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Burgess Meredith

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

 
Of Mice and MenOf Mice and Men (1939)
Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Burgess Meredith, Betty Field
A mentally–challenged giant and his level–headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in this adaptation of John Steinbeck's…
Man on the Eiffel Tower, TheMan on the Eiffel Tower, The (1949)
Dir. Burgess Meredith
Feat. Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith
Solid early outing for Inspector Maigret has Laughton in the iconic role pursuing a murderer against some splendid Parisian locales.
Twilight Zone, The (Original TV Series)Twilight Zone, The (Original TV Series) (1959-1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Robert Parrish, Jack Smight, John Brahm
Feat. Agnes Moorehead, Ed Wynn, Jack Warden
Iconic and influential cult TV series with self–contained episodes telling sci–fi tinged tales of the unexpected and mysterious,…
Advise and ConsentAdvise and Consent (1962)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray
Political thriller–fable set in the corridors and committee rooms of Washington DC, where the fundamentally decent Senator, Henry Fonda, learns…
In Harm's WayIn Harm's Way (1965)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal
Epic and stately treatment of the aftermath of Japan's WW2 attack on Pearl Harbour, with Wayne playing a sidelined Admiral who tries to claw back…
Batman (TV Series)Batman (TV Series) (1966-1968) Aro Favourite
Feat. Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith
Batman and Robin, as many would best remember them, take on a succession of colourful Gotham City villains – Catwoman, The Joker, The Penguin,…
Madame XMadame X (1966)
Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban
Sudsy melodrama with Turner as a woman with a past who's dalliance with a wealthy politician leads to murder. Superior weepie, lushly mounted and…
Batman: The MovieBatman: The Movie (1966)
Dir. Leslie Martinson
Feat. Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether
Spawned from the original sixties TV series, this feature–length adventure pitting the caper crusader against his fiercest adversaries was the…
Torture GardenTorture Garden (1967)
Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams
Grisly, well–acted omnibus of four horror stories by PSYCHO–scribe Robert Bloch, framed by the fiendish hype of Burgess Meredith's…
Beware the BlobBeware the Blob (Son of the Blob) (1972)
Dir. Larry Hagman
Feat. Burgess Meredith, Dick Van Patten, Robert Walker Jnr
A light, spoofish sequel to the 50s sci–fi–er in the best Z–grade traditions. And yes, this was directed by DALLAS–star…
Day of the Locust, TheDay of the Locust, The (1974) Recommended
Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith
A decadent, densely–detailed adaptation of Nathaniel West's scalding movie–biz novel of the 1930s that recreates Golden Age Hollywood…
Hindenburg, TheHindenburg, The (1975)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton
Tense thriller follows the last flight of the Hindenburg airship from Nazi Germany to New York in 1937, where it notoriously burst into flames upon…
92 In the Shade92 In the Shade (1975)
Dir. Thomas McGuane
Feat. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Margot Kidder
Drama based on director's novel of the same name, about a young man who opens a charter fishing business in the swampy rot of Key West, Florida,…
RockyRocky (1976) Recommended
Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
The simple yet effective story of a two–bit boxer's quest for self–respect and fame was a feat paralleled by the film's writer and star,…
Golden RendezvousGolden Rendezvous (1977)
Dir. Ashley Lazarus
Feat. Richard Harris, John Vernon, Gordon Jackson
Richard Harris dodges bullets in this daffy thriller about a luxury cruise liner held to ransom by terrorists. This early UNDER SIEGE provided plenty…
MagicMagic (1978)
Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
Anthony Hopkins is tormented by his evil ventriloquist dummy in an off–kilter thriller, that misses a little screen magic. Scripted by William…
Rocky IIRocky II (1979)
Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
First sequel to the boxing smash–hit, sees a straight rematch between Rocky Balboa (Stallone) and Apollo Cread. Final fight scene is a…
Rocky IIIRocky III (Rocky 3) (1982)
Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire
Weakish second sequel finds Rocky fighting back after a defeat by a nasty new boxer.
Twilight Zone - The MovieTwilight Zone - The Movie (1983)
Dir. John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante
Feat. John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks
Big–screen homage to the classic 60s TV–series, features four segments of varying (though often effective) creepiness, helmed by…
Rocky VRocky V (Rocky 5) (1990)
Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
Final, agonising round in the ROCKY series, has the Italian Stallion return to the 'old neighbourhood' to coach various new prospects.

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