Meredith, Burgess

Meredith, Burgess
▪ 1998

      American actor, director, and writer whose performing career, which spanned nearly seven decades, included a notable film debut in Winterset after a Broadway success in the same vehicle, the role of George in the 1939 film Of Mice and Men, a television run as the Penguin in the 1960s "Batman" series, and the role of Mickey the fight trainer in the film Rocky and several of its sequels (b. Nov. 16, 1907—d. Sept. 9, 1997).

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▪ American actor and director
born Nov. 16, 1907, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
died Sept. 9, 1997, Malibu, Calif.

      American actor and director, best known for stage, television, and motion-picture character roles.

      During the 1920s he held a variety of jobs and sporadically attended college. Determined to become an actor, he began as an unpaid apprentice in 1929 with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Company in New York City. He made his Broadway debut in 1933 in Little Ol' Boy and achieved great success in 1935 as Mio in the Maxwell Anderson play Winterset, repeating the role for the motion-picture version the following year. He was a founder of the New Stage Society in 1937 and in the following year served as vice president of Actors' Equity. Among his notable stage performances were roles in High Tor (1937), Liliom (1940), Playboy of the Western World (1946), and Major Barbara (1956).

      Meredith was a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. His numerous film appearances included memorable roles in Of Mice and Men (1939), Advise and Consent (1962), Rocky (1976), and Grumpy Old Men (1993). He was a staple character actor in American television, perhaps best known for his role as the Penguin in the 1966 Batman series. He also directed motion-pictures (The Man on the Eiffel Tower; 1950) as well as such notable plays as Macbeth and the Broadway production of James Baldwin's play Blues for Mr. Charlie. In 1994 he published So Far, So Good, his autobiography.

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