How tall was Burgess Meredith?

Burgess Meredith is commonly listed at 5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm).

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Burgess Meredith’s 5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm) is short for a US man: about 12 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Burgess Meredith beside others

Burgess Meredith is one of the shorter actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 3.5 in (70 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 2 ft 9.5 in (84.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 5.5 in: Emmanuelle Riva, Missy Peregrym and Freida Pinto.

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5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm)

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Burgess Meredith, 5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)