MOVIZZ

Burgess Meredith1907 - 1997

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Actor

Popularity

1.1

Famous

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.

Credits

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

2024

Documentary

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

9.3(6)

0.5

Sly

2023

Documentary

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.2(196)

1.7

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

2020

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7.6(49)

0.3

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019

Documentary • Drama • Mystery • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Henry Bemis (archive footage)

10(2)

0.4

Rocky Balboa

2006

Drama

as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)

6.9(3,600)

4.5

The Opponents

2006

Documentary

as Self (archive footage) / Mickey Goldmill

0.4

Tribute To Burgess Meredith

2006

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6(1)

0.1

Grumpier Old Men

1995

Comedy • Romance

as Grandpa Gustafson

6.5(399)

1.1

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

1995

Adventure • Family • Western

as Old Man (uncredited)

6.2(79)

0.8

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

1995

Documentary

as Self

8(3)

0.2

Across the Moon

1994

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Barney

3.7(9)

0.4

Camp Nowhere

1994

Comedy • Drama • Family

as Fein

5.9(160)

1.2

La Classe américaine

1993

Comedy • TV Movie

as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

7.6(236)

1.2

Grumpy Old Men

1993

Comedy • Romance

as Grandpa Gustafson

6.6(693)

2.1

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

1992

Documentary

as Guest

0.3

Lincoln

1992

Documentary

as Winfield Scott (voice)

6.8(5)

0.6

Mastergate

1992

Comedy

as Wiley Slaughter

2(1)

0.3

The Chaplin Puzzle

1992

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0.1

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

7.7(6)

0.4

Night of the Hunter

1991

TV Movie • Thriller

as Birdy

5.7(11)

0.3

Rocky V

1990

Drama

as Mickey Goldmill

5.8(3,287)

4.9

State of Grace

1990

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Finn

7(377)

1.5

Oddball Hall

1990

Comedy

as Ingersol

0.1

The Wickedest Witch

1989

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Narrator (voice)

5(2)

0.1

Full Moon in Blue Water

1988

Drama • Romance

as The General

6.1(17)

0.6

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

Documentary

as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.9(11)

0.6

Hot to Trot

1988

Comedy

as Don's Dad

5.2(56)

0.6

King Lear

1988

Comedy • Drama

as Don Learo

6.3(31)

0.7

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

1987

Drama • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Mad Tom

5(3)

0.3

G.I. Joe: The Movie

1987

Action • Animation • Family • Science Fiction

as Golobulus (voice)

6.5(95)

1.6

Outrage!

1986

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Judge Aaron Klein

5(8)

0.2

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

1986

Animation • Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Mr. Ben the Owl

5.1(9)

0.2

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

1985

Documentary

as Self

5(4)

0.4

Santa Claus: The Movie

1985

Adventure • Family • Fantasy

as Ancient Elf

6.3(268)

1.1

Broken Rainbow

1985

Documentary • History

as Historical Voice (voice)

5.7(9)

0.2

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Comedy • Documentary • Music • TV Movie

as Self

8(4)

0.7

Answers

1985

Drama • TV Movie

as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")

0.2

Wet Gold

1984

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as Sampson

4.5(5)

0.2

Thumbelina

1984

Adventure • Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Mr. Mole

6(2)

0.3

Rocky III

1982

Drama

as Mickey Goldmill

6.9(4,246)

4.6

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody

1982

Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

6.8(4)

0.2

True Confessions

1981

Crime • Drama

as Msgr. Seamus Fargo

6.1(167)

1.1

Clash of the Titans

1981

Action • Adventure • Fantasy

as Ammon

6.9(792)

The Last Chase

1981

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as Captain J.G. Williams

3.5(31)

0.4

Mr. Griffin and Me

1981

Comedy • TV Movie

as Kenneth Griffin

0.1

Final Assignment

1980

Drama • Romance • Thriller

as Zak

4(2)

1.1

When Time Ran Out...

