Ralph Meeker
Acting
Born: November 21, 1920 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died: August 5, 1988 (aged 67)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Paths of Glory
1957
The Dirty Dozen
1967
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
The Naked Spur
1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Anderson Tapes
1971
The Outer Limits
1963
CHiPs
1977
Without Warning
1980
The Night Stalker
1972
The Food of the Gods
1976
Brannigan
1975
Photos (2)
Movies (47)
The Dirty Dozen
Captain Stuart Kinder
Paths of Glory
Cpl. Philippe Paris
The Anderson Tapes
Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
The Night Stalker
Bernie Jenks
Kiss Me Deadly
Mike Hammer
The Naked Spur
Roy Anderson
Without Warning
Dave
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
Brannigan
Capt. Moretti
The Detective
Curran
Winter Kills
Gameboy Baker
The Food of the Gods
Bensington
Run of the Arrow
Lieutenant Driscoll
I Walk the Line
Carl McCain
The Devil's Eight
Burl
Jeopardy
Lawson the Fugitive
Something Wild
Mike
Hi-Riders
Mike
Wall of Noise
Matt Rubio
Glory Alley
Socks Barbarrosa
Big House, U.S.A
Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman
Gentle Giant
Fog Hanson
The Alpha Incident
Charlie
Ada
Colonel Yancey
The Dead Don't Die
Lieutenant Reardon
Somebody Loves Me
Benny Fields
Desert Sands
Capt. David Malcolm
Lost Flight
Glenn Walkup
Teresa
Sgt. Dobbs
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Mike Valla
Shadow in the Sky
Burt
Birds of Prey
Jim McAndrew
Cry Panic
Chuck Braswell
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Inspector DeBiesse
Night Games
Dutch Armbreck
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
The Reluctant Heroes
Capt. Luke Danvers
Code Two
Chuck O'Flair
The Mind Snatchers
The Major
Four in a Jeep
Sergeant William Long
You'll Never See Me Again
Will Alden
Angela – Love Comes Quietly
Ben Hoeksema
My Boys Are Good Boys
Bert Morton
A Woman's Devotion
Trevor Stevenson
Johnny Firecloud
Colby
Four Women in Black
Carbine Webb
A Holster Full Of Law
Frank Clell
TV Shows (49)
Ironside
2 eps
Climax!
Alex Hill · 1 eps
Climax!
'Griff' Griffith · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Studio One
Steve Windom · 1 eps
Studio One
Larry Sheridan · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Senator Goddard · 1 eps
Tarzan
1 eps
Route 66
2 eps
The F.B.I.
King Hogan · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Scott Martin · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Graham Newcomb · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
John Dexter · 1 eps
Police Woman
1 eps
Room 222
1 eps
The High Chaparral
Tracy Conlin · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Carl Spann · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Carl Borden · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
John Forbes · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mel Reeves · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Steve Elkins · 1 eps
The Defenders
Floyd Cooper · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Martin Ash · 1 eps
Police Story
2 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Harly Clay · 1 eps
Harry O
1 eps
The Texan
1 eps
The Green Hornet
Earl Evans · 1 eps
CHiPs
1 eps
Kaz
1 eps
Barbary Coast
Big Lou Hobart · 1 eps
Run, Joe, Run
1 eps
Toma
1 eps
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1 eps
Custer
1 eps
Going My Way
1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Joe Martin · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Ed James · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Pilot Duke Cavanaugh · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Willis Cooper · 1 eps
The Evil Touch
1 eps
Faraday and Company
Ed Kelso · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Rich Adams · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Barry Brannon · 1 eps
Primus
1 eps
Tallahassee 7000
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Wally Walters · 1 eps
