Acting

Burgess Meredith

Born 1907-11-16 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died 1997-09-09

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.

Credits

Newest first

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Henry Bemis (archive footage)
2019
Rocky Balboa
as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
2006
Grumpier Old Men
as Grandpa Gustafson
1995
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
as Old Man (uncredited)
1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
1995
Across the Moon
as Barney
1994
Camp Nowhere
as Fein
1994
La Classe américaine
as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
1993
Grumpy Old Men
as Grandpa Gustafson
1993
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
as Guest
1992
Lincoln
as Winfield Scott (voice)
1992
Mastergate
as Wiley Slaughter
1992
The Chaplin Puzzle
as Narrator (voice)
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Night of the Hunter
as Birdy
1991
Rocky V
as Mickey Goldmill
1990
State of Grace
as Finn
1990
Oddball Hall
as Ingersol
1990
The Wickedest Witch
as Narrator (voice)
1989
Full Moon in Blue Water
as The General
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1988
Hot to Trot
as Don's Dad
1988
South of Reno
1988
In the Heat of the Night
as Judge Cully
1988
King Lear
as Don Learo
1988
Mister Corbett's Ghost
as Mad Tom
1987
G.I. Joe: The Movie
as Golobulus (voice)
1987
Outrage!
as Judge Aaron Klein
1986
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
as Mr. Ben the Owl
1986
The Blinkins: The Magic Flower
1986
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
as Self
1985
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Ancient Elf
1985
Broken Rainbow
as Historical Voice (voice)
1985
Answers
as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Wet Gold
as Sampson
1984
Thumbelina
as Mr. Mole
1984
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1983
Gloria
as Dr. Willard Adams
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Mr. Mole
1982
Rocky III
as Mickey Goldmill
1982
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
1982
True Confessions
as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
1981
Clash of the Titans
as Ammon
1981
The Last Chase
as Captain J.G. Williams
1981
Mr. Griffin and Me
as Kenneth Griffin
1981
Final Assignment
as Zak
1980
When Time Ran Out...
as Rene Valdez
1980
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
1979
Rocky II
as Mickey Goldmill
1979
UFOs: It Has Begun
1979
Magic
as Ben Greene
1978
The Great Bank Hoax
as Jack Stutz
1978
Puff, the Magic Dragon
as Puff (voice)
1978
Foul Play
as Mr. Hennessey
1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as William Blackstone
1978
The Amazing Captain Nemo
as Prof. Waldo Cunningham
1978
The Manitou
as Dr. Snow
1978
SST: Death Flight
as Willy Basset
1978
The Living Sands of Namib
as Narrator (voice)
1978
Golden Rendezvous
as Van Heurden
1977
The Last Hurrah
as Cardinal Burke
1977
Tail Gunner Joe
as Joseph Welch
1977
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
1977
The Sentinel
as Charles Chazen
1977
Rocky
as Mickey Goldmill
1976
Burnt Offerings
as Arnold Allardyce
1976
Circasia
as Clown
1976
Circasia
Producer
1976
The Hindenburg
as Emilio Pajetta
1975
The Master Gunfighter
as Narrator (voice)
1975
92 in the Shade
as Goldsboro
1975
B. Must Die
as Hector
1975
The Day of the Locust
as Harry Greener
1975
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as The Dolphin
1974
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Director
1974
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Screenplay
1974
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
1974