Burgess Meredith

Oliver Burgess Meredith, nado en Cleveland (Ohio) o 16 de novembro de 1907 e finado en Malibú (California) o 9 de setembro de 1997, foi un actor, humorista e cantante estadounidense.

Burgess Meredith
Meredith de 1974
Nome completo	Oliver Burgess Meredith
Nacemento	16 de novembro de 1907
Lugar	Cleveland, Ohio, Estados Unidos
Falecemento	9 de setembro de 1997 (89 anos)
Lugar	Malibú (California) Estados Unidos
Causa	Melanoma maligno
Nacionalidade	Estados Unidos de América
Educado en	Amherst College, Hoosac School e Cathedral School of St. John the Divine
Pai	William George Meredith
Nai	Ida Beth Meredith
Cónxuxe(s)	Helen Derby (1933–35) Margaret Perry (1936–38) Paulette Goddard (1944–49) Kaja Sundsten (1950–97)
Profesión	Actor, humorista e cantante (1930-1996)
Premios Premios Emmy Mellor actor secundario 1977 - Tail Gunner Joe
Na rede
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Traxectoria

Meredith naceu en Cleveland, fillo de Ida Beth (de solteira, Burgess) e do médico canadense Dr. William George Meredith. Tras graduarse na Hoosac School en 1926 asistiu ao Amherst College. Durante a segunda guerra mundial serviu nas forzas aéreas dos Estados Unidos, acadando o rango de capitán. Deixou o exército en 1944 para traballar no filme The Story of G.I. Joe, onde interpreou o popular correspondente de guerra Ernie Pyle.

A súa carreira teatral comezara en 1929 na compañía de Eva Le Gallienne, en Nova York. En 1935 converteuse nunha estrela ao protagonizar a obra Winterset, de Maxwell Anderson, que foi adaptada ao cinema nun filme que supuxo o seu debut nese medio. No teatro traballou tamén como director.

No cinema traballou durante a década de 1940 e foi un dos actores predilectos de Otto Preminger, que o dirixiu en cinco filmes. Interpretou tamén o papel do Pingüín no filme Batman, baseado na serie de televisión. Tralo éxito de The Day of the Locust (1975), interpretou o adestrador de Rocky Balboa nos tres primeiros filmes da saga (1976, 1979 e 1992).

Meredith interveu tamén en series de televisión coma The Twilight Zone ou O Virxiniano.

Faleceu en 1997 vítima de complicacións do alzhéimer e do melanoma.

