Nov 16, 1907 - Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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| Movie | 1976 | Rocky | Mickey Goldmill | |
| Movie | 1979 | Rocky II | Mickey Goldmill | |
| Movie | 1982 | Rocky III | Mickey Goldmill | |
| Movie | 1990 | Rocky V | Mickey Goldmill | |
| Movie | 2019 | The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Henry Bemis (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1990 | State of Grace | Finn | |
| Movie | 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Amazing Captain Nemo | Prof. Waldo Cunningham | |
| Movie | 1981 | Clash of the Titans | Ammon | |
| Movie | 1966 | Batman | The Penguin | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Day of the Locust | Harry Greener | |
| Movie | 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson | |
| Movie | 1949 | Jigsaw | Jack - Bartender (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1981 | True Confessions | Msgr. Seamus Fargo | |
| Movie | 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Steve Rockford | |
| Movie | 1968 | Skidoo | The Warden | |
| Movie | 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | The Missouri Kid | |
| Movie | 1978 | Magic | Ben Greene | |
| Movie | 1976 | Burnt Offerings | Arnold Allardyce | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Manitou | Dr. Snow | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Last Chase | Captain J.G. Williams | |
| Movie | 1985 | Santa Claus: The Movie | Ancient Elf | |
| Movie | 1988 | Full Moon in Blue Water | The General | |
| Movie | 1967 | Torture Garden | Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story) | |
| Movie | 1942 | Street of Chance | Frank Thompson | |
| Movie | 1992 | I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America | Guest | |
| Movie | 1966 | Madame X | Dan Sullivan | |
| Movie | 1948 | A Yank Comes Back | Self | |
| Movie | 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Doc Scully | |
| Movie | 1941 | That Uncertain Feeling | Alexander Sebastian | |
| Movie | 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Quillary | |
| Movie | 1978 | Foul Play | Mr. Hennessey | |
| Movie | 1965 | In Harm's Way | Commander Egan Powell | |
| Movie | 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Captain Mauger | |
| Movie | 1975 | 92 in the Shade | Goldsboro | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Joseph Heurtin | |
| Movie | 1945 | Story of G.I. Joe | Ernie Pyle | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Hindenburg | Emilio Pajetta | |
| Movie | 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Rene Valdez | |
| Movie | 1962 | Advise & Consent | Herbert Gelman | |
| Movie | 1977 | Golden Rendezvous | Van Heurden | |
| Movie | 1969 | Hard Contract | Ramsey Williams | |
| Movie | 1994 | Camp Nowhere | Fein | |
| Movie | 1984 | Wet Gold | Sampson | |
| Movie | 1969 | Mackenna's Gold | The Storekeeper | |
| Movie | 1977 | The Sentinel | Charles Chazen | |
| Movie | 1968 | Stay Away, Joe | Charlie Lightcloud | |
| Movie | 1988 | King Lear | Don Learo | |
| Movie | 1987 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Golobulus (voice) | |
| Movie | 1939 | Of Mice and Men | George | |
| Movie | 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Oliver M. Pease | |
| Movie | 1947 | Mine Own Executioner | Felix Milne | |
| Movie | 1940 | San Francisco Docks | Johnny Barnes | |
| Movie | 1941 | Tom, Dick and Harry | Harry | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | The Dolphin | |
| Movie | 1936 | Winterset | Mio Romagna | |
| Movie | 1943 | The Rear Gunner | Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Great Bank Hoax | Jack Stutz | |
| Movie | 1964 | Fanfare for a Death Scene | Prof. George Bannerman | |
| Movie | 1957 | Albert Schweitzer | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2006 | Rocky Balboa | Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1974 | Golden Needles | Winters | |
| Movie | 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Judge Purcell | |
| Movie | 1971 | Such Good Friends | Kalman | |
| Movie | 1975 | B. Must Die | Hector | |
| Movie | 1972 | Probe | V.C.R. Cameron | |
| Movie | 2020 | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Man | Senator Watson | |
| Movie | 1990 | Oddball Hall | Ingersol | |
| Movie | 1946 | Magnificent Doll | James Madison | |
| Movie | 1972 | We the People | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1972 | The New Healers | Dr. Simmons | |
| Movie | 1986 | Outrage! | Judge Aaron Klein | |
| Movie | 1937 | There Goes the Groom | Derek "Dick" Matthews | |
| Movie | 1957 | Joe Butterfly | Joe Butterfly | |
| Movie | 1944 | Tunisian Victory | American soldier (voice) | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Living Sands of Namib | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1977 | SST: Death Flight | Willy Basset | |
| Movie | 1977 | Tail Gunner Joe | Joseph Welch | |
| Movie | 1966 | The Crazy-Quilt | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1963 | The Cardinal | Father Halley | |
| Movie | 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Opponents | Self (archive footage) / Mickey Goldmill | |
| Movie | 1969 | Winter of the Witch | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1950 | Works of Calder | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1969 | The Reivers | Lucius / Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1944 | A Salute to France | Joe - the American Soldier | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Chaplin Puzzle | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | Answers | Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent") | |
| Movie | 1980 | Final Assignment | Zak | |
| Movie | 1938 | Spring Madness | The Lippencott | |
| Movie | 1992 | Lincoln | Winfield Scott (voice) | |
| Movie | 1941 | The Forgotten Village | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1935 | The Scoundrel | Flop House Bum | |
| Movie | 1977 | The Last Hurrah | Cardinal Burke | |
| Movie | 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | |
| Movie | 1945 | A Walk in the Sun | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2024 | Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1979 | UFOs: It Has Begun | ||
| Movie | 1978 | Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid | William Blackstone | |
| Movie | 1941 | Second Chorus | Hank Taylor | |
| Movie | 1971 | Clay Pigeon | Freedom Lovelace | |
| Movie | 1944 | Our Country | Self | |
| Movie | 1943 | A Welcome to Britain | Self (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1985 | Broken Rainbow | Historical Voice (voice) | |
| Movie | 1949 | Golden Arrow | Dick | |
