One of the truly great and gifted performers of the century who often suffered lesser roles, Meredith was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1907 and educated in Amherst College in Massachusetts before joining Eva Le Gallienne's stage company in New York City in 1933. He became a favorite of dramatist Maxwell Anderson...See full bio »
1970-1971Love, American Style
(TV series)
Harrison Merriweather (segment "Love and the Artful Codger")
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The Reverend (segment "Love and the Hypnotist")
[on his childhood] "All my life, to this day, the memory of my childhood remains grim and incoherent. If I close my eyes and think back, I see little except violence and fear...In those early years I somehow came to understand I would have to draw from within myself whatever emotional resources I needed to go wherever I was headed...
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Trivia:
Loved to cook and was a noted connoisseur of fine wine and good cuisine.
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