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Ralph Meeker

Acting

November 21, 1920

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

47 movies

6.1 avg

2

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...

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

as Cpl. Philippe Paris

The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen

as Captain Stuart Kinder

Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

as Mike Hammer

Filmography

2000s

1 film

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)

1980s

1 film

Without Warning

Without Warning

as Dave

1970s

20 films

Winter Kills

Winter Kills

as Gameboy Baker

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The Naked Spur

The Naked Spur

as Roy Anderson

The Night Stalker

The Night Stalker

as Bernie Jenks

5.7

The Alpha Incident

The Alpha Incident

as Charlie

Hi-Riders

Hi-Riders

as Mike

My Boys Are Good Boys

My Boys Are Good Boys

as Bert Morton

The Food of the Gods

The Food of the Gods

as Bensington

Johnny Firecloud

Johnny Firecloud

as Colby

Brannigan

Brannigan

as Capt. Moretti

The Dead Don't Die

The Dead Don't Die

as Lieutenant Reardon

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

as Inspector DeBiesse

Night Games

Night Games

as Dutch Armbreck

Cry Panic

Cry Panic

as Chuck Braswell

Angela – Love Comes Quietly

Angela – Love Comes Quietly

as Ben Hoeksema

You'll Never See Me Again

You'll Never See Me Again

as Will Alden

Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey

as Jim McAndrew

The Mind Snatchers

The Mind Snatchers

as The Major

The Night Stalker

The Night Stalker

as Bernie Jenks

The Reluctant Heroes

The Reluctant Heroes

as Capt. Luke Danvers

The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes

as Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney

I Walk the Line

I Walk the Line

as Carl McCain

Lost Flight

Lost Flight

as Glenn Walkup

1960s

9 films

The Devil's Eight

The Devil's Eight

as Burl

The Detective

The Detective

as Curran

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

as Fog Hanson

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran

The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen

as Captain Stuart Kinder

Wall of Noise

Wall of Noise

as Matt Rubio

Something Wild

Something Wild

as Mike

A Holster Full Of Law

A Holster Full Of Law

as Frank Clell

Ada

Ada

as Colonel Yancey

1950s

16 films

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

as Cpl. Philippe Paris

Run of the Arrow

Run of the Arrow

as Lieutenant Driscoll

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

as Mike Valla

Four Women in Black

Four Women in Black

as Carbine Webb

A Woman's Devotion

A Woman's Devotion

as Trevor Stevenson

Desert Sands

Desert Sands

as Capt. David Malcolm

Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

as Mike Hammer

Big House, U.S.A

Big House, U.S.A

as Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman

Code Two

Code Two

as Chuck O'Flair

Jeopardy

Jeopardy

as Lawson the Fugitive

The Naked Spur

The Naked Spur

as Roy Anderson

Somebody Loves Me

Somebody Loves Me

as Benny Fields

Shadow in the Sky

Shadow in the Sky

as Burt

Glory Alley

Glory Alley

as Socks Barbarrosa

Teresa

Teresa

as Sgt. Dobbs

Four in a Jeep

Four in a Jeep

as Sergeant William Long