Most Recent Role: Judge Cully on In the Heat of the Night
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Birthday: 11-16-1907
Birth Name: Oliver Burgess Meredith
Date of Death: 9-9-1997
Cause of Death: Alzheimer's Disease and Melenoma in Malibu, California
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Birthday: 11-16-1907
Birth Name: Oliver Burgess Meredith
Date of Death: 9-9-1997
Cause of Death: Alzheimer's Disease and Melenoma in Malibu, California
A veteran of stage and film whose numerous accomplishments in dramatic roles will, alas, probably be forever overshadowed by his portrayal of "The Penguin" on the 1960s TV series "Batman" (and the 1966 theatrical feature of the same name). After toiling in many odd jobs during the 1920s, Meredith joined Eva LeGallienne's Student Repertory Group and became a prominent Broadway actor in the...
Most Recent Appearance
Hatton's Turn (1)
Saturday 18 September 1993 on NBC
Hampton Forbes assumes the office of Chief of Police and Bill becomes the Sheriff of Newman county.Former Spartan Wade Hatton returns to Sparta hoping to make sense of his life and rekindle his relationship with Sarah Hallisey.Bubba and Covey take the new chief on a tour of Sparta and Bill takes...
Burgess Meredith stood at 5'5 1/2" tall.
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Burgess Meredith's fourth and final wife was Kaja Sundsten. They were married in 1950 and remained together 47 years until his death in 1997.
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On May 21, 1944 he married his third wife, Paulette Goddard. They divorced in 1950.
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He married his second wife, Margaret Perry, on January 10, 1936. The marriage ended in divorce on July 19, 1938.
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His first wife was named Helen Derby. They married in 1933, but divorced in 1935.
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Burgess Meredith: All my life, to this day, the memory of my childhood remains grim and incoherent. If I close my eyes and think back, I see little except violence and fear... In those early years I somehow came to understand I would have to draw from within myself whatever emotional resources I needed to go wherever I was headed. As a result, for years I became a boy who lived almost totally within himself
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Burgess Meredith: I did Batman for two reasons, one of which was the salary. The other was that, after the first few episodes, Batman became the in-thing to do. Everybody would either play a villain or appear as himself in that cameo showcase where a celebrity would poke his head through the window of a building that Batman and Robin were climbing. Actually, we didn't get as much money from the show as you might think, although we were paid decent money for the feature film version. The main impetus to continue appearing on Batman - beyond the desire to get some TV work - was that it was fashionable.
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Burgess Meredith: Like the seasons of the year, life changes frequently and drastically. You enjoy it or endure it as it comes and goes, as it ebbs and flows.
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Burgess Meredith: I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.
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Other Appearances
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G.I. Joe (1985)
Golobulus |
Gloria
Dr. Willard Adams |
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Korg: 70,000 B.C.
Narrator |
Mr. Novak
Martin Woodridge |
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Search
V.C.R. Cameron |
The Twilight Zone
Henry Bemis |
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Batman (1966)
The Penguin |
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Archie Bunker's Place
Gloria Comes Home (2) Dr. Willard Adams |
Archie Bunker's Place
Gloria -- the First Day Dr. Willard Adams |
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Archie Bunker's Place
Gloria Comes Home (1) Dr. Willard Adams |
Ben Casey
Pack Up All My Cares and Woes Lester Partridge |
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Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
The Square Peg Tumblers Fuller |
Bonanza
Six Black Horses Ownie Duggan |
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Playhouse 90
The Jet Propelled Couch |
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McCloud
A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley Marvin Sloan |
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