Ralph Meeker
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-11-21 (68 years old)
Deathday
1988-08-05
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also known As
Ralph Rathgeber
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)...
Acting
1957
as Cpl. Philippe Paris
1967
as Captain Stuart Kinder
1953
as Roy Anderson
1971
as Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
1957
as Lieutenant Driscoll
1956
as Trevor Stevenson
1978
as Charlie
1953
as Lawson the Fugitive
1979
as Gameboy Baker
1976
as Bensington
1975
as Lieutenant Reardon
1968
as Curran
1967
as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
1972
as Bernie Jenks
1955
as Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman
1980
as Dave
1953
as Chuck O'Flair
1955
as Mike Hammer
1975
as Colby
2004
as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
1961
as Mike
1970
as Carl McCain
1974
as Inspector DeBiesse
1973
as Jim McAndrew
1972
as The Major
1957
as Mike Valla
1961
as Colonel Yancey
1952
as Burt
1969
as Burl
1955
as Capt. David Malcolm
1952
as Benny Fields
1978
as Bert Morton
1951
as Sgt. Dobbs
1952
as Socks Barbarrosa
1973
as Will Alden
1970
as Glenn Walkup
2002
as Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
1967
as Fog Hanson
1971
as Capt. Luke Danvers
1978
as Mike
1963
as Matt Rubio
1975
as Capt. Moretti
1951
as Sergeant William Long
1961
as Frank Clell
1974
as Chuck Braswell
1973
as Ben Hoeksema
1974
as Dutch Armbreck
Production
1978
as Executive Producer
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