Burgess Meredith

American actor (1907–1997)

Born

16 November 1907, Cleveland

Died

9 September 1997

Citizenship

United States

Occupation

director, character actor, screenwriter, stage actor, film actor

Films here

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Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television.

Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the [20th] century". A lifetime member of the Actors Studio, he won a Primetime Emmy Award, was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.

Meredith established himself as a leading man in Hollywood with critically acclaimed performances as Mio Romagna in Winterset (1936), George Milton in Of Mice and Men (1939), and Ernie Pyle in The Story of G.I. Joe (1945).

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Sylvester Stallone
• Talia Shire
• Burt Young
• Tony Burton
• Carl Weathers
• Frank Stallone
• John G. Avildsen
• LeRoy Neiman
• Joe Spinell
• Lloyd Kaufman

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q343633 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.