Burgess Meredith

Meredith died of Alzheimer's disease in 1997. He made only two more films before retiring permanently. Meredith served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II reaching the rank of Captain. Following his admission before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Columbia Pictures dropped him. A somewhat more mixed (comedic/dramatic) role was his portrayal of the philosophical (yet hapless) tramp, Vladimir, in a notable production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Following his Oscar nomination, he made a few more movies that did little in the box office, until he appeared in the sequel, Jolson Sings Again in 1949, which was another hit. He uses it only to win bets and show off, and hilarity ensues. He made several forgettable films untl he won the role of Al Jolson in the 1946 biographical film The Jolson Story, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Dingle, a small, weak man, suddenly acquires superhuman strength. Having attended the University of Illinois, Parks played in stock companies for several years before signing a Hollywood contract in 1941. Mr. Born Samuel Lawrence Klausman Parks in Olathe, Kansas, his career was virtually ended when he admitted in 1951 to having been a member of a Communist party cell. Dingle, the Strong", Meredith plays a comedic role as the subject of a space alien's experiment on human nature. Larry Parks (December 13, 1914 - April 13, 1975) was an American actor. In a 1961 episode, "Mr.

However, he becomes the tragic victim of one of The Twilight Zone 's trademark twist endings - he breaks his glasses and cannot read the books. When he takes a lunch break to read in the bank vault, he is saved from a nuclear war that destroys the world. In the famous "Time Enough at Last", a 1959 episode of The Twilight Zone, Meredith plays a henpecked bank teller who only wants to be left alone with his books. Burgess Meredith was adept playing both dramatic and comedic roles.

Meredith played Rocky Balboa's trainer Mickey in the Rocky film series, and in his twilight years was Jack Lemmon's character's father in Grumpy Old Men. He admitted in an interview it sounded more like a duck than a penguin. The Penguin's trademark quacking laugh was actually Meredith's attempt to cover up coughing fits, as his part required him to smoke, something he had not done in years. Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1909 - September 9, 1997) was an American actor, perhaps best known for playing the Penguin on the television series Batman.

The 1966 Batman TV Villains - Burgess Meredith (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/7537/Penguin.htm).