FrameThrower · Actors · Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith
4 films · 256 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1975–1987
Born 16 November 1907 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · died 9 September 1997
Oliver Burgess Meredith was an American movie, television, stage, radio, voice actor, and director. He was known for his roles as The Penguin in the 1960s TV version of Batman, as Mickey Goldmill in Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III, and as Grandpa Gustafson in Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. He won two Saturn Awards (in 1978 and in 1981), Tony Awards, and many Emmy Awards.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 256 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1975–1987
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1977
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor1981
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor1978
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award1977
- National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor1962
- American Campaign Medal
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- World War II Victory Medal
How their films are shot
Measured across 256 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Burgess takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Burgess takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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