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 | George, Ernie Pyle Scripps, Narrator, Judge Purcell, Dan Sullivan |
| 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.
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Burgess Meredith Quotes:
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!
Quillary: While you sit here eating and drinking, their planes dropped fifty thousand kilos of bombs on innocent people. Heavens knows how many were killed; how much of life and beauty is forever destroyed. And you sit here eating and drinking with them, the murderers. It was their planes from the very field down there. Assassins!
Danny O'Neill: [hiding himself] What'ya think you're doing under this bed?
Hank Taylor: Looking for a collar button.
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