Ralph Meeker
Acteur, Producer
21 november 1920 — 5 augustus 1988 (67 years)
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.
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.
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| 2009 | The Rules of Film Noir · as Mike Hammer (clip From Kiss Me Deadly (1955)) |
| 2003 | 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 DaveOp Plex |
| 1979 | My Boys Are Good Boys · as Bert Morton |
| 1979 | Winter Kills · as Gameboy Baker |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | The Alpha Incident · as CharlieOp Plex |
| 1978 | Hi-Riders · as Mike |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | The Food of the Gods · as BensingtonOp Plex |
| 1975 | Johnny Firecloud · as Colby |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast · as Big Lou Hobart |
| 1975 | Brannigan · as Capt. Moretti |
| 1975 | The Dead Don't Die · as Lieutenant Reardon |
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| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Movin' On · as Dave Bennet |
| 1974 | The Girl on the Late, Late Show · as Inspector Debiesse |
| 1974 | Night Games · as Dutch Armbreck |
| 1974 | Cry Panic · as Chuck Braswell |
| 1973 | Angela · as Ben Hoeksema |
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| 1973 | |
| 1973 | You'll Never See Me Again · as Will Alden |
| 1973 | Birds of Prey · as Jim Mcandrew |
| 1972 | The Mind Snatchers · as The MajorOp Plex |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker · as Bernie Jenks |
| 1971 | The Reluctant Heroes · as Capt. Luke Danvers |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Police Surgeon (1971) · as James Blinn |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes · as Police Captain 'iron Balls' DelaneyOp Plex |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | I Walk the Line · as Carl Mccain |
| 1970 | Lost Flight · as Glenn Walkup |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | The Devil's 8 · as Burl |
| 1969 | Sesame Street · as Cast |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game · as Senator Goddard |
| 1968 | The Detective · as Curran |
| 1967 | Gentle Giant · as Fog Hanson |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral · as Tracy Conlin |
| 1967 | Dundee and the Culhane · as Maximus Tobin |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen · as Captain Stuart Kinder |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre · as George Clarence 'bugs' Moran |
| 1966 | The Green Hornet · as Earl Evans |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. · as Scott Martin |
| 1965 | Long Hot Summer · as Jess Corbett |
| 1965 | Seaway · as Roy Burke |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse · as T.c. Hope |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre · as Harly Clay |
| 1963 | Channing · as Frank Martin |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits · as John DexterOp Plex |
| 1963 | Breaking Point · as Murray Knopf |
| 1963 | Wall of Noise · as Matt Rubio |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses · as Sheffer |
| 1962 | Empire · as Barney Swanton |
| 1962 | The Virginian · as August Gruber |
| 1961 | Something Wild · as Mike |
| 1961 | The Defenders · as Floyd Cooper |
| 1961 | Ada · as Colonel Yancey |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | Route 66Op Plex |
| 1958 | Pursuit · as Leo Maxwell |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive · as Martin AshOp Plex |
| 1957 | Paths of Glory · as Cpl. Philippe Paris |
| 1957 | Colt .45 · as Train Robber |
| 1957 | Wagon Train · as Horse |
| 1957 | Run of the Arrow · as Lieutenant Driscoll |
| 1957 | The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown · as Mike Valla |
| 1956 | A Woman's Devotion · as Trevor Stevenson |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre · as Steve Elkins |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 · as Carbine Webb |
| 1955 | Big House, U.S.A. · as Geraldo 'jerry' Barker Aka Iceman |
| 1955 | Desert Sands · as Capt. David Malcolm |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour · as Billy Hepburn |
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| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Carl Borden |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show · as Joe Novak |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly · as Mike Hammer |
| 1954 | Disneyland · as Frank Clell |
| 1954 | Climax! · as Alex Hill |
| 1954 | Studio 57 · as Ranson |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour · as Charlie Williams |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show · as Willis Cooper |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater · as Cast |
| 1953 | Jeopardy · as Lawson The Fugitive |
| 1953 | Code Two · as Chuck O'flair |
| 1953 | The Naked Spur · as Roy Anderson |
| 1952 | Somebody Loves Me · as Benny Fields |
| 1952 | Shadow in the Sky · as Burt |
| 1952 | Glory Alley · as Socks Barbarrosa |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Wally Walters |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse · as Cast |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · as Rich Adams |
| 1951 | Teresa · as Sgt. Dobbs |
| 1951 | Four in a Jeep · as Sergeant William Long |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre · as Mike |
| 1948 | Studio One · as Steve Windom |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Jack Brennan |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · as Self |
| 1989 | The 61st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 1950 | What's My Line? · as Self - Guest Panelist |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self |
| 1979 | My Boys Are Good Boys · as Executive Producer |