Ralph Meeker
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday21 November 1920
Died5 August 1988 (age 67)
Place of birthMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Known credits88
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 mechan…
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002 · Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
Without Warning
1980 · Dave
Winter Kills
1979 · Gameboy Baker
Kaz
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
The Alpha Incident
1978 · Charlie
Hi-Riders
1978 · Mike
My Boys Are Good Boys
1978 · Bert Morton
My Boys Are Good Boys
1978 · Executive Producer
CHiPs
1977
The Food of the Gods
1976 · Bensington
Barbary Coast
1975 · Big Lou Hobart
Johnny Firecloud
1975 · Colby
Brannigan
1975 · Capt. Moretti
The Dead Don't Die
1975 · Lieutenant Reardon
Police Woman
1974
Harry O
1974
Run, Joe, Run
1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974 · Inspector DeBiesse
Night Games
1974 · Dutch Armbreck
Cry Panic
1974 · Chuck Braswell
Toma
1973
Faraday and Company
1973 · Ed Kelso
Angela – Love Comes Quietly
1973 · Ben Hoeksema
The Evil Touch
1973
Police Story
1973
You'll Never See Me Again
1973 · Will Alden
Birds of Prey
1973 · Jim McAndrew
The Rookies
1972
The Mind Snatchers
1972 · The Major
The Night Stalker
1972 · Bernie Jenks
The Reluctant Heroes
1971 · Capt. Luke Danvers
Primus
1971
Cannon
1971
The Anderson Tapes
1971 · Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
I Walk the Line
1970 · Carl McCain
Lost Flight
1970 · Glenn Walkup
Room 222
1969
The Devil's Eight
1969 · Burl
The Name of the Game
1968 · Senator Goddard
The Detective
1968 · Curran
Gentle Giant
1967 · Fog Hanson
The High Chaparral
1967 · Tracy Conlin
Custer
1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 · George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · Captain Stuart Kinder
Ironside
1967
The Green Hornet
1966 · Earl Evans
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