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Ralph Meeker

Ralph Meeker

Actor · Born 1920-11-21 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Biography

Ralph Meeker (born Ralph Rathgeber; November 21, 1920 – August 5, 1988) was an American actor. He first rose to prominence for his roles in the Broadway productions of Mister Roberts (1948–1951) and Picnic (1953), the former of which earned him a Theatre World Award for his performance. In film, Meeker is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mike Hammer in Robert Aldrich's 1955 Kiss Me Deadly. Meeker went on to play a series of roles that used his husky and macho screen presence, including a lead role in Stanley Kubrick's military courtroom drama Paths of Glory (1957), as a troubled mechanic opposite Carroll Baker in Something Wild (1961), as a World War II captain in The Dirty Dozen (1967), and in the gangster film The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967). Other credits include supporting roles in I Walk the Line (1970) and Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes (1971). He also had a prolific career in television, appearing as Sergeant Steve Dekker on the series Not for Hire (1959–1960), and in the television horror film The Night Stalker (1972). After suffering a stroke in 1980, Meeker was forced to retire from acting, and died eight years later of a heart attack in Los Angeles, C…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Paths of Glory (1957) — Cpl. Philippe Paris
  2. The Dirty Dozen (1967) — Captain Stuart Kinder
  3. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) — Mike Hammer
  4. The Naked Spur (1953) — Roy Anderson
  5. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Carl Spann
  6. The Anderson Tapes (1971) — Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
  7. The Outer Limits (1963) — John Dexter
  8. CHiPs (1977)
  9. Without Warning (1980) — Dave
  10. The Night Stalker (1972) — Bernie Jenks
  11. The Food of the Gods (1976) — Bensington
  12. Brannigan (1975) — Capt. Moretti
  13. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) — George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
  14. The Green Hornet (1966) — Earl Evans
  15. The Detective (1968) — Curran
  16. Ironside (1967)
  17. Winter Kills (1979) — Gameboy Baker
  18. Run of the Arrow (1957) — Lieutenant Driscoll
  19. I Walk the Line (1970) — Carl McCain
  20. Jeopardy (1953) — Lawson the Fugitive
  21. Cannon (1971)
  22. Something Wild (1961) — Mike
  23. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) — Martin Ash
  24. Police Woman (1974)
  25. The High Chaparral (1967) — Tracy Conlin
  26. Big House, U.S.A (1955) — Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman
  27. The F.B.I. (1965) — King Hogan
  28. Tarzan (1966)
  29. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  30. The Rookies (1972)
  31. The Alpha Incident (1978) — Charlie
  32. Route 66 (1960)
  33. Room 222 (1969)
  34. Police Story (1973)
  35. Ada (1961) — Colonel Yancey
  36. The Mind Snatchers (1972) — The Major
  37. A Woman's Devotion (1956) — Trevor Stevenson
  38. Glory Alley (1952) — Socks Barbarrosa
  39. Studio One (1948) — Steve Windom
  40. The Name of the Game (1968) — Senator Goddard