Burgess Meredith

★ Acting #1,762

1907 - 1997 (age 89) • Acting

Born: 11/16/1907 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died: 9/9/1997 (age 89)

Known for: Acting

Burgess Meredith

★ Acting #1,762

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.

Known For

Rocky

78%

Mickey Goldmill

1976

Rocky II

73%

Mickey Goldmill

1979

Rocky III

69%

Mickey Goldmill

1982

Rocky V

58%

Mickey Goldmill

1990

Batman

64%

The Penguin

1966

The Twilight Zone

85%

Henry Bemis / Mr. Smith / Romney Wordsworth / Luther Dingle

1959

Clash of the Titans

69%

Ammon

1981

Grumpy Old Men

67%

Grandpa Gustafson

1993

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

75%

Self (archive footage)

2020

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

100%

Henry Bemis (archive footage)

2019

Rocky Balboa

69%

Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

2006

Grumpier Old Men

65%

Grandpa Gustafson

1995

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

62%

Old Man (uncredited)

1995

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

78%

Self

1995

Across the Moon

42%

Barney

1994

Camp Nowhere

59%

Fein

1994

La Classe américaine

76%

The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

1993

Grumpy Old Men

67%

Grandpa Gustafson

1993

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America

Guest

1992

Lincoln

73%

Winfield Scott (voice)

1992

Mastergate

63%

Wiley Slaughter

1992

The Chaplin Puzzle

100%

Narrator (voice)

1992

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

80%

Narrator (voice)

1991

Night of the Hunter

58%

Birdy

1991

Rocky V

58%

Mickey Goldmill

1990

State of Grace

70%

Finn

1990

Oddball Hall

90%

Ingersol

1990

Rocky Special: Burning Youth

70%

Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)

1990

The Wickedest Witch

63%

Narrator (voice)

1989

Full Moon in Blue Water

61%

The General

1988

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

60%

Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1988

Hot to Trot

52%

Don's Dad

1988

South of Reno

49%

1988

In the Heat of the Night

75%

Judge Cully

1988

King Lear

65%

Don Learo

1988

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

63%

Mad Tom

1987