- Acting films
- 74
- Acting avg
- 6.30
- Peak run
- 1962’66
- Oscar noms
- 2
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Burgess by the numbers
Average
6.30
43 rated films
Vote weighted
6.39
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.74
rating spread
Career
61y
1935 to 1995
Total votes
31.2K
across every film
Best
7.8
Rocky
Worst
5.8
Rocky V
Newest first
Filmography
| 2006 |  Rocky Balboa | Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited) | 6.9 | 3,951 |
| 1995 |  Grumpier Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson | 6.5 | 447 |
| 1995 |  Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure | Old Man (uncredited) | 6.2 | 91 |
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | · | 5 |
| 1994 | Across the Moon | Barney | · | 13 |
| 1994 |  Camp Nowhere | Fein | 6.0 | 177 |
| 1993 |  Grumpy Old Men | Grandpa Gustafson | 6.7 | 791 |
| 1990 |  Rocky V | Mickey Goldmill | 5.8 | 3,595 |
| 1990 |  State of Grace | Finn | 6.9 | 443 |
| 1988 |  Full Moon in Blue Water | The General | · | 22 |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | · | 12 |
| 1988 |  Hot to Trot | Don's Dad | 5.2 | 60 |
| 1988 |  King Lear | Don Learo | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1985 |  Santa Claus: The Movie | Ancient Elf | 6.3 | 296 |
| 1985 |  Broken Rainbow | Historical Voice (voice) | · | 10 |
| 1983 |  Twilight Zone: The Movie | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 6.5 | 855 |
| 1982 |  Rocky III | Mickey Goldmill | 6.9 | 4,676 |
| 1981 |  True Confessions | Msgr. Seamus Fargo | 6.1 | 193 |
| 1981 |  Clash of the Titans | Ammon | 6.9 | 904 |
| 1981 |  The Last Chase | Captain J.G. Williams | 3.9 | 34 |
Better together?
Burgess Meredith's regulars
- Paulette GoddardCo-star · 3 films · 6.01 avg▼−0.42
- Sylvester StalloneDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.65
- Freddie FrancisDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.20 avg▲+0.15
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Paulette Goddard and Burgess Meredith movies · Sylvester Stallone and Burgess Meredith movies · Freddie Francis and Burgess Meredith movies
Takes
On Burgess Meredith
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1977Burgess Meredith
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1976Burgess Meredith