A versatile two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known as the villain the Penguin in the 1960's television series Batman.  His role as the Penguin was so popular that the show's writers always had a script featuring the Penguin ready whenever Meredith was available.  He appeared on the show more times during its run than any other villain.  Born Oliver Burgess Meredith in Cleveland, Ohio in 1907, he was educated in Amherst College in MA, and joined the Eva Le Gallienne's theatre company in 1933.  Served in the Air Force in WWII, reaching the rank of captain.  Meredith was placed on the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s, but did a large amount of commercial work, serving as the voice for Skippy Peanut Butter and United Air Lines, among others.  Burgess Meredith died September 9, 1997, at the age of 88.