Birthname: Oliver Burgess Meredith
| Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Nov 16, 1907 Cleveland, OH |
| Died | Sep 9, 1997 Malibu, CA |
| Age | Died at 89 |
Burgess Meredith | |
| Job | Actor, producer, director, writer |
| Years active | 1930-96 |
| Top Roles | Ernie Pyle Scripps, Narrator, Judge Purcell, Dan Sullivan, George |
| Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Film Adaptation, Crime, War |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic), Book-Based, World War II |
| Top Collaborators | Otto Preminger (Director), Lewis Milestone (Director), Henry Fonda, Robert Chartoff (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Halliwell Hobbes, Royal Dano, Lawrence Tibbett see more.. |
Burgess Meredith Overview:
Legendary actor, Burgess Meredith, was born Oliver Burgess Meredith on Nov 16, 1907 in Cleveland, OH. Meredith died at the age of 89 on Sep 9, 1997 in Malibu, CA .
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For a man who made virtually nothing for the cinema between 1949 and 1962, this mercurial, tousle-haired American actor must be one of the most difficult tasks for any filmographer: fresh Meredith films, sometimes from the most unlikely places, seem to turn up everywhere one looks. A first-class talent who continually upset Hollywood in his early days, he attacked his parts like a terrier. Four times married, including Paulette Goddard (third) from 1944 to 1949. Long-delayed Academy Award nominations finally came for Day of the Locust and Rocky. Died from skin cancer and Alzheimer's Disease. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Meredith was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1976 | Best Supporting Actor | Rocky (1976) | Mickey | Nominated |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
Burgess Meredith BlogHub Articles:
Seven Things to Know About Burgess Meredith
By Rick29 on May 3, 2021 From Classic Film & TV Cafe1. In So Far, So Good: A Memoir, Burgess Meredith wrote: "Well, everybody was taking parts in Batman — from Frank Sinatra to Otto Preminger, everyone. It was the trendy thing to do back then. The Penguin stuck to me because the character was vivid." Actually, Sinatra never played a Batman vill... Read full article
Burgess Meredith on Franchot Tone
By Franchot Tone Fan on Apr 23, 2015 From Finding Franchot: Exploring the Life and Career of Franchot Tone"I don't know how good Franchot's influence was on me or mine on him. Aside from The Man on the Eiffel Tower, a movie we made together in Paris, most of our coventures were in pursuit of pleasure. We shared many a bottle and many a girl, both in New York and Hollywood, in our bachelor days. There we... Read full article
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Burgess Meredith Quotes:
Harry Tate: [referring to Tropp] Don't he give a damn what people think, him ridin' around the country in a hearse?
Doc Joseph Scully: If you're the richest undertaker in Texas, you're entitled to a fancy rig, but if you spend your days and nights trying to keep people alive, you ride around in the likes of this.
[he shakes the reins of his carriage]
Doc Joseph Scully: Giddy-up!
[The bigoted Judge Purcell rebukes a white lawyer for his help to the black defendant]
Judge Purcell: Don't you rattle your skeleton in my court! Your being here at all constitutes a treachery to the entire white community that's too colossal to be believed!
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