Architect of Tension

Burgess Meredith

1907–1997Cleveland, Ohio, USA1943–present3 films

ThrillerDramaComedyDocumentary

Also wrote 5 screenplays ↗Also starred in films ↗

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Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American movie, television, stage, radio, voice actor, and director. He was known for his roles as The Penguin in the 1960s TV version of Batman, as Mickey Goldmill in Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III, and as Grandpa Gustafson in Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. He won two Saturn Awards (in 1978 and in 1981), Tony Awards, and many Emmy Awards.

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