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Burgess Meredith

1907 - 1997

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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 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Burgess Meredith is the 669th most popular actor (down from 382nd in 2019), the 1,396th most popular biography from United States (down from 691st in 2019) and the 345th most popular American Actor.

Burgess Meredith was most famous for his role as Rocky Balboa's trainer, Mickey Goldmill, in the Rocky films.

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Among actors, Burgess Meredith ranks 669 out of 13,578. Before him are Milla Jovovich, Robert Knepper, Horst Buchholz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edna Purviance, and Linda Christian. After him are Edwige Fenech, Walter Brennan, Erland Josephson, Robert Walker, John Heard, and Jean Rochefort.

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Among people born in 1907, Burgess Meredith ranks 56. Before him are Compay Segundo, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Lars Ahlfors, Varlam Shalamov, Zarah Leander, and Takeo Wakabayashi. After him are Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Emilie Schindler, Ray Milland, Miklós Rózsa, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Ko Takamoro. Among people deceased in 1997, Burgess Meredith ranks 50. Before him are Colonel Tom Parker, Willem de Kooning, Teiichi Matsumaru, Cornelius Castoriadis, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, and Carl Gustav Hempel. After him are Stéphane Grappelli, Amha Selassie, John Denver, Friedrich Hund, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, and Diosdado Macapagal.

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Among people born in United States, Burgess Meredith ranks 1,396 out of 20,380. Before him are Butch Cassidy (1866), George Davis Snell (1903), Ash Carter (1954), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Edna Purviance (1895), and Leo Fender (1909). After him are Walter Brennan (1894), Eric Adams (1960), Robert Walker (1918), John Heard (1946), Tom Holland (1943), and John Grisham (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Burgess Meredith ranks 345. Before him are Richard S. Castellano (1933), Edward Norton (1969), Cybill Shepherd (1950), Robert Knepper (1959), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), and Edna Purviance (1895). After him are Walter Brennan (1894), Robert Walker (1918), John Heard (1946), Michelle Phillips (1944), Sam Elliott (1944), and Robert Englund (1947).

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