Burgess Meredith

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1907-11-16

Deathday 1997-09-09 (89 years old)

Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Also Known As Oliver Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Biography

Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997), known professionally as Burgess Meredith, was an American actor in theatre, film, and television, who also worked as a director. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" who was "one of the most accomplished actors of the century." Meredith won several Emmys and was nominated for Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burgess Meredith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Actor

2024
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Sly

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020
2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

as Henry Bemis (archive footage)

2006
Rocky Balboa

as Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage)

2006
The Opponents

as Self (archive footage) / Mickey Goldmill

2006
Tribute To Burgess Meredith

as Self (archive footage)

1995
Grumpier Old Men

as Grandpa Gustafson

1995
Across the Moon

as Barney

1995
1994
Camp Nowhere

as Fein

1993
La Classe américaine

as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

1993
Grumpy Old Men

as Grandpa Gustafson

1992
Lincoln

as Winfield Scott (voice)

1992
Mastergate

as Wiley Slaughter

1992
The Chaplin Puzzle

as Narrator (voice)

1991
1991
1990
Rocky V

as Mickey Goldmill

1990
1990
Oddball Hall

as Ingersol

1989
The Wickedest Witch

as Narrator (voice)

1988
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1988
Hot to Trot

as Don's Dad

1988
1987
1987
King Lear

as Don Learo

1987
G.I. Joe: The Movie

as Golobulus (voice)

1986
Outrage!

as Judge Aaron Klein

1985
Santa Claus: The Movie

as Ancient Elf

1985
Broken Rainbow

as Historical Voice (voice)

1985
Answers

as Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")

1984
Wet Gold

as Sampson

1984
Thumbelina

as Mr. Mole

1982
Rocky III

as Mickey Goldmill

1982
Gloria

as Dr. Willard Adams

1982
1981
True Confessions

as Msgr. Seamus Fargo

1981
1981
The Last Chase

as Captain J.G. Williams

1981
Mr. Griffin and Me

as Kenneth Griffin

1980
1980
When Time Ran Out...

as Rene Valdez

1979
Rocky II

as Mickey Goldmill

1978
Magic

as Ben Greene

1978
The Great Bank Hoax

as Jack Stutz

1978
Foul Play

as Mr. Hennessey

1978
1978
The Amazing Captain Nemo

as Prof. Waldo Cunningham

1978
The Manitou

as Dr. Snow

1978
The Living Sands of Namib

as Narrator (voice)

1977
Golden Rendezvous

as Van Heurden

1977
The Last Hurrah

as Cardinal Burke

1977
SST: Death Flight

as Willy Basset

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

1976
Rocky

as Mickey Goldmill

1976
Burnt Offerings

as Arnold Allardyce

1976
Circasia

as Clown

1975
The Hindenburg

as Emilio Pajetta

1975
The Master Gunfighter

as Narrator (voice)

1975
92 in the Shade

as Goldsboro

1975
1975
The Day of the Locust

as Harry Greener

1974
Golden Needles

as Winters

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1973
Old Faithful

as Himself

1972
The Man

as Senator Watson

1972
A Fan's Notes

as Mr. Blue

1972
Beware! The Blob

as Old Hobo

1972
The New Healers

as Dr. Simmons

1972
Probe

as V.C.R. Cameron

1972
Getting Away from It All

as Capt. Frank Coffin

1972
We the People

as Narrator

1972
Search

as V.C.R. Cameron

1971
1971
Lock, Stock and Barrel

as Rev. Willie Pursle

1971
Clay Pigeon

as Freedom Lovelace

1970
There Was a Crooked Man...

as The Missouri Kid

1970
Night Gallery

as Charlie Finnegan

1969
The Reivers

as Lucius / Narrator (voice)

1969
1969
Hard Contract

as Ramsey Williams

1969
The Father

as Captain Ned

1969
Mackenna's Gold

as The Storekeeper

1969
Love, American Style

as Harrison Merriweather

1968
Skidoo

as The Warden

1968
Stay Away, Joe

as Charlie Lightcloud

1968
Dear Mr. Gable

as Narrator

1967
Torture Garden

as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

1967
Hurry Sundown

as Judge Purcell

1967
1967
The Invaders

as Theodore Booth

1966
The Crazy-Quilt

as Narrator (voice)

1966
Batman

as The Penguin

1966
Madame X

as Dan Sullivan

1966
Batman

as The Penguin

1965
In Harm's Way

as Commander Egan Powell

1965
1964
Fanfare for a Death Scene

as Prof. George Bannerman

1964
Profiles in Courage

as John Peter Altgeld

1964
Daniel Boone

as Alex Hemming

1964
12 O'Clock High

as Dr. Michael Rink

1963
The Cardinal

as Father Halley

1963
Mr. Novak

as Principal Martin Woodridge

1963
Burke's Law

as Sidney Wilde

1963
Burke's Law

as Burton Reese

1963
Burke's Law

as Harold Harold

1962
Advise & Consent

as Herbert Gelman

1961
Waiting for Godot

as Vladimir

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Henry Bemis

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Luther Dingle

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Romney Wordsworth

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Mr. Smith

1959
Bonanza

as Owney Duggan

1959
Rawhide

as Tom Gwynn

1959
Rawhide

as Matthew Higgins

1959
Rawhide

as Hannibal H. Plew

1958
Sorcerers' Village

as Narrator

1958
The Kidnappers

as Louis Halliburton

1958
Naked City

as Duncan Kleist

1957
Albert Schweitzer

as Narrator (voice)

1957
Joe Butterfly

as Joe Butterfly

1957
Suspicion

as Ramskill

1953
General Electric Theater

as Thomas A. Edison

1953
General Electric Theater

as Velvet Pants

1951
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Cardinal Burke

1950
Works of Calder

as Narrator

1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo

1950
1949
Golden Arrow

as Dick

1949
The Man on the Eiffel Tower

as Joseph Heurtin

1949
Jigsaw

as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

1949
The Big Story

as Narrator

1948
On Our Merry Way

as Oliver M. Pease

1948
1948
Lamp Unto My Feet

as Narrator (voice)

1948
Studio One

as Gulley Jimson

1947
Mine Own Executioner

as Felix Milne

1946
Magnificent Doll

as James Madison

1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid

as Captain Mauger

1945
Story of G.I. Joe

as Ernie Pyle

1944
1944
Tunisian Victory

as American soldier (voice)

1944
Hymn of the Nations

as Narrator(voice)

1944
A Salute to France

as Joe - the American Soldier

1944
Our Country

as Himself

1943
The Rear Gunner

as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

1943
A Welcome to Britain

as Self (uncredited)

1943
The United States Service Bands

as footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)

1942
Street of Chance

as Frank Thompson

1941
1941
That Uncertain Feeling

as Alexander Sebastian

1941
1941
Second Chorus

as Hank Taylor

1940
San Francisco Docks

as Johnny Barnes

1940
Castle on the Hudson

as Steve Rockford

1939
Of Mice and Men

as George

1939
Idiot's Delight

as Quillary

1938
Spring Madness

as The Lippencott

1937
There Goes the Groom

as Derek "Dick" Matthews

1936
Winterset

as Mio Romagna

1935
The Scoundrel

as Flop House Bum

Writer

1948
1946
1944
A Salute to France

as Screenplay

Producer

1976
Circasia

as Producer

1950
Works of Calder

as Producer

1948
On Our Merry Way

as Producer

Director