Ralph Meeker
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Nov 21 1920• Died Aug 05 1988
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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 Pat…
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Ironside
Climax!
Alex Hill
Studio One
Steve Windom
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Steve Elkins
The F.B.I.
King Hogan
The High Chaparral
Tracy Conlin
Police Woman
Cannon
The Defenders
Floyd Cooper
The Outer Limits
John Dexter
Route 66
The Name of the Game
Senator Goddard
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Harly Clay
The Rookies
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Carl Spann
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Martin Ash
Harry O
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Texan
Tarzan
Police Story
Room 222
CHiPs
Lux Video Theatre
Nicky Hanks
The Green Hornet
Earl Evans
Paths of Glory
Cpl. Philippe Paris
Going My Way
Letter to Loretta
Joe Martin
Kaz
Custer
The Evil Touch
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Wally Walters
Toma
Barbary Coast
Big Lou Hobart
The Dirty Dozen
Captain Stuart Kinder
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Run, Joe, Run
Primus
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Rich Adams
Not for Hire
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
The Night Stalker
Bernie Jenks
Kiss Me Deadly
Mike Hammer
Tallahassee 7000
The Naked Spur
Roy Anderson
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
Brannigan
Capt. Moretti
Without Warning
Dave
Winter Kills
Gameboy Baker
Lost Flight
Glenn Walkup
I Walk the Line
Carl McCain
Ada
Colonel Yancey
The Anderson Tapes
Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
Something Wild
Mike
The Detective
Curran
Teresa
Sgt. Dobbs
Shadow in the Sky
Burt
The Food of the Gods
Bensington
Gentle Giant
Fog Hanson
Birds of Prey
Jim McAndrew
Run of the