Filmografía

• The Scoundrel - Flop House Bum (sen acreditar) (1935)
• Winterset - Mio Romagna (1936)
• There Goes the Groom - Dick Matthews (1937)
• Spring Madness - The Lippencott (1938)
• Idiot's Delight - Quillary (1939)
• Of Mice and Men - George Milton (1939)
• Castle on the Hudson - Steven Rockford (1940)
• Por fin sós - Hank Taylor (1940)
• San Francisco Docks - Johnny Barnes (1940)
• Tom, Dick and Harry - Harry (1941)
• That Uncertain Feeling - Sebastian (1941)
• The Forgotten Village - Narrator (1941)
• Street of Chance - Frank Thompson/Danny Nearing (1942)
• A Welcome to Britain - Himself (sen acreditar) (1943)
• The Rear Gunner - Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams (1943)
• Our Country - El mesmo (1944)
• Hymn of the Nations - Narrator (voz) (sen acreditar) (1944)
• Salute to France - Joe - the American soldier (1944)
• Tunisian Victory - American soldier (voz) (1944)
• Attack! Battle of New Britain - Narrator (1944)
• The Story of G.I. Joe - Ernie Pyle (1945)
• A Walk in the Sun - Narrator (voz) (sen acreditar) (1945)
• The Diary of a Chambermaid - Captain Mauger (1946)
• Magnificent Doll - James Madison (1946)
• Mine Own Executioner - Felix Milne (1947)
• On Our Merry Way - Oliver M Pease (1948)
• Jigsaw - Jack/Bartender (sen acreditar) (1949)
• A Yank Comes Back (1949)
• The Gay Adventure - Dick (1949)
• The Man on the Eiffel Tower - Joseph Heurtin (1949)
• Works of Calder - Narrator (1950)
• Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Invisible Man - El mesmo (1954)
• Joe Butterfly - Joe Butterfly (1957)
• Albert Schweitzer - Narrator (voz) (1957)
• The Kidnappers - Louis Halliburton (1958)
• Sorcerer's Village - Narrator (voz) (1958)
• America Pauses for Springtime - El mesmo (1959)
• America Pauses for the Merry Month of May - El mesmo (1959)
• Tormenta sobre Washington - Herbert Gelman (1962)
• O cardeal - Father Ned Halley (1963)
• In Harm's Way - Commander Egan Powell (1965)
• Madame X - Dan Sullivan (1966)
• The Crazy Quilt - Narrator (voice) (1966)
• Batman - The Penguin (1966)
• O destino tamén xoga - Doc Scully (como Burgess Meridith) (1966)
• Torture Garden - Dr. Diablo (1967)
• Hurry Sundown - Judge Purcell (1967)
• Skidoo - The Warden (1968)
• Stay Away, Joe - Charlie Lightcloud (1968)
• Dear Mr. Gable - Narrator (1968)
• Debrief: Apollo 8 - Narrator (1968)
• The Father - Captain Ned (1969)
• The Reivers - Lucious/Narrator (1969)
• O ouro de Mackenna - The Store Keeper (1969)
• Hard Contract - Ramsey Williams (1969)
• Debrief: Apollo 8 (narrator, 1969)
• O día dos tramposos - The Missouri Kid (1970)
• The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go - The Dolphin (tamén director) (1970)
• Such Good Friends - Kalman (1971)
• Clay Pigeon - Freedom Lovelace (1971)
• Beware! The Blob - Old Hobo (uncredited) (1972)
• The Man - Senator Watson (1972)
• A Fan's Notes - Mr. Blue (1972)
• Alfinetes de ouro - Winters (1974)
• The Master Gunfighter - Narrator (voice) (1975)
• 33 graos á sombra - Goldsboro (1975)
• Como praga de langosta - Harry Greener (1975)
• The Hindenburg - Emilio Pajetta (1975)
• Hay que matar a B. - Hector (1975)
• Rocky - Mickey Goldmill (1976)
• Burnt Offerings - Arnold Allardyce (1976)
• The Sentinel - Charles Chazen (1977)
• Golden Rendezvous - Van Heurden (1977)
• Foul Play - Mr. Hennessey (1978)
• Magic - Ben Greene (1978)
• The Manitou - Dr. Snow (1978)
• The Great Bank Hoax - Jack Stutz (1978)
• Rocky II - Mickey Goldmill (1979)
• Final Assignment - Zak (1980)
• When Time Ran Out - Rene Valdez (1980)
• Loita de titáns - Ammon (1981)
• The Last Chase - Captain J.G. Williams (1981)
• Confesións verdadeiras - Msgr. Seamus Fargo (1981)
• Rocky III - Mickey Goldmill (1982)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie - Narrator (voice) (uncredited) (1983)
• Wet Gold (1984) Made for TV
• Santa Claus: The Movie - Ancient One (1985)
• Rocky IV - Mickey Goldmill (archival footage) (uncredited) (1985)
• G.I. Joe: The Movie - Golobulus (1987)
• Full Moon in Blue Water - The General (1988)
• Hot to Trot - Don's Dad (voice) (uncredited) (1988)
• Rocky V - Mickey Goldmill (Flashback) (1990)
• O clan dos irlandeses - Finn (1990)
• Grumpy Old Men - Grandpa Gustafson (1993)
• Camp Nowhere - Fein (1994)
• Tall Tale - Old Man (uncredited) (1995)
• Grumpier Old Men - Grandpa Gustafson (1995)
• Rocky Balboa - Mickey Goldmill (imaxes de arquivo) (sen acreditar) (2006)

Véxase tamén

Ligazóns externas

• Burgess Meredith na IMDb (en inglés).