Died 1997-09-09.
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Burgess Meredith
Oliver Burgess Meredith was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television.
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culture · American actor (1907–1997) · director · character actor · screenwriter · stage actor · film actor · television actor · theatre director · journalist · film producer · film director · also Burgess Meredith, Oliver Burgess Meredith, Meredith
Born 16 November 1907 · Died 9 September 1997 · Q343633
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1997· 2 entries
Meredith died at age 89 from complications of Alzheimer's disease and melanoma in his home in Malibu, California, and his remains were cremated
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1994· 1 entry
Published his autobiography, So Far, So Good
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1992· 1 entry
Meredith narrated The Chaplin Puzzle, a television documentary that provides a rare insight into Charles Chaplin's work circa 1914 at Keystone Studios and Essanay, where Chaplin developed his Tramp character
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1991· 1 entry
Narrated a track on The Chieftains' album of traditional Christmas music and carols, The Bells of Dublin
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Clash of the Titans (1981).
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Magic (1978).
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1977· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Tail Gunner Joe (1977).
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Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award for Burnt Offerings (1977).
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Received an honorary doctorate degree from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa
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1970· 1 entry
Directed, co-wrote, and played a supporting role in) The Yin and the Yang of Mr
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1963· 1 entry
Appeared as Vincent Marion in a five-part episode of the last season of the Warner Bros
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor (1962).
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1959· 1 entry
In "Time Enough at Last", Meredith portrayed a henpecked bookworm who finds himself the sole survivor of an unspecified apocalypse that leads him to contemplate suicide until he discovers the ruins of the library
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1950· 1 entry
Meredith was among the 151 entertainment professionals and journalists accused of communist sympathies in Red Channels
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1943· 1 entry
Performed in the USAAF's recruiting short The Rear Gunner and the U
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1942· 1 entry
Meredith enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, reaching the rank of captain
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1937· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of Actors Equity Association (1937–1938).
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Meredith moved to Rockland County, New York, where he bought land named High Tor Ranch
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1935· 1 entry
Starred along with Hugh Williams at the Martin Beck Theatre in John Van Druten's Flowers of the Forest
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1929· 1 entry
Became a member of Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre company in New York City
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1926· 1 entry
And then attended Amherst College (class of 1931)
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1907· 2 entries
Born 1907-11-16.
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In Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Ida Beth (née Burgess; 1861–1933) and William George Meredith (1861–1938), a Canadian-born physician of English descent
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