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Burgess Meredith

DirectorBorn 1907, died 1997On stage 1930 to 196426 productions on this page

Burgess Meredith
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Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) 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 [20th] century". A lifetime member of the Actors Studio, he won a Primetime Emmy Award, was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Meredith established himself as a leading man in Hollywood with critically acclaimed performances as Mio Romagna in Winterset (1936), George Milton in Of Mice and Men (1939), and Ernie Pyle in The S…

On stage

26 productions, 34 years
1930
Romeo and JulietBroadway Civic Repertory Theatre. Revival. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne
16 performances
1930
SiegfriedBroadway Civic Repertory Theatre. Original. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne
23 performances
1930
The Green CockatooBroadway Civic Repertory Theatre. Revival
1931
People on the HillBroadway Comedy Theatre. Original. Directed by Jerome Mayer
5 performances
1932
Alice in WonderlandBroadway Civic Repertory Theatre. Revival. Directed by Ruth Wilton
127 performances
1932
LiliomBroadway Civic Repertory Theatre. Revival. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne
35 performances
1933
Little Ol' BoyBroadway Playhouse Theatre. Original. Directed by Joseph Losey
12 performances
1933
She Loves Me NotBroadway 46th Street Theatre. Original
360 performances
1933
The Threepenny OperaBroadway Empire Theatre. Original. Directed by Francesco Von Mendelssohn
12 performances
1934
Hipper's HolidayBroadway Maxine Elliotts Theatre. Original. Directed by Alan Williams
4 performances
1935
Battleship GertieBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Original. Directed by Arthur Sircom
2 performances
1935
Flowers of the ForestBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Original. Directed by Auriol Lee
40 performances
1935
The Barretts of Wimpole StreetBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Revival. Directed by Guthrie McClintic
24 performances
1935
WintersetBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Original
195 performances
1936
WintersetBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Return-Engagement
16 performances
1937
High TorBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Original
171 performances
1937
The Star-WagonBroadway Empire Theatre. Original
223 performances
1940
LiliomBroadway 44th Street Theatre. Revival. Directed by Benno Schneider
56 performances
1942
CandidaBroadway Shubert Theatre. Revival. Directed by Guthrie McClintic
27 performances
1946
The Playboy of the Western WorldBroadway Booth Theatre. Revival. Directed by Guthrie McClintic
81 performances
1951
The FourposterBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Original. Directed by José Ferrer
632 performances
1951
The Little Blue LightBroadway Anta Playhouse. Original. Directed by Albert Marre
16 performances
1953
The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerBroadway Coronet Theatre. Original. Directed by Alan Schneider
221 performances
1953
The Teahouse of the August MoonBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Original. Directed by Robert Lewis
1,027 performances
1956
Major BarbaraBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Revival. Directed by Charles Laughton
231 performances
1964
I Was DancingBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Original. Directed by Garson Kanin
16 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names
  • Joseph Kramm 6 productions
  • Walter Beck 5 productions
  • Robert H. Gordon 5 productions
  • Howard Da Silva 5 productions
  • Harold Moulton 5 productions
  • Donald Cameron 5 productions
  • Sayre Crawley 4 productions
  • John Philliber 4 productions
  • Robert F Ross 3 productions
  • Paul Leyssac 3 productions
  • Mildred Natwick 3 productions
  • Leona Roberts 3 productions

Also credited on

2 works

Happy as Larry
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