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Ralph Meeker

Acting
November 21, 1920
— August 5, 1988(67 years old)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Popularity: 1
IMDb

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...

Also Known As

Ralph Rathgeber

Known For

Ironside series poster (1967)
6.8

Ironside

Climax! series poster (1954)
3.3

Climax!

Alex Hill

Climax! series poster (1954)
3.3

Climax!

'Griff' Griffith

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre series poster (1956)
6.0

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Steve Elkins

The F.B.I. series poster (1965)
5.4

The F.B.I.

King Hogan

The F.B.I. series poster (1965)
5.4

The F.B.I.

Scott Martin

The F.B.I. series poster (1965)
5.4

The F.B.I.

Graham Newcomb

Cannon series poster (1971)
6.6

Cannon

Room 222 series poster (1969)
6.0

Room 222

The Outer Limits series poster (1963)
7.8

The Outer Limits

John Dexter

Route 66 series poster (1960)
6.3

Route 66

Police Woman series poster (1974)
6.2

Police Woman

Photos of Ralph Meeker

Filmography

2000s

Los Angeles Plays Itself movie poster (2004)
7.6

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller movie poster (2002)
5.8

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)

1980s

Without Warning movie poster (1980)
5.2

Without Warning

Dave

1970s

Winter Kills movie poster (1979)
5.8

Winter Kills

Gameboy Baker

Hi-Riders movie poster (1978)
5.1

Hi-Riders

Mike

The Alpha Incident movie poster (1978)
3.7

The Alpha Incident

Charlie

My Boys Are Good Boys movie poster (1978)
7.2

My Boys Are Good Boys

Bert Morton

The Food of the Gods movie poster (1976)
5.0

The Food of the Gods

Bensington

Brannigan movie poster (1975)
6.0

Brannigan

Capt. Moretti

The Dead Don't Die movie poster (1975)
5.9

The Dead Don't Die

Lieutenant Reardon

Johnny Firecloud movie poster (1975)
4.8

Johnny Firecloud

Colby

Night Games movie poster (1974)
6.0

Night Games

Dutch Armbreck

Cry Panic movie poster (1974)
6.8

Cry Panic

Chuck Braswell

The Girl on the Late, Late Show movie poster (1974)
5.2

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

Inspector DeBiesse

Birds of Prey movie poster (1973)
5.5

Birds of Prey

Jim McAndrew

You'll Never See Me Again movie poster (1973)
7.0

You'll Never See Me Again

Will Alden

Angela - Love Comes Quietly movie poster (1973)
4.7

Angela - Love Comes Quietly

Ben Hoeksema

The Night Stalker movie poster (1972)
6.8

The Night Stalker

Bernie Jenks

The Mind Snatchers movie poster (1972)
5.8

The Mind Snatchers

The Major

The Anderson Tapes movie poster (1971)
6.1

The Anderson Tapes

Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney

The Reluctant Heroes movie poster (1971)

The Reluctant Heroes

Capt. Luke Danvers

Lost Flight movie poster (1970)
3.7

Lost Flight

Glenn Walkup

I Walk the Line movie poster (1970)
5.7

I Walk the Line

Carl McCain

1960s

The Devil's Eight movie poster (1969)
5.1

The Devil's Eight

Burl

The Detective movie poster (1968)
5.9

The Detective

Curran

The Dirty Dozen movie poster (1967)
7.6
Gem

The Dirty Dozen

Captain Stuart Kinder

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre movie poster (1967)
6.3

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran

Gentle Giant movie poster (1967)
10.0

Gentle Giant

Fog Hanson

Wall of Noise movie poster (1963)
3.1

Wall of Noise

Matt Rubio

Ada movie poster (1961)
6.4

Ada

Colonel Yancey

Something Wild movie poster (1961)
6.2

Something Wild

Mike

A Holster Full Of Law movie poster (1961)
8.0

A Holster Full Of Law

Frank Clell

1950s

Paths of Glory movie poster (1957)
8.3
Gem

Paths of Glory

Cpl. Philippe Paris

Run of the Arrow movie poster (1957)
6.1

Run of the Arrow

Lieutenant Driscoll

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown movie poster (1957)
6.0

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

Mike Valla

Four Women in Black movie poster (1957)

Four Women in Black

Carbine Webb

A Woman's Devotion movie poster (1956)
4.2

A Woman's Devotion

Trevor Stevenson

Kiss Me Deadly movie poster (1955)
7.2

Kiss Me Deadly

Mike Hammer

Big House, U.S.A movie poster (1955)
6.6

Big House, U.S.A

Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman

Desert Sands movie poster (1955)
4.2

Desert Sands

Capt. David Malcolm

The Naked Spur movie poster (1953)
7.0

The Naked Spur

Roy Anderson

Jeopardy movie poster (1953)
6.6

Jeopardy

Lawson the Fugitive

Code Two movie poster (1953)
6.2

Code Two

Chuck O'Flair

Shadow in the Sky movie poster (1952)
6.6

Shadow in the Sky

Burt

Glory Alley movie poster (1952)
5.5

Glory Alley

Socks Barbarrosa

Somebody Loves Me movie poster (1952)
8.5

Somebody Loves Me

Benny Fields

Teresa movie poster (1951)
5.8

Teresa

Sgt. Dobbs

Four in a Jeep movie poster (1951)
5.4

Four in a Jeep

Sergeant William Long