| Movie | 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | |
| Movie | 1944 | Attack! The Battle for New Britain | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard | Mr. Ben the Owl | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Master Gunfighter | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Wickedest Witch | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1984 | Thumbelina | Mr. Mole | |
| Movie | 1987 | Mr. Corbett's Ghost | Mad Tom | |
| Movie | 1991 | Night of the Hunter | Birdy | |
| Movie | 1972 | Beware! The Blob | Old Hobo | |
| Movie | 1994 | Across the Moon | Barney | |
| Movie | 1944 | Hymn of the Nations | Narrator(voice) | |
| Movie | 1992 | Mastergate | Wiley Slaughter | |
| Movie | 1961 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimir / Didi | |
| Movie | 1995 | Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure | Old Man (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1958 | Sorcerers' Village | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1985 | Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie | Self | |
| Movie | 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1971 | The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove | Henry Meade | |
| Movie | 1971 | Lock, Stock and Barrel | Rev. Willie Pursle | |
| Movie | 1943 | The United States Service Bands | footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1973 | Old Faithful | Self | |
| Movie | 2006 | Tribute To Burgess Meredith | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1976 | Circasia | Clown | |
| Movie | 1969 | The Father | Captain Ned | |
| Movie | 1993 | La Classe américaine | The Helicopter Man (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Kidnappers | Louis Halliburton | |
| Movie | 1982 | Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody | Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) | |
| Movie | 1978 | Puff, the Magic Dragon | Puff (voice) | |
| Movie | 1979 | Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies | Puff the Magic Dragon (voice) | |
| Movie | 1968 | Dear Mr. Gable | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1981 | Mr. Griffin and Me | Kenneth Griffin | |
| Movie | 1972 | Getting Away from It All | Capt. Frank Coffin | |
| Movie | 1988 | Hot to Trot | Don's Dad | |
| Movie | 1977 | Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye | John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald | |
| Movie | 1972 | A Fan's Notes | Mr. Blue | |
| Movie | 1952 | Mr. Lincoln | Avon Horsley Jr. | |
| Movie | N/A | Third Eye | ||
| TV Show | 1963 | Burke's Law | Sidney Wilde | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | Batman | The Penguin | 21 |
| TV Show | 1958 | Naked City | Duncan Kleist | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Room 222 | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1967 | Mannix | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1948 | Studio One | Gulley Jimson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Night Gallery | Charlie Finnegan | 2 |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | Thomas A. Edison | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sid Davis | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Henry Bemis | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Ironside | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1982 | Gloria | Dr. Willard Adams | 22 |
| TV Show | 1965 | Laredo | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1966 | The Monkees | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1962 | Sam Benedict | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1959 | Rawhide | Tom Gwynn | 1 |
| TV Show | 1964 | Daniel Boone | Alex Hemming | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | David | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | Search | V.C.R. Cameron | 23 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Your Show of Shows | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1965 | The Loner | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1964 | Profiles in Courage | John Peter Altgeld | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Korg: 70,000 B.C. | 19 | |
| TV Show | 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1965 | Branded | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1961 | Ben Casey | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1963 | Mr. Novak | Principal Martin Woodridge | 2 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1949 | Lights Out | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Luther Dingle | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Romney Wordsworth | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Smith | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Love, American Style | Harrison Merriweather | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Rawhide | Matthew Higgins | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Rawhide | Hannibal H. Plew | 2 |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | Velvet Pants | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Burke's Law | Burton Reese | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Burke's Law | Harold Harold | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Stage Manager | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Mr. Mole | 1 |
| TV Show | 1948 | Lamp Unto My Feet | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Cardinal Burke | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | In the Heat of the Night | Judge Cully | 3 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Bonanza | Owney Duggan | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Invaders | Theodore Booth | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Dr. Michael Rink | 1 |
| TV Show | 1949 | The Big Story | Narrator | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Dinah! | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Suspicion | Ramskill | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Love, American Style | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1949 | The Big Story | Self - Narrator | 1 |
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| Movie | 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1950 | Works of Calder | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1948 | A Yank Comes Back | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1944 | A Salute to France | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1943 | A Welcome to Britain | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Circasia | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Third Eye | Director | Directing |
| Movie | N/A | Third Eye | Writer | Writing |
