Burgess Meredith (born November 16, 1907) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer in theater, film, and television.
Birth Name: Oliver Burgess Meredith
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5' 5"
Nickname: "Buzz"
Quote: "I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type."
Active for more than six decades,Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century". A life member of the Actors Studio[ by invitation, he won several Emmys, was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.
Meredith was known later in his career for his appearances on The Twilight Zone, portraying arch-villain The Penguin on the 1960s TV series Batman, and boxing trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky film series. "Although those performances renewed his popularity," observed Mel Gussow in The New York Times, "they represented only a small part of a richly varied career in which he played many of the more demanding roles in classical and contemporary theater—in plays by Shakespeare, O'Neill, Beckett and others.
Meredith died on September 9,1997 from death Melanoma and Alzheimer's disease.
Birth Name: Oliver Burgess Meredith
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5' 5"
Nickname: "Buzz"
Quote: "I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type."
Active for more than six decades,Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century". A life member of the Actors Studio[ by invitation, he won several Emmys, was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.
Meredith was known later in his career for his appearances on The Twilight Zone, portraying arch-villain The Penguin on the 1960s TV series Batman, and boxing trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky film series. "Although those performances renewed his popularity," observed Mel Gussow in The New York Times, "they represented only a small part of a richly varied career in which he played many of the more demanding roles in classical and contemporary theater—in plays by Shakespeare, O'Neill, Beckett and others.
Meredith died on September 9,1997 from death Melanoma and Alzheimer's disease.
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