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Ralph Meeker

Acting

Born November 21, 1920 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Died August 5, 1988

Also known as Ralph Rathgeber

Biography

Ralph Meeker was an American film, stage, and television 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 known for his portrayal of Mike Hammer in Robert Aldrich's 1955 Kiss Me Deadly and as condemned infantryman Cpl. Philippe Paris in Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory.

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Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Award · 1948

Filmography42 titles

Paths of Glory

1957as Cpl. Philippe Paris

My Boys Are Good Boys

1978as Bert Morton

The Outer Limits

1963as John Dexter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as John Forbes

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

The Dirty Dozen

1967as Captain Stuart Kinder

The Green Hornet

1966as Earl Evans

Police Story

1973

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Martin Ash

The Naked Spur

1953as Roy Anderson

CHiPs

1977

Cry Panic

1974as Chuck Braswell

The Rookies

1972

Ironside

1967

The High Chaparral

1967as Tracy Conlin

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Route 66

1960

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Mike

Big House, U.S.A

1955as Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman

Letter to Loretta

1953as Pilot Duke Cavanaugh

Police Woman

1974

Custer

1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran

Something Wild

1961as Mike

The Anderson Tapes

1971as Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney

Run of the Arrow

1957as Lieutenant Driscoll

Brannigan

1975as Capt. Moretti

The Texan

1958

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

1957as Mike Valla

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

The Mind Snatchers

1972as The Major

I Walk the Line

1970as Carl McCain

The Detective

1968as Curran

Winter Kills

1979as Gameboy Baker

Birds of Prey

1973as Jim McAndrew

The F.B.I.

1965as Graham Newcomb

Without Warning

1980as Dave

The Devil's Eight

1969as Burl

The Food of the Gods

1976as Bensington

Desert Sands

1955as Capt. David Malcolm

A Woman's Devotion

1956as Trevor Stevenson

The Alpha Incident

1978as Charlie