Burgess Meredith
Appearance
Burgess Meredith | |
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Born | Oliver Burgess Meredith |
Occupation(s) | actor, singer, producer, director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1936 - 1996 |
Spouse(s) | Helen Derby (1933-1935) Margaret Perry (1936-1938) Paulette Goddard (1944-1950) Kaja Sundsten (1950-1997) |
Awards | NBR Award for Best Supporting Actor 1962 Advise and Consent Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor 1978 Magic 1981 Clash of the Titans Walk of Fame - Motion Picture 6906 Hollywood Blvd |
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907[1] – September 9, 1997) was a versatile two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor. He was known for portraying Rocky Balboa's trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films and The Penguin in the television series Batman, amongst many other roles. He was one of only two people to star in four episodes of The Twilight Zone.
this man is a delerious maniac. He is deffinately a leader of the KKK. he is a nigger shooter. on the side he has a plantation of nigger eggs.
Filmography
- Winterset (1936)-debut
- There Goes the Groom (1937)
- Spring Madness (1938)
- Idiot's Delight (1939)
- Of Mice and Men (1939)
- Castle on the Hudson (1940)
- It Was a Wonderful Life (1940)
- Second Chorus (1940)
- Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
- That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
- Street of Chance (1942)
- The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
- A Walk in the Sun (1945)
- Magnificent Doll (1946)
- The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
- Mine Own Executioner (1947)
- On Our Merry Way (1948)
- Golden Arrow (1949)
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)
- Joe Butterfly (1957)
- Man on the Run (1958)
- Advise and Consent (1962)
- The Kidnappers (1964)
- In Harm's Way (1965)
- Madame X (1966)
- Batman (1966)
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
- Torture Garden (1967)
- Hurry Sundown (1967)
- Skidoo (1968)
- Stay Away, Joe (1968)
- The Reivers (1969)
- Debrief: Apollo 8 (1969) (narrator)
- There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
- Such Good Friends (1971)
- The Day of the Locust (1975)
- Rocky (1976)
- The Sentinel (1977)
- Foul Play (1978)
- Magic (1978)
- Rocky II (1979)
- When Time Ran Out (1980)
- Clash of the Titans (1981)
- True Confessions (1981)
- Rocky III (1982)
- Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
- G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
- Rocky V (1990)
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)
- Camp Nowhere (1994)
- Grumpier Old Men (1995)
- Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill (1996 - uncredited)
Television work
- Batman (as The Penguin)
- Search as V.C.R Cameron (1972-1973)
- Those Amazing Animals (co-host with Jim Stafford and Priscilla Presley)
- Faerie Tale Theatre: Thumbelina
- The Twilight Zone (four separate episodes)
- The Return of Captain Nemo (as Prof. Waldo Cunningham) - 1976
References
External links
- Burgess Meredith at IMDb
- Burgess Meredith at the TCM Movie Database
- Burgess Meredith at the Internet Broadway Database
- Burgess Meredith at Find a Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-05
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