Burgess Meredith Ernie Pyle in "The Story of G.I. Joe" (1945), and the narrator of "A Walk in the Sun" (1945). Meredith was known later in his career for his appearances on "The Twilight Zone" and for portraying arch-villain The Penguin on the 1960s TV series "Batman" and boxing trainer Mickey Goldmill in the "Rocky" film series. For his performances in "The Day of the Locust" (1975) and "Rocky" (1976), he received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He later starred in the comedy "Foul Play" (1978) and the fantasy film "Clash of the Titans" (1981). He narrated numerous
Burgess Meredith narrators of the NBC and syndicated public affairs program, "The Big Story" (1949–58), which focused on courageous journalists. In 1991, he narrated a track on The Chieftains' album of traditional Christmas music and carols, "The Bells of Dublin". He acted in the Kenny G music video of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", which was released in 1994. He played the main character, a projectionist at a movie theater. His last role before his death was the portrayal of both Hamilton Wofford and Covington Wofford characters in the 1996 video game "Ripper" by Take-Two Interactive. Meredith was considered to play