The Day of the Locust

…the United States to film Day of the Locust (1975), based on Nathanael West’s novel about the savagery lurking behind the facade of the Hollywood dream machine. Despite a strong cast that included Burgess Meredith, Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, and Geraldine Page, the film, in the eyes of many

…as a door-to-door salesman in The Day of the Locust, for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. He garnered a second Oscar nod for his portrayal of a cantankerous boxing trainer in Rocky (1976). The film was a blockbuster, and Meredith appeared in several sequels. Later movies included…