Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer whose career encompassed stage, film, and television and spanned seven decades.
He was a lifetime member of the Actors' Studio by invitation, won several Emmy Awards, was nominated for two Academy Awards, and was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice. His best-known roles are in the Rocky series as Mickey Goldmill, Rocky Balboa's manager, and as The Penguin in the 1960s Batman series.note He also appeared in four episodes of the original version of The Twilight Zone, including one of the most famous, "Time Enough at Last".
Meredith was married to Helen Derby, Margaret Perry, Paulette Goddard, and Kaja Sundsten, and had two daughters with Sundsten. He died in 1997 at the age of 89 of complications from Alzheimer's disease and melanoma.
Filmography on this wiki:
- Winterset (1936)
- Of Mice and Men (1939)
- The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
- Advise & Consent (1962)
- In Harm's Way (1965)
- Batman: The Movie (1966)
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
- Torture Garden (1967)
- Hurry Sundown (1967)
- Skidoo (1968)
- Mackenna's Gold (1969)
- The Reivers (1969)
- There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
- Beware! The Blob (1972)
- The Day of the Locust (1975)
- The Hindenburg (1975)
- Burnt Offerings (1976)
- Rocky (1976-1982, 1990):
- The Sentinel (1977)
- The Manitou (1978)
- Foul Play (1978)
- Magic (1978)
- When Time Ran Out... (1980)
- True Confessions (1981)
- Clash of the Titans (1981)
- Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)
- Grumpier Old Men (1995)
- Camp Nowhere (1994)
- Tall Tale (1995)
- The Twilight Zone (1959–63)
- Rawhide (1961–64)
- Wagon Train (1964)
- The Wild Wild West (1965)
- Batman (1966–68)
- The Invaders (1967) (1967)
- Ironside (1967)
- Bonanza (1967)
- The Monkees (1968)
- The Virginian (1968–71)
- Daniel Boone (1969)
- Night Gallery (1970)
- Mannix (1972)
- McCloud (1972)
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1984)
- In the Heat of the Night (1993)
- Puff the Magic Dragon (1978)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
- G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
- Hot to Trot (1988)
- Ripper (1996)
