Burgess Meredith
Birthday: November 16, 1907
Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Height: 5' 4"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Burgess Meredith. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Ripper	(1996)
[ Christopher Walken ][ John Rhys-Davies ][ Paul Giamatti ][ David Patrick Kelly ][ Ossie Davis ]
Grumpier Old Men	(1995)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ][ Kevin Pollak ][ Johnny Cash ]
Across the Moon	(1995)
[ James Remar ][ Michael McKean ][ Peter Berg ]
Tall Tale	(1995)
[ Patrick Swayze ][ Nick Stahl ][ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ Oliver Platt ]
Camp Nowhere	(1994)
[ Christopher Lloyd ][ Allison Mack ][ Andrew Keegan ][ Jonathan Frakes ][ Jonathan Jackson ]
Grumpy Old Men	(1993)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ][ Kevin Pollak ][ Christopher McDonald ][ Bing Crosby ]
Lake Winahatchie	(1993)
Even Nice People	(1993)
Mastergate	(1992)
[ Pat Morita ][ Jerry Orbach ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Bruno Kirby ][ Darren McGavin ]
Night of the Hunter	(1991)
[ Richard Chamberlain ]
Rocky V	(1990)
[ Sylvester Stallone ][ Burt Young ][ Kevin Connolly ][ Elton John ][ Sage Stallone ]
Oddball Hall	(1990)
[ Don Ameche ]
State of Grace	(1990)
[ Gary Oldman ][ Sean Penn ][ Ed Harris ][ John Turturro ][ John C. Reilly ]
The Wickedest Witch	(1989)
Hot to Trot	(1988)
[ John Candy ][ Danny Elfman ][ Bob Goldthwait ][ Dabney Coleman ][ Gilbert Gottfried ]
Full Moon in Blue Water	(1988)
[ Gene Hackman ][ Elias Koteas ][ Willie Nelson ][ Brandon Smith ]
Mister Corbett's Ghost	(1987)
[ John Huston ]
King Lear	(1987)
[ Jean-Luc Godard ]
G.I. Joe: The Movie	(1987)
[ Don Johnson ][ Frank Welker ][ Rob Paulsen ][ Peter Cullen ][ Corey Burton ]
Outrage!	(1986)
[ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ][ Mel Ferrer ]
The Blinkins	(1986)
[ Henry Gibson ]
Santa Claus	(1985)
[ John Lithgow ][ Dudley Moore ]
Wet Gold	(1984)
[ Brian Kerwin ]
Twilight Zone: The Movie	(1983)
[ Steven Spielberg ][ Dan Aykroyd ][ John Lithgow ][ Albert Brooks ][ John Landis ]
Chasing the Limits	(1983)
Gloria, the First Day (Un-aired Pilot)	(1982)
Rocky III	(1982)
[ Sylvester Stallone ][ Mr. T ][ Hulk Hogan ][ Carl Weathers ][ Burt Young ]
True Confessions	(1981)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Robert Duvall ][ Dan Hedaya ][ Charles Durning ]
Clash of the Titans	(1981)
[ Laurence Olivier ][ Harry Hamlin ][ Tim Pigott-Smith ]
The Last Chase	(1981)
[ Lee Majors ]
When Time Ran Out...	(1980)
[ Paul Newman ][ William Holden ][ Ernest Borgnine ][ Pat Morita ][ Red Buttons ]
Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies	(1980)
Final Assignment	(1980)
[ Michael York ]
Rocky II	(1979)
[ Sylvester Stallone ][ Carl Weathers ][ Burt Young ][ Paul McCrane ][ Frank Stallone ]
The Great Bank Hoax	(1978)
[ Ned Beatty ][ Michael Murphy ]
Magic	(1978)
[ Anthony Hopkins ][ David Ogden Stiers ]
Puff, the Magic Dragon	(1978)
Foul Play	(1978)
[ Chevy Chase ][ Dudley Moore ][ Billy Barty ]
The Manitou	(1978)
[ Tony Curtis ]
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid	(1978)
[ Harry Morgan ][ Aaron Spelling ][ Tony Randall ][ Harry Carey Jr. ]
The Return of Captain Nemo	(1978)
[ Mel Ferrer ]
Golden Rendezvous	(1977)
[ Richard Harris ][ John Vernon ][ David Bailie ]
The Last Hurrah	(1977)
[ Carroll O'Connor ][ Dana Andrews ]
SST: Death Flight	(1977)
[ Billy Crystal ][ Regis Philbin ][ Peter Graves ][ Robert Reed ][ Lorne Greene ]
Tail Gunner Joe	(1977)
[ Peter Boyle ][ Ned Beatty ][ Howard Hesseman ][ Andrew Prine ]
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye	(1977)
[ Tom Berenger ]
The Sentinel	(1977)