1980

Action • Adventure • Drama • Thriller

as Rene Valdez

5.4(71)

0.7

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies

1979

Animation

as Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)

6.8(4)

0.2

Rocky II

1979

Drama

as Mickey Goldmill

7.3(4,524)

4.1

UFOs: It Has Begun

1979

Documentary

7(7)

0.1

Magic

1978

Drama • Horror

as Ben Greene

6.8(291)

The Great Bank Hoax

1978

Comedy

as Jack Stutz

4.2(6)

0.3

Puff, the Magic Dragon

1978

Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Puff (voice)

6.8(12)

0.2

Foul Play

1978

Comedy • Mystery • Thriller

as Mr. Hennessey

6.3(240)

1.3

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

1978

Comedy • TV Movie • Western

as William Blackstone

5(1)

0.3

The Amazing Captain Nemo

1978

Adventure • Fantasy • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Prof. Waldo Cunningham

5(15)

0.4

The Manitou

1978

Horror • Science Fiction

as Dr. Snow

5.4(66)

0.6

The Living Sands of Namib

1978

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0.1

Golden Rendezvous

1977

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Van Heurden

4.9(8)

0.4

The Last Hurrah

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as Cardinal Burke

0.3

SST: Death Flight

1977

Action • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Willy Basset

5.3(8)

0.6

Tail Gunner Joe

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as Joseph Welch

6(2)

0.3

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald

2(1)

0.2

The Sentinel

1977

Fantasy • Horror • Mystery

as Charles Chazen

6.1(206)

1.3

Rocky

1976

Drama

as Mickey Goldmill

7.8(8,137)

11.5

Burnt Offerings

1976

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Arnold Allardyce

6.5(248)

0.8

Circasia

1976

Family

as Clown

5(1)

0.3

The Hindenburg

1975

Drama • History • Thriller

as Emilio Pajetta

6.3(134)

The Master Gunfighter

1975

Crime • Drama • Western

as Narrator (voice)

4.5(3)

0.4

92 in the Shade

1975

Comedy • Drama

as Goldsboro

5.4(6)

0.3

B. Must Die

1975

Drama • Thriller

as Hector

4(6)

0.4

The Day of the Locust

1975

Drama

as Harry Greener

6.4(100)

Golden Needles

1974

Action • Drama

as Winters

4.3(9)

0.2

Old Faithful

1973

Music • TV Movie

as Self

0.1

The Man

1972

Drama

as Senator Watson

6.3(3)

0.6

A Fan's Notes

1972

Comedy • Drama

as Mr. Blue

5.5(4)

0.1

Beware! The Blob

1972

Comedy • Horror • Science Fiction

as Old Hobo

4.8(69)

The New Healers

1972

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Simmons

0.2

Probe

1972

Mystery • Science Fiction • TV Movie • Thriller

as V.C.R. Cameron

5.5(4)

0.3

Getting Away from It All

1972

Comedy • TV Movie

as Capt. Frank Coffin

0.2

We the People

1972

Documentary

as Narrator

0.1

Such Good Friends

1971

Comedy • Drama

as Kalman

4.9(9)

0.5

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove

1971

Adventure • Crime • Family • TV Movie

as Henry Meade

6(1)

0.2

Lock, Stock and Barrel

1971

TV Movie • Western

as Rev. Willie Pursle

0.2

Clay Pigeon

1971

Action • Drama

as Freedom Lovelace

3.4(5)

0.3

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

Western

as The Missouri Kid

6.8(127)

1.2

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

1970

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as The Dolphin

4.6(7)

0.3

The Reivers

1969

Comedy • Drama

as Lucius / Narrator (voice)

6.4(46)

0.7

Winter of the Witch

1969

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Narrator

8(2)

0.1

Hard Contract

1969

Crime • Romance

as Ramsey Williams

4.7(11)

0.3

The Father

1969

as Captain Ned

0.2

Mackenna's Gold

1969

Action • Adventure • Western

as The Storekeeper

6.6(190)

2.1

Skidoo

1968

Comedy • Crime

as The Warden

4.8(22)

0.7

Stay Away, Joe

1968

Comedy • Music • Western

as Charlie Lightcloud

5.3(21)

