Burgess Meredith
Birthday:
Birthplace:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Originally a newspaper reporter, Burgess Meredith came to the screen in 1936, repeating his stage role in Winterset, a part written for him by Maxwell Anderson. Meredith has had a long and varied film career, playing everything from George in Of Mice and Men (1939) to Sylvester Stallone's trainer in Rocky (1976). He received Oscar nominations for The Day of the Locust (1975) and Rocky. As comfortable with comedy as with drama, Meredith also appeared in Idiot's Delight (1939); Second Chorus (1940), with Fred Astaire; Diary of a Chambermaid (1942), which he also wrote and produced; The Story of G.I. Joe (1945); and Mine Own Executioner (1947). He also directed Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949). On television, he made countless guest appearances in dozens of dramatic and variety productions, including one of the first episodes of The Twilight Zone, the touching Time Enough at Last, and as host on the first episode of Your Show of Shows. He was a regular on Mr. Novak (1963-64) and Search (1972-73), hosted Those Amazing Animals (1981), co-starred with Sally Struthers in Gloria (1982-83), and made classic appearances as the Penguin on Batman (1966-68). He won an Emmy in 1977 for Tailgunner Joe and has done voiceover work for innumerable commercials, notably Volkswagen. Meredith made his final feature film appearance playing crusty Grandpa Gustafson in Grumpier Old Men (1995), the sequel to Grumpy Old Men (1993) in which he also appeared. In 1996, he played a role in the CD-rom video game Ripper. He was briefly married to Paulette Goddard in the 1940s. Meredith died in his Malibu home at the age of 88 on September 9, 1997.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Hay que matar a B. |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | The U.S. Air Force Story |
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— | 2008 |
17% | Grumpier Old Men |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Wild Bill Hollywood Maverick |
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— | 1995 |
18% | Camp Nowhere |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Across the Moon |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Conserving America |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Conserving America |
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— | 1994 |
63% | Grumpy Old Men |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Lincoln: Now He Belongs to the Ages, 1865 |
|
— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Maxwell Anderson - Lost In the Stars |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Lincoln: I Want to Finish This Job, 1864 |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863 |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Lincoln: The Making of a President, 1860-1862 |
|
— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Oddball Hall |
|
— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Dear Mr. Gable |
|
— | 1991 |
31% | Rocky V |
|
— | 1990 |
84% | State of Grace |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | John Huston - The Man, the Movies, the Maverick |
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— | 1989 |
27% | Full Moon in Blue Water |
|
— | 1988 |
0% | Hot to Trot |
|
— | 1988 |
55% | King Lear |
|
— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Mr. Corbett's Ghost |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard |
|
— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Outrage! |
|
— | 1986 |
43% | G.I. Joe: The Movie |
|
— | 1986 |
20% | Santa Claus: The Movie |
|
— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Broken Rainbow |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Wet Gold |
|
— | 1984 |
57% | Twilight Zone: The Movie |
|
— | 1983 |
63% | Rocky III |
|
— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody |
|
— | 1982 |
68% | Clash of the Titans |
|
— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | The Last Chase |
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— | 1981 |
71% | True Confessions |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Final Assignment |
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— | 1980 |
0% | When Time Ran Out |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of Living Lies |
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— | 1979 |
71% | Rocky II |
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— | 1979 |
83% | Magic |
|
— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | The Great Bank Hoax (Shenanigans)(The Great Georgia Bank Hoax) |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | Puff the Magic Dragon |
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— | 1978 |
74% | Foul Play |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | The Return of Captain Nemo |
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— | 1978 |
40% | The Manitou |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | SST: Death Flight (Flight of the Maiden) |
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— | 1977 |
47% | The Sentinel |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Golden Rendezvous |
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— | 1977 |
92% | Rocky |
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— | 1976 |
54% | Burnt Offerings |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 92 in the Shade |
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— | 1975 |
60% | The Day of the Locust |
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— | 1975 |
36% | The Hindenburg |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Golden Needles |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | UFO's: It Has Begun |
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— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | The Man |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | Beware! The Blob |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | A Fan's Notes |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | Probe |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | Such Good Friends |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | Clay Pigeon |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go |
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— | 1971 |
80% | There Was a Crooked Man |
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— | 1970 |
No Score Yet | Lock, Stock and Barrel |
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— | 1970 |
20% | MacKenna's Gold |
|
— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | Hard Contract |
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— | 1969 |
80% | The Reivers |
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— | 1969 |
42% | Skidoo |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | Torture Garden |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | Stay Away, Joe |
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— | 1968 |
22% | Hurry Sundown |
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— | 1967 |
No Score Yet | A Big Hand for the Little Lady |
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— | 1966 |
79% | Batman: The Movie |
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— | 1966 |
60% | Madame X |
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— | 1966 |
38% | In Harm's Way |
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— | 1965 |
50% | The Cardinal |
|
— | 1963 |
75% | Advise and Consent |
|
— | 1962 |
No Score Yet | Jigsaw |
|
— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | Mine Own Executioner |
|
— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | The Man on the Eiffel Tower |
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— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | Man on the Run |
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— | 1949 |
20% | On Our Merry Way |
|
— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | Magnificent Doll |
|
— | 1946 |
No Score Yet | Diary of a Chambermaid |
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— | 1946 |
77% | The Story of G.I. Joe |
|
— | 1945 |
No Score Yet | Tunisian Victory |
|
— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Our Country |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Street of Chance |
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— | 1942 |
No Score Yet | The Forgotten Village |
|
— | 1941 |
100% | Tom, Dick and Harry |
|
— | 1941 |
67% | That Uncertain Feeling |
|
— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | Pot o' Gold |
|
— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | Castle on the Hudson |
|
— | 1940 |
No Score Yet | Second Chorus |
|
— | 1940 |
100% | Of Mice and Men |
|
— | 1939 |
40% | Idiot's Delight |
|
— | 1939 |
No Score Yet | Winterset |
|
— | 1936 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
In the Heat of the Night
1988-1995
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
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No Score Yet |
Night Gallery
1970-1973
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No Score Yet |
Ironside
1967-1975
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No Score Yet |
The Monkees
1966-1968
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72% |
Batman
1966-1968
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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No Score Yet |
The Wild Wild West
1965-1969
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No Score Yet |
Rawhide
1959-1965
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Quotes from Burgess Meredith's Characters
Mickey: | I think we oughta knock his block off. |
Rocky Balboa: | Absolutely. |
Grandpa Gustafson: | Well you can wish in one hand and crap in the other, and see which get filled first. |
Mickey: | You're the Champ! Now get up, for One More Round! |
Mickey: | You're the Champ! Now get up for one more round! |
Mickey: | Go for the ribs, don't let that bastard breathe |
Mickey: | Go for the ribs, don't let that bastard breathe. |
Mickey: | woman weaken knees |
Mickey: | Women weaken legs! |
Mickey: | Stay down! |
Rocky Balboa: | It's a livin'? |
Mickey: | It's a waste of life! |
Narrator: | You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone. |
Mickey: | [after slapping Rocky in the face with his left hand] Now you didn't even see that comin', did ya? And that's comin' from a broken down punk like me. What... what do ya think the champ would do to ya? |
Rocky Balboa: | Hurt me bad, I guess... |
Mickey: | Na, he'd hurt ya permanent. Permanent ! |
Mickey: | Na, he'd hurt ya permanent. Permanent! |
Mickey: | why do you wear that old sweaty thing? |
Mickey: | Why do you wear that old sweaty thing? |
Rocky Balboa: | it brings me luck. |
Rocky Balboa: | It brings me luck. |
Mickey: | it brings you flys. |
Mickey: | It brings you flys. |
Mickey: | You're gonna eat lightnin' and you're gonna crap thunder! |
Mickey: | Your nose is broken. |
Rocky Balboa: | How does it look? |
Mickey: | Ah, it's an improvement. |
The Penguin: | Penguin: My fine sir, as a famous poet once said, "On land you may command; at sea it is me!" Wuah Wuah Joker: Bluah Bluah! |
The Penguin: | My fine sir, as a famous poet once said, 'On land you may command; at sea it is me!' Wuah Wuah |
The Joker: | Bluah Bluah! |
Mickey: | You're gonna eat lightnin' and you're gonna crap thunder! |
Mickey: | Get up,ya son of a bitch! Mickey loves ya! |