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Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) [1] [2] 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".
"The Penguin Goes Straight" is the 21st episode of the Batman television series, first airing on ABC March 23, 1966. It guest starred Burgess Meredith as The Penguin . Plot
The Batman (1966) incarnation of the Penguin appears in the series' film adaptation, portrayed again by Burgess Meredith. Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin appears in Batman Returns, portrayed by Danny DeVito. As an infant, this version was left for dead by his family due to birth defects before he is found by penguins from a condemned Gotham City ...
The Penguins, from bottom left, clockwise: Burgess Meredith in "Batman"; Danny Devito in "Batman Returns"; as a woman (voiced by Minnie Driver) in "Batman: Caped Crusader"; Colin Farrell in "The ...
The first man to play The Penguin on-screen was Emmy winner and two-time Oscar nominee Burgess Meredith. In the campy ABC series Batman , Meredith battled Adam West 's Batman in the character's ...
Burgess Meredith and Cesar Romero were the most frequent "guest villains" as The Penguin and The Joker, respectively. In fact, whenever Meredith was in town the producers had a script waiting for him. He had given up smoking for years when he was cast in the role of The Penguin. The squawk in his voice came from the way the cigarette smoke ...
Following The Penguin's Sept. 19 release, ... (Frank Gorshin) and Penguin (Burgess Meredith). 1966's Batman is available for purchase on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and YouTube. ...
The character of the Penguin, particularly as portrayed by Burgess Meredith in the 1960s Batman series, has often been used as a theme to mock public figures that supposedly resemble him. Jon Stewart , host of The Daily Show , has made numerous references comparing former Vice President Dick Cheney with the Penguin, including a laugh similar to ...