The first time he met Steindler, at the gym, Meredith was dressed in what he called his “broken-down outfit” to play Mickey: ratty sweatshirt, pilled cardigan, cotton balls stuffed in his ...

Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa and Burgess Meredith as Mickey Goldmill standing together in Rocky III. - Mediapunch/Getty Images By the time "Rocky III" was released in 1982, most Americans ...