0.5

Dear Mr. Gable

1968

Documentary

as Narrator

0.1

Torture Garden

1967

Horror

as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

6.1(78)

0.7

Hurry Sundown

1967

Drama

as Judge Purcell

6.5(33)

0.5

The Crazy-Quilt

1966

as Narrator (voice)

5.5(4)

0.1

Batman

1966

Action • Comedy • Crime

as The Penguin

6.4(985)

3.1

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966

Western

as Doc Scully

7.1(72)

0.8

Madame X

1966

Crime • Drama

as Dan Sullivan

6.5(41)

0.9

In Harm's Way

1965

Drama • War

as Commander Egan Powell

6.6(143)

1.6

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964

Action • TV Movie • Thriller

as Prof. George Bannerman

6(3)

0.5

The Cardinal

1963

Drama • History • War

as Father Halley

6.5(42)

Advise & Consent

1962

Drama

as Herbert Gelman

7.2(110)

0.8

Waiting for Godot

1961

Comedy • Drama

as Vladimir / Didi

6(1)

0.2

Sorcerers' Village

1958

Adventure • Documentary

as Narrator

0.1

The Kidnappers

1958

Action • Drama

as Louis Halliburton

0.2

Albert Schweitzer

1957

Documentary • History

as Narrator (voice)

6.1(9)

0.1

Joe Butterfly

1957

Comedy

as Joe Butterfly

5.8(2)

0.2

Mr. Lincoln

1952

Drama • History

as Avon Horsley Jr.

0.1

Works of Calder

1950

Documentary

as Narrator

0.2

Golden Arrow

1949

Comedy

as Dick

0.1

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949

Thriller

as Joseph Heurtin

5.3(20)

1.6

Jigsaw

1949

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

4.8(20)

0.9

On Our Merry Way

1948

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Oliver M. Pease

5.5(14)

A Yank Comes Back

1948

Documentary

as Self

0.2

Mine Own Executioner

1947

Drama • Thriller

as Felix Milne

7(15)

0.3

Magnificent Doll

1946

Drama • History

as James Madison

5.9(11)

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Captain Mauger

6.3(34)

0.6

A Walk in the Sun

1945

Drama • War

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.8(56)

0.7

Story of G.I. Joe

1945

Drama • War

as Ernie Pyle

6.4(36)

1.3

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

1944

Documentary • War

as Narrator (voice)

6(2)

0.2

Tunisian Victory

1944

Documentary • War

as American soldier (voice)

6.2(15)

0.5

Hymn of the Nations

1944

Documentary • Music

as Narrator(voice)

4.9(7)

0.1

A Salute to France

1944

as Joe - the American Soldier

0.2

Our Country

1944

Documentary

as Self

0.1

The Rear Gunner

1943

Drama • War

as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

5.2(4)

0.2

A Welcome to Britain

1943

Comedy • Documentary

as Self (uncredited)

7(3)

0.1

The United States Service Bands

1943

Documentary • Music

as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

2(1)

0.1

Street of Chance

1942

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Frank Thompson

5.3(19)

0.3

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941

Comedy • Romance

as Harry

5.6(17)

0.4

That Uncertain Feeling

1941

Comedy • Romance

as Alexander Sebastian

6.5(51)

0.7

The Forgotten Village

1941

Documentary

as Narrator

5.2(4)

0.1

Second Chorus

1941

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Hank Taylor

5.8(35)

1.2

San Francisco Docks

1940

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Johnny Barnes

6(2)

0.3

Castle on the Hudson

1940

Crime • Drama

as Steve Rockford

6.8(12)

0.4

Of Mice and Men

1939

Drama

as George

7.3(92)

0.8

Idiot's Delight

1939

Comedy • Drama

as Quillary

6.1(15)

0.6

Spring Madness

1938

Comedy • Romance

as The Lippencott

3.9(5)

0.4

There Goes the Groom

1937

Comedy

as Derek "Dick" Matthews

5.3(3)

0.2

Winterset

1936

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Mio Romagna

5.7(15)

0.4

The Scoundrel

1935

Drama

as Flop House Bum

6.3(14)

0.3

Third Eye

0.2