Burgess Meredith

Personal Informations

Known for Department
Acting
Known appearances
207
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 16, 1907 (89 old)
Deathday
Sep 9, 1997
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also known as
Oliver Burgess Meredith
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Burgess Meredith

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.

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Known for

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Sly
Sly
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Rocky Balboa
Rocky Balboa
The Opponents
The Opponents
National Archives WWII: Air War
National Archives WWII: Air War
Grumpier Old Men
Grumpier Old Men
Across the Moon
Across the Moon
Tall Tale
Tall Tale
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Camp Nowhere
Camp Nowhere
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine
Grumpy Old Men
Grumpy Old Men
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
Mastergate
Mastergate
The Chaplin Puzzle
The Chaplin Puzzle
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Night of the Hunter
Night of the Hunter
Rocky V
Rocky V
State of Grace
State of Grace
Oddball Hall
Oddball Hall
The Wickedest Witch
The Wickedest Witch
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Full Moon in Blue Water
Full Moon in Blue Water
Hot to Trot
Hot to Trot
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
King Lear
King Lear
G.I. Joe: The Movie
G.I. Joe: The Movie
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie
Broken Rainbow
Broken Rainbow
Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II
Answers
Answers
Wet Gold
Wet Gold
Thumbelina
Thumbelina
Gloria
Gloria
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre
Rocky III
Rocky III
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
True Confessions
True Confessions
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans
The Last Chase
The Last Chase
Mr. Griffin and Me
Mr. Griffin and Me
Final Assignment
Final Assignment
When Time Ran Out...
When Time Ran Out...
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
Rocky II
Rocky II
Magic
Magic
The Great Bank Hoax
The Great Bank Hoax
Puff, the Magic Dragon
Puff, the Magic Dragon
Foul Play
Foul Play
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
The Amazing Captain Nemo
The Amazing Captain Nemo
The Manitou
The Manitou
The Living Sands of Namib
The Living Sands of Namib
Golden Rendezvous
Golden Rendezvous
The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah
SST: Death Flight
SST: Death Flight
Tail Gunner Joe
Tail Gunner Joe
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
The Sentinel
The Sentinel
Rocky
Rocky
Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings
Circasia
Circasia
The Hindenburg
The Hindenburg
The Master Gunfighter
The Master Gunfighter
92 in the Shade
92 in the Shade
Hay que matar a B.
Hay que matar a B.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
Golden Needles
Golden Needles
Old Faithful
Old Faithful
Search
Search
The Man
The Man
A Fan's Notes
A Fan's Notes
Beware! The Blob
Beware! The Blob
The New Healers
The New Healers
Probe
Probe
Getting Away from It All
Getting Away from It All
Such Good Friends
Such Good Friends
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
Lock, Stock and Barrel
Lock, Stock and Barrel
Clay Pigeon
Clay Pigeon
Night Gallery
Night Gallery
There Was a Crooked Man...
There Was a Crooked Man...
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
The Reivers
The Reivers
Winter of the Witch
Winter of the Witch
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
Room 222
Room 222
Hard Contract
Hard Contract
Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
Skidoo
Skidoo
Stay Away, Joe
Stay Away, Joe
Dear Mr. Gable
Dear Mr. Gable
Torture Garden
Torture Garden
Mannix
Mannix
Ironside
Ironside
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundown
The Invaders
The Invaders
The Monkees
The Monkees
Batman
Batman
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Madame X
Madame X
Batman
Batman
The Loner
The Loner
Laredo
Laredo
In Harm's Way
In Harm's Way
Branded
Branded
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
12 O'Clock High
12 O'Clock High
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Fanfare for a Death Scene
The Cardinal
The Cardinal
Mr. Novak
Mr. Novak
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
Sam Benedict
Sam Benedict
Advise & Consent
Advise & Consent
Ben Casey
Ben Casey
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
Bonanza
Bonanza
Rawhide
Rawhide
Naked City
Naked City
Sorcerers' Village
Sorcerers' Village
The Kidnappers
The Kidnappers
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Suspicion
Suspicion
Joe Butterfly
Joe Butterfly
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tales of Tomorrow
Tales of Tomorrow
Works of Calder
Works of Calder
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
Golden Arrow
Golden Arrow
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
The Big Story
The Big Story
Lights Out
Lights Out
Jigsaw
Jigsaw
Studio One
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
On Our Merry Way
On Our Merry Way
A Yank Comes Back
A Yank Comes Back
Mine Own Executioner
Mine Own Executioner
Magnificent Doll
Magnificent Doll
The Diary of a Chambermaid
The Diary of a Chambermaid
A Walk in the Sun
A Walk in the Sun
Story of G.I. Joe
Story of G.I. Joe
Attack: The Battle for New Britain
Attack: The Battle for New Britain
Tunisian Victory
Tunisian Victory
Hymn of the Nations
Hymn of the Nations
A Salute to France
A Salute to France
The Rear Gunner
The Rear Gunner
A Welcome to Britain
A Welcome to Britain
Street of Chance
Street of Chance
Tom, Dick and Harry
Tom, Dick and Harry
That Uncertain Feeling
That Uncertain Feeling
Second Chorus
Second Chorus
San Francisco Docks
San Francisco Docks
Castle on the Hudson
Castle on the Hudson
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
Idiot's Delight
Idiot's Delight
Spring Madness
Spring Madness
There Goes the Groom
There Goes the Groom
Winterset
Winterset
The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel

