Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith was born on Nov 16, 1907 in USA. Burgess Meredith's big-screen debut came with The Scoundrel directed by Ben Hecht in 1935, strarring Flop House Bum (uncredited). Burgess Meredith is known for Mastergate directed by Michael Engler, Tim Reid stars as Chip Chatworth and Marcia Strassman as Merry Chase. Burgess Meredith has got 6 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Burgess Meredith achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Burgess Meredith plays is King Lear which will be released on Apr 03, 2002.
One of the truly great and gifted performers of the century, who often suffered lesser roles, Burgess Meredith was born in 1907 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was educated in Amherst College in Massachusetts, before joining Eva Le Gallienne's Student Repertory stage company in 1929. By 1934 he was a star on Broadway in 'Little 'Ol Boy', a part for which he tied with George M. Cohan as Best Performer of the Year.. He became a favorite of dramatist Maxwell Anderson, premiering on film in the playwright's Sous les ponts de New-York (1936). Other Broadway appearances included 'The Barretts of Wimpole Street'. 'The Remarkable Mr Pennypacker', 'Candida', and 'Of Mice and Men. 'Meredith served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II, reaching the rank of captain. He continued in a variety of dramatic and comedic roles often repeating his stage roles on film until being named an unfriendly witness by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the early 1950s, whereupon studio work disappeared. His career picked up again, especially with television roles, in the 1960s, although younger audiences know him best for either the Rocky (1976) or Les grincheux (1993) films. Meredith also did a large amount of commercial work, serving as the voice for Skippy Peanut Butter and United Air Lines, among others. He was also an ardent environmentalist who believed pollution one of the greatest tragedies of the time, and an opponent of the Vietnam War. Burgess Meredith died at age 89 of Alzheimer's disease and melanoma in his home in Malibu, California on September 9, 1997.
Birthday
Nov 16, 1907Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known For
Awards
6 wins & 7 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
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as Charlie Finnegan / Dr. William Fall (segment "The Little Black Bag")
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as Charlie Finnegan / Dr. William Fall (segment "The Little Black Bag")
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as Charlie Finnegan / Dr. William Fall (segment "The Little Black Bag")
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as Narrator (segment "Excursion House") / (segment "The Sea of Winslow Homer") / (segment "The Virtuous Island") / ...
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as Narrator (segment "Excursion House") / (segment "The Sea of Winslow Homer") / (segment "The Virtuous Island") / ...
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as Narrator (segment "Excursion House") / (segment "The Sea of Winslow Homer") / (segment "The Virtuous Island") / ...
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