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 his character died in the third Rocky film, he returned briefly in a flashback in the fifth film, "Rocky V" (1990). His portrayal in the first film earned him his second consecutive nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Meredith played an old Korean War veteran Captain J.G. Williams in "The Last Chase" (1981) with Lee Majors. He appeared in Ray Harryhausen's last stop-motion feature "Clash of the Titans" (also 1981) in a supporting role. Meredith appeared in "" (1985) and was a voice actor in "" (1989). In his last years, he played Jack Lemmon's character's sex-crazed