[ Christopher Walken ][ Jeff Goldblum ][ Tom Berenger ][ Chris Sarandon ][ Jerry Orbach ]
Rocky	(1976)
[ Sylvester Stallone ][ Carl Weathers ][ Michael Dorn ][ Burt Young ][ Frank Stallone ]
Burnt Offerings	(1976)
[ Oliver Reed ]
The Hindenburg	(1975)
[ George C Scott ][ George C. Scott ][ Rene Auberjonois ][ Charles Durning ][ William Atherton ]
The Master Gunfighter	(1975)
92 in the Shade	(1975)
[ Harry Dean Stanton ][ Peter Fonda ][ Warren Oates ]
The Day of the Locust	(1975)
[ Donald Sutherland ][ William Atherton ][ John Hillerman ][ Billy Barty ][ Dennis Dugan ]
Hay que matar a B.	(1975)
[ Darren McGavin ]
Golden Needles	(1974)
[ Joe Don Baker ]
The Man	(1972)
[ James Earl Jones ][ Martin Balsam ]
Beware! The Blob	(1972)
[ Bud Cort ][ Larry Hagman ][ Dick Van Patten ][ Godfrey Cambridge ]
A Fan's Notes	(1972)
[ Jerry Orbach ]
The New Healers	(1972)
Probe	(1972)
[ John Gielgud ][ A Martinez ]
Getting Away from It All	(1972)
[ Randy Quaid ][ Larry Hagman ]
Such Good Friends	(1971)
[ Lawrence Tierney ]
Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove: Part 1	(1971)
Lock, Stock and Barrel	(1971)
[ Tim Matheson ][ Jack Albertson ][ Claude Akins ]
Clay Pigeon	(1971)
[ Robert Vaughn ][ Telly Savalas ]
The Bill Cosby Special, or?	(1971)
[ Herb Edelman ]
The Father	(1971)
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove	(1971)
Love and the Hypnotist/Love and the Psychiatrist	(1970)
The Little Black Bag	(1970)
There Was a Crooked Man...	(1970)
[ Kirk Douglas ][ Henry Fonda ][ Warren Oates ][ Hume Cronyn ]
The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go	(1970)
[ Jeff Bridges ][ James Mason ]
The Reivers	(1969)
[ Steve McQueen ][ John Williams ]
Hard Contract	(1969)
[ Sterling Hayden ]
Mackenna's Gold	(1969)
[ Gregory Peck ][ Omar Sharif ][ Eli Wallach ][ Telly Savalas ][ Lee J. Cobb ]
Winter of the Witch	(1969)
Stay Away, Joe	(1968)
The Orchard	(1968)
The Macabre Mr. Micawber	(1968)
Skidoo	(1968)
[ Mickey Rooney ][ Groucho Marx ][ Richard Kiel ][ Jackie Gleason ][ Slim Pickens ]
A Horse of Another Color	(1967)
The Sport of Penguins	(1967)
The Wail of the Siren	(1967)
Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin	(1967)
Hurry Sundown	(1967)
[ Michael Caine ][ George Kennedy ][ Robert Reed ]
Torture Garden	(1967)
[ Jack Palance ][ Peter Cushing ]
The Crazy-Quilt	(1966)
Batman	(1966)
[ Adam West ][ Cesar Romero ]
A Big Hand for the Little Lady	(1966)
[ Henry Fonda ][ Jason Robards ]
Madame X	(1966)
[ Ricardo Montalban ][ Keir Dullea ]
In Harm's Way	(1965)
[ John Wayne ][ Kirk Douglas ][ Henry Fonda ][ George Kennedy ][ Larry Hagman ]
Fanfare for a Death Scene	(1964)
[ Telly Savalas ][ Richard Egan ]
Who Killed Jason Shaw?	(1964)
Incident at Deadhorse: Part 1	(1964)
The Cardinal	(1963)
[ John Huston ][ Ossie Davis ][ John Saxon ]
5: Part 4	(1963)
[ William Shatner ][ Telly Savalas ][ Peter Lorre ][ Brian Keith ][ Keenan Wynn ]
5: Part 3	(1963)
[ William Shatner ][ Telly Savalas ][ Peter Lorre ][ Brian Keith ][ Keenan Wynn ]
5: Part 2	(1963)
[ William Shatner ][ Telly Savalas ][ Peter Lorre ][ Brian Keith ][ Keenan Wynn ]
5: Part 1	(1963)
[ William Shatner ][ Telly Savalas ][ Peter Lorre ][ Brian Keith ][ Keenan Wynn ]
Who Killed Alex Debbs?	(1963)
Incident at Paradise	(1963)
Advise & Consent	(1962)
[ Henry Fonda ][ Charles Laughton ][ Don Murray ]
The Little Fishes	(1961)
The Obsolete Man	(1961)
Mr. Dingle, the Strong	(1961)
Waiting for Godot	(1961)
Time Enough at Last	(1959)
Man on the Run	(1958)
Joe Butterfly	(1957)
[ Keenan Wynn ][ George Nader ]
Edison the Man	(1954)
The Martian Eyes	(1951)
The Martian Eyes	(1950)
The Night Billy Rose Should'a Stood in Bed	(1950)
Ride the Pink Horse	(1950)
