Burgess Meredith

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

Died: 1997-09-09

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Ironside (1967)
• Bonanza (1959)
• The Twilight Zone (1959)
• The Wild Wild West (1965)
• Night Gallery (1970)
• Rawhide (1959)
• The Virginian (1962)
• Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
• Studio One (1948)
• The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
• Room 222 (1969)
• Daniel Boone (1964)
• Ben Casey (1961)
• Burke's Law (1963)
• The Invaders (1967)
• Rocky (1976)
• Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
• Branded (1965)
• 12 O'Clock High (1964)
• The Monkees (1966)
• Rocky Balboa (2006)
• Suspicion (1957)
• Your Show of Shows (1950)
• Laredo (1965)
• Rocky II (1979)
• Sam Benedict (1962)
• Rocky III (1982)
• Rocky V (1990)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993)
• State of Grace (1990)