Acting

2024
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
  —
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Sly
  —
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
  —
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
  —
Henry Bemis (archive footage)
2006
Rocky Balboa
  —
Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage)
The Opponents
  —
Self (archive footage) / Mickey Goldmill
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
  —
Self (archive footage)
1995
Grumpier Old Men
  —
Grandpa Gustafson
Across the Moon
  —
Barney
Tall Tale
  —
Old Man (uncredited)
1994
Camp Nowhere
  —
Fein
1993
La Classe américaine
  —
The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
Grumpy Old Men
  —
Grandpa Gustafson
Lincoln
  —
Winfield Scott (voice)
Mastergate
  —
Wiley Slaughter
The Chaplin Puzzle
  —
Narrator (voice)
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
  —
Narrator (voice)
Night of the Hunter
  —
Birdy
1990
Rocky V
  —
Mickey Goldmill
State of Grace
  —
Finn
Oddball Hall
  —
Ingersol
1989
The Wickedest Witch
  —
Narrator (voice)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
  —
Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1988
Full Moon in Blue Water
  —
The General
Hot to Trot
  —
Don's Dad
In the Heat of the Night
  —
Judge Cully
1987
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
  —
Mad Tom
King Lear
  —
Don Learo
G.I. Joe: The Movie
  —
Golobulus (voice)
1986
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
  —
Mr. Ben the Owl
Santa Claus: The Movie
  —
Ancient Elf
Broken Rainbow
  —
Historical Voice (voice)
Answers
  —
Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
1984
Wet Gold
  —
Sampson
Thumbelina
  —
Mr. Mole
1982
Gloria
  —
Dr. Willard Adams
Faerie Tale Theatre
  —
Mr. Mole
Rocky III
  —
Mickey Goldmill
1981
True Confessions
  —
Msgr. Seamus Fargo
Clash of the Titans
  —
Ammon
The Last Chase
  —
Captain J.G. Williams
Mr. Griffin and Me
  —
Kenneth Griffin
1980
Final Assignment
  —
Zak
When Time Ran Out...
  —
Rene Valdez
1979
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
  —
Puff the Magic Dragon
Rocky II
  —
Mickey Goldmill
1978
Magic
  —
Ben Greene
The Great Bank Hoax
  —
Jack Stutz
Foul Play
  —
Mr. Hennessey
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
  —
William Blackstone
The Amazing Captain Nemo
  —
Prof. Waldo Cunningham
The Manitou
  —
Dr. Snow
The Living Sands of Namib
  —
Narrator (voice)
1977
Golden Rendezvous
  —
Van Heurden
The Last Hurrah
  —
Cardinal Burke
SST: Death Flight
  —
Willy Basset
Tail Gunner Joe
  —
Joseph Welch
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
  —
John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
The Sentinel
  —
Charles Chazen
1976
Rocky
  —
Mickey Goldmill
Burnt Offerings
  —
Arnold Allardyce
Circasia
  —
Clown
1975
The Hindenburg
  —
Emilio Pajetta
The Master Gunfighter
  —
Narrator (voice)
92 in the Shade
  —
Goldsboro
Hay que matar a B.
  —
Hector
The Day of the Locust
  —
Harry Greener
Golden Needles
  —
Winters
1973
Old Faithful
  —
Himself
1972
Search
  —
V.C.R. Cameron
The Man
  —
Senator Watson
A Fan's Notes
  —
Mr. Blue
Beware! The Blob
  —
Old Hobo
The New Healers
  —
Dr. Simmons
Probe
  —
V.C.R. Cameron
Getting Away from It All
  —
Capt. Frank Coffin
We the People
  —
Narrator
1971
Such Good Friends
  —
Kalman
Clay Pigeon
  —
Freedom Lovelace
1970
Night Gallery
  —
Charlie Finnegan
There Was a Crooked Man...
  —
The Missouri Kid
1969
The Reivers
  —
Lucius / Narrator (voice)