Episode dated 25 February 1950	(1950)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower	(1950)
[ Charles Laughton ]
Works of Calder	(1950)
Golden Arrow	(1949)
Jigsaw	(1949)
[ Henry Fonda ]
On Our Merry Way	(1948)
[ James Stewart ][ Henry Fonda ][ Fred MacMurray ]
Mine Own Executioner	(1947)
Magnificent Doll	(1946)
[ David Niven ]
The Diary of a Chambermaid	(1946)
A Walk in the Sun	(1945)
[ Dana Andrews ]
Story of G.I. Joe	(1945)
[ Robert Mitchum ]
The Rear Gunner	(1943)
[ Ronald Reagan ][ George Reeves ]
Street of Chance	(1942)
Tom Dick and Harry	(1941)
That Uncertain Feeling	(1941)
San Francisco Docks	(1940)
Second Chorus	(1940)
[ Fred Astaire ]
Castle on the Hudson	(1940)
Of Mice and Men	(1939)
[ Lon Chaney Jr. ]
Idiot's Delight	(1939)
[ Clark Gable ][ Irving Berlin ]
Spring Madness	(1938)
[ Clayton Moore ]
There Goes the Groom	(1937)
Winterset	(1936)

Trivia

• Served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, reaching the rank of Captain.
• Because of his very liberal political views, he collided with Senator Joseph McCarthy and was blacklisted from films in the late 1950s.
• Otto Preminger was instrumental in restoring his film career.
• His character "Penguin" was so popular a villain in the _"Batman" (1966/II)_ TV-series the producers always had a "Penguin" script ready in case Meredith would like to appear as a guest star.
• Father of two (with fourth wife Kaja Sundsten): son Jonathon (musician) and daughter Tala (painter)
• On the _"Batman" (1966/II)_ TV series, developed his grunting "Penguin" laugh out of necessity. Meredith had given up smoking some twenty-odd years earlier, but his character was required to smoke with a cigarette holder. The smoke would get caught in his throat and he would start coughing. Rather than constantly ruin takes in this matter, he developed the laugh to cover it up. "Actually, it was a pretty funny noise for a penguin to make," said Meredith. "I sounded more like a duck." Needless to say, Meredith gave up smoking again immediately after the series ended.
• Suffered from melanoma and other ailments, including Alzheimer's disease, at the time of his death.
• Was only seventeen years older then Jack Lemmon when he played his father in Grumpy Old Men (1993).
• In 1960, received a Special Tony Award, along with James Thurber, for "A Thurber Carnival." He was also nominated for Broadway's 1974 Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for "Ulysses in Nighttown."
• Was the second choice for "The Penguin" role in _"Batman" (1966/II)_ . Producers had originally wanted Spencer Tracy in the role, but Tracy wouldn't sign unless his character was allowed to kill Batman. Obviously, they did not want to kill the main character, so the role went to Meredith.
• Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 406-407. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
• He was fascinated by the subject of non-human intelligence, particularly dolphins. He once believed that a dolphin somehow called to him for help in the middle of the night while he was staying at a friend's home on the beach. He ran out and found the dolphin, caught in a net under a dock down the beach, although there was no way he should have been able to know it was there. He released it, saving its life. He believed it had made some sort of connection with him, perhaps telepathic, to call for help.
• Was offered the part of The Penguin's father in Batman Returns (1992) (which eventually went to Paul Reubens), but couldn't film it because of his delicate health.
• Once narrated a Gaelic Christmas Carol in English for The Chieftains on their "The Bells of Dublin" CD.

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