Conversation so far:
what was burgess involvement with cinema?
Meredith attracted favorable attention, especially for playing George in a 1939 adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.
was Mice and Men successful?
CANNOTANSWER.
what else did he star in?
The Story of G.I.
Joe.

Question: what was his role in GI Joe?
Self-contained rewrite: what was Burgess Meredith's role in GI Joe?