974 | Korg: 70,000 B.C. | |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1972 | Search | V.C.R. Cameron |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Charlie Finnegan |
| 1969 | Room 222 | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Harrison Merriweather |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Theodore Booth |
| 1966 | Batman | The Penguin |
| 1966 | The Monkees | |
| 1965 | Laredo | |
| 1965 | The Loner | |
| 1965 | Branded | |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Alex Hemming |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | John Peter Altgeld |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Dr. Michael Rink |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Sidney Wilde |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Principal Martin Woodridge |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Burton Reese |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Harold Harold |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Henry Bemis |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Tom Gwynn |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Smith |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Luther Dingle |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Romney Wordsworth |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Matthew Higgins |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Hannibal H. Plew |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Owney Duggan |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self |
| 1958 | Naked City | Duncan Kleist |
| 1957 | Suspicion | Ramskill |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Thomas A. Edison |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Velvet Pants |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sid Davis |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Cardinal Burke |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | David |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Stage Manager |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist |
| 1949 | Lights Out | |
| 1949 | The Big Story | Narrator |
| 1949 | The Big Story | Self - Narrator |
| 1948 | Studio One | Gulley Jimson |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Lamp Unto My Feet | Narrator (voice) |