Burgess Meredith
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Rocky
as Mickey Goldmill
1976
Rocky II
as Mickey Goldmill
1979
Rocky III
as Mickey Goldmill
1982
Rocky V
as Mickey Goldmill
1990
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Henry Bemis (archive footage)
2019
State of Grace
as Finn
1990
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1988
The Amazing Captain Nemo
as Prof. Waldo Cunningham
1978
Clash of the Titans
as Ammon
1981
Batman
as The Penguin
1966
The Day of the Locust
as Harry Greener
1975
Grumpy Old Men
as Grandpa Gustafson
1993
Jigsaw
as Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
1949
True Confessions
as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
1981
Castle on the Hudson
as Steve Rockford
1940
Skidoo
as The Warden
1968
There Was a Crooked Man...
as The Missouri Kid
1970
Magic
as Ben Greene
1978
Burnt Offerings
as Arnold Allardyce
1976
The Manitou
as Dr. Snow
1978
TV Appearances
Burke's Law
as Sidney Wilde
1963
Batman
as The Penguin
1966
Naked City
as Duncan Kleist
1958
Room 222
1969
Mannix
1967
Studio One
as Gulley Jimson
1948
Night Gallery
as Charlie Finnegan
1970
General Electric Theater
as Thomas A. Edison
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sid Davis
1951
The Twilight Zone
as Henry Bemis
1959
Ironside
1967
Gloria
as Dr. Willard Adams
1982