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Ralph Meeker‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1920-11-21

Popularity

star2.7

Ralph Meeker

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Ralph Meeker

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1920-11-21

Popularity

star2.7

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.

Movie Credits

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory‌
star8.3
calendar 1957

The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen‌
star7.6
calendar 1967

The Naked Spur

The Naked Spur‌
star6.9
calendar 1953

The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes‌
star6.1
calendar 1971

Run of the Arrow

Run of the Arrow‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

A Woman's Devotion

A Woman's Devotion‌
star4.5
calendar 1956

The Alpha Incident

The Alpha Incident‌
star3.4
calendar 1978

Jeopardy

Jeopardy‌
star6.6
calendar 1953

Winter Kills

Winter Kills‌
star5.8
calendar 1979

The Food of the Gods

The Food of the Gods‌
star5.0
calendar 1976

The Dead Don't Die

The Dead Don't Die‌
star5.8
calendar 1975

The Detective

The Detective‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre‌
star6.3
calendar 1967

The Night Stalker

The Night Stalker‌
star6.8
calendar 1972

Big House, U.S.A

Big House, U.S.A‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

Without Warning

Without Warning‌
star5.2
calendar 1980

Code Two

Code Two‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly‌
star7.2
calendar 1955

Johnny Firecloud

Johnny Firecloud‌
star5.4
calendar 1975

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself‌
star7.6
calendar 2004

Something Wild

Something Wild‌
star6.2
calendar 1961

I Walk the Line

I Walk the Line‌
star5.7
calendar 1970

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

The Girl on the Late, Late Show‌
star5.5
calendar 1974

Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey‌
star5.0
calendar 1973

The Mind Snatchers

The Mind Snatchers‌
star5.9
calendar 1972

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

Ada

Ada‌
star6.1
calendar 1961

Shadow in the Sky

Shadow in the Sky‌
star6.6
calendar 1952

The Devil's Eight

The Devil's Eight‌
star5.1
calendar 1969

Desert Sands

Desert Sands‌
star4.4
calendar 1955

Somebody Loves Me

Somebody Loves Me‌
star8.5
calendar 1952

My Boys Are Good Boys

My Boys Are Good Boys‌
star7.2
calendar 1978

Teresa

Teresa‌
star5.7
calendar 1951

Glory Alley

Glory Alley‌
star5.9
calendar 1952

You'll Never See Me Again

You'll Never See Me Again‌
star7.0
calendar 1973

Lost Flight

Lost Flight‌
star3.7
calendar 1970

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller‌
star5.8
calendar 2002

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

The Reluctant Heroes

The Reluctant Heroes‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Hi-Riders

Hi-Riders‌
star5.1
calendar 1978

Wall of Noise

Wall of Noise‌
star3.6
calendar 1963

Brannigan

Brannigan‌
star5.8
calendar 1975

Four in a Jeep

Four in a Jeep‌
star5.4
calendar 1951

A Holster Full Of Law

A Holster Full Of Law‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Eautopsie

Eautopsie‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Cry Panic

Cry Panic‌
star6.6
calendar 1974

Love Comes Quietly

Love Comes Quietly‌
star5.2
calendar 1973

Night Games

Night Games‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Tv Credits

CHiPs

CHiPs‌
star6.8
calendar 1977

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Route 66

Route 66‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Kaz

Kaz‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

Room 222

Room 222‌
star5.7
calendar 1969

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

The Evil Touch

The Evil Touch‌
star5.5
calendar 1973

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

Run, Joe, Run

Run, Joe, Run‌
star6.2
calendar 1974

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Going My Way

Going My Way‌
star5.0
calendar 1962

Harry O

Harry O‌
star4.6
calendar 1974

Police Woman

Police Woman‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral‌
star6.5
calendar 1967

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour‌
star4.2
calendar 1955

Tarzan

Tarzan‌
star6.7
calendar 1966

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive‌
star6.9
calendar 1958

Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast‌
star5.0
calendar 1975

Toma

Toma‌
star7.8
calendar 1973

The Texan

The Texan‌
star5.5
calendar 1958

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Custer

Custer‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

The Defenders

The Defenders‌
star6.2
calendar 1961

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

The Eddie Capra Mysteries‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

Tallahassee 7000

Tallahassee 7000‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Not for Hire

Not for Hire‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet‌
star7.1
calendar 1966

Primus

Primus‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954