Winter of the Witch
  —
Narrator
Love, American Style
  —
Harrison Merriweather
Hard Contract
  —
Ramsey Williams
The Father
  —
Captain Ned
Mackenna's Gold
  —
The Storekeeper
1968
Skidoo
  —
The Warden
Stay Away, Joe
  —
Charlie Lightcloud
Dear Mr. Gable
  —
Narrator
1967
Torture Garden
  —
Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
Hurry Sundown
  —
Judge Purcell
The Invaders
  —
Theodore Booth
1966
The Crazy-Quilt
  —
Narrator (voice)
Batman
  —
The Penguin
Madame X
  —
Dan Sullivan
Batman
  —
The Penguin
In Harm's Way
  —
Commander Egan Powell
1964
Profiles in Courage
  —
John Peter Altgeld
Daniel Boone
  —
Alex Hemming
12 O'Clock High
  —
Dr. Michael Rink
Fanfare for a Death Scene
  —
Prof. George Bannerman
1963
The Cardinal
  —
Father Halley
Mr. Novak
  —
Principal Martin Woodridge
Burke's Law
  —
Harold Harold
Advise & Consent
  —
Herbert Gelman
Waiting for Godot
  —
Vladimir
1959
The Twilight Zone
  —
Romney Wordsworth
Bonanza
  —
Owney Duggan
Rawhide
  —
Hannibal H. Plew
1958
Naked City
  —
Duncan Kleist
Sorcerers' Village
  —
Narrator
The Kidnappers
  —
Louis Halliburton
1957
Albert Schweitzer
  —
Narrator (voice)
Suspicion
  —
Ramskill
Joe Butterfly
  —
Joe Butterfly
1953
General Electric Theater
  —
Velvet Pants
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
  —
Cardinal Burke
1950
Works of Calder
  —
Narrator
Lux Video Theatre
  —
David
What's My Line?
  —
Self - Panelist
Robert Montgomery Presents
  —
Stage Manager
1949
Golden Arrow
  —
Dick
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
  —
Joseph Heurtin
The Big Story
  —
Narrator
Jigsaw
  —
Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
1948
Lamp Unto My Feet
  —
Narrator (voice)
Studio One
  —
Gulley Jimson
On Our Merry Way
  —
Oliver M. Pease
A Yank Comes Back
  —
Self
1947
Mine Own Executioner
  —
Felix Milne
1946
Magnificent Doll
  —
James Madison
The Diary of a Chambermaid
  —
Captain Mauger
Story of G.I. Joe
  —
Ernie Pyle
1944
Attack: The Battle for New Britain
  —
Narrator (voice)
Tunisian Victory
  —
American soldier (voice)
Hymn of the Nations
  —
Narrator(voice)
A Salute to France
  —
Joe - the American Soldier
1943
The Rear Gunner
  —
Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
The United States Service Bands
  —
footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)
1942
Street of Chance
  —
Frank Thompson
1941
Tom, Dick and Harry
  —
Harry
That Uncertain Feeling
  —
Alexander Sebastian
The Forgotten Village
  —
Narrator
Second Chorus
  —
Hank Taylor
1940
San Francisco Docks
  —
Johnny Barnes
Castle on the Hudson
  —
Steve Rockford
1939
Of Mice and Men
  —
George
Idiot's Delight
  —
Quillary
1938
Spring Madness
  —
The Lippencott
1937
There Goes the Groom
  —
Derek "Dick" Matthews
1936
Winterset
  —
Mio Romagna
1935
The Scoundrel
  —
Flop House Bum

Writing

1970
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1948
A Yank Comes Back
as.job job.Writer.he
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1944
A Salute to France
as.job job.Screenplay.he

Directing

1970
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as.job job.Director.he
1949
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as.job job.Director.he
1943
A Welcome to Britain
as.job job.Director.he

Production

1976
Circasia
as.job job.Producer.he
1950
Works of Calder
as.job job.Producer.he
1948
On Our Merry Way
as.job job.Producer.he
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as.job job.Producer.he
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