Burgess Meredith Biography

Birthday: 1907-11-16
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio
Height: 5' 5½" (1.66 m)
Wiki Biography: One of the truly great and gifted performers of the century who often suffered lesser roles, Meredith was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1907 and educated in Amherst College in Massachusetts before joining Eva Le Gallienne's stage company in New York City in 1933. He bcame a favorite of dramatist Maxwell Anderson, premiering on film in the playwright's Winterset (1936). Served in the Air Force in WWII. He continued in a variety of dramatic and comedic roles until being named an unfriendly witness by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the early 1950s, whereupon studio work disappeared. His career picked up again, especially with television roles, in the 1960s, although younger audiences know him best for either the Rocky (1976) or Grumpy Old Men (1993) films. Meredith also did a large amount of commercial work, serving as the voice for Skippy Peanut Butter and United Air Lines, among others. He was also an ardent environmentalist who believed pollution one of the greatest tragedies of the time, and an opponent of the Vietnam War.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Foul Play | Mr. Hennessey | - 1981 | Comedy |
In Harm's Way | Commander Egan Powell | 1965 | Drama |
Search | V.C.R. Cameron | 1972 - 1973 | |
Korg: 70,000 B.C. | 1974 | Adventure | |
Those Amazing Animals | 1980 | Documentary | |
True Confessions | 1981 | Crime | |
Probe | 1988 - 1988 | ||
Grumpy Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson | 2003 - | Comedy |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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On Our Merry Way | 0000 | ||
Winterset | 1936 | Biography, Comedy | |
Second Chorus | 1941 | Comedy, Romance, Musical | |
That Uncertain Feeling | 1941 | Comedy | |
Tom, Dick and Harry | 1941 | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | |
Tom, Dick, and Harry | 1941 | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | |
Tunisian Victory | 1944 | Documentary | |
Attack! Battle of New Britain | 1944 | Documentary | |
The Story of G.I. Joe | 1945 | Drama | |
Diary of a Chambermaid | Captain Mauger | 1946 | |
Madame X | Dan Sullivan | 1954 | |
Albert Schweitzer | 1957 | Documentary, History | |
A Big Hand for the Little Lady | 1966 | ||
Torture Garden | 1967 | ||
Stay Away, Joe | 1968 | Comedy, Drama, Musical | |
Skidoo | 1968 | Comedy | |
There Was a Crooked Man... | 1970 | ||
The Day of the Locust | Harry Greener | 1975 | Drama, Thriller |
The Master Gunfighter | 1975 | ||
The Hindenburg | 1975 | Adventure, Drama, History | |
Rocky | Mickey Goldmill | 1976 | |
Burnt Offerings | 1976 | Reality Tv | |
Tail Gunner Joe | 1977 | Drama | |
SST: Death Flight | Willy Basset | 1977 | Drama |
The Manitou | 1978 | ||
The Return of Captain Nemo | 1978 | Sci Fi | |
Foul Play | Mr. Hennessey | 1978 | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller |
Rocky II | Mickey Goldmill | 1979 | Action, Drama, Romance |
When Time Ran Out | 1980 | Action, Adventure, Drama | |
The Last Chase | 1981 | ||
True Confessions | 1981 | Crime, Drama | |
Rocky III | Mickey Goldmill | 1982 | |
Wet Gold | 1984 | Drama | |
Broken Rainbow | 1985 | ||
Full Moon in Blue Water | The General | 1988 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Oddball Hall | Ingersol | 1990 | Comedy |
State of Grace | 1990 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | |
Rocky V | Mickey Goldmill | 1990 | Drama, Sport |
Grumpy Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson | 1993 | Comedy, Drama |
Grumpier Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson | 1995 | Comedy, Romance |
King Lear | Don Learo | 2002 | Comedy, Drama |