Ralph Meeker
Ralph Meeker
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, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Meeker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
100
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-11-21 (104 years old)
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Acting

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)

1980

Without Warning as Dave

1979

Winter Kills as Gameboy Baker

1978

The Eddie Capra Mysteries as Not available

1978

Kaz as Not available

1978

My Boys Are Good Boys as Bert Morton

1978

Hi-Riders as Mike

1978

The Alpha Incident as Charlie

1977

CHiPs as Not available

1976

The Food of the Gods as Bensington

1975

Barbary Coast as Big Lou Hobart

1975

Brannigan as Capt. Moretti

1975

The Dead Don't Die as Lieutenant Reardon

1975

Johnny Firecloud as Colby

1974

Police Woman as Not available

1974

Harry O as Not available

1974

Run, Joe, Run as Not available

1974

Night Games as Dutch Armbreck

1974

Cry Panic as Chuck Braswell

1974

The Girl on the Late, Late Show as Inspector DeBiesse

1973

The Evil Touch as Not available

1973

Police Story as Not available

1973

Toma as Not available

1973

Birds of Prey as Jim McAndrew

1973

You'll Never See Me Again as Will Alden

1973

Love Comes Quietly as Ben Hoeksema

1972

The Rookies as Not available

1972

The Night Stalker as Bernie Jenks

1972

The Mind Snatchers as The Major

1971

Cannon as Not available

1971

Primus as Not available

1971

The Anderson Tapes as Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney

1971

The Reluctant Heroes as Capt. Luke Danvers

1970

I Walk the Line as Carl McCain

1970

Lost Flight as Glenn Walkup

1969

Room 222 as Not available

1969

The Devil's Eight as Burl

1968

The Name of the Game as Senator Goddard

1968

The Detective as Curran

1967

The High Chaparral as Tracy Conlin

1967

Ironside as Not available

1967

Custer as Not available

1967

The Dirty Dozen as Captain Stuart Kinder

1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran

1967

Gentle Giant as Fog Hanson

1966

Tarzan as Not available

1966

The Green Hornet as Earl Evans

1965

The F.B.I. as King Hogan

1965

The F.B.I. as Scott Martin

1965

The F.B.I. as Graham Newcomb

1963

The Outer Limits as John Dexter

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre as Harly Clay

1963

Wall of Noise as Matt Rubio

1962

Going My Way as Not available

1961

The Defenders as Floyd Cooper

1961

Tallahassee 7000 as Not available

1961

Something Wild as Mike

1961

Ada as Colonel Yancey

1961

A Holster Full Of Law as Frank Clell

1960

Route 66 as Not available

1959

Not for Hire as Not available

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive as Martin Ash

1958

The Texan as Not available

1957

Paths of Glory as Cpl. Philippe Paris

1957

Run of the Arrow as Lieutenant Driscoll

1957

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown as Mike Valla

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Steve Elkins

1956

A Woman's Devotion as Trevor Stevenson

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Carl Spann

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Carl Borden

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as John Forbes

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mel Reeves

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour as Not available

1955

Kiss Me Deadly as Mike Hammer

1955

Big House, U.S.A as Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman

1955

Desert Sands as Capt. David Malcolm

1954

Climax! as Alex Hill

1954

Climax! as 'Griff' Griffith

1953

Letter to Loretta as Joe Martin

1953

Letter to Loretta as Ed James

1953

Letter to Loretta as Pilot Duke Cavanaugh

1953

Letter to Loretta as Willis Cooper

1953

The Naked Spur as Roy Anderson

1953

Jeopardy as Lawson the Fugitive

1953

Code Two as Chuck O'Flair

1952

Glory Alley as Socks Barbarrosa

1952

Shadow in the Sky as Burt

1952

Somebody Loves Me as Benny Fields

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Wally Walters

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Rich Adams

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Barry Brannon

1951

Teresa as Sgt. Dobbs

1951

Four in a Jeep as Sergeant William Long

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Nicky Hanks

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Mike

1948

Studio One as Steve Windom

1948

Studio One as Larry Sheridan
Crew

1978

My Boys Are Good Boys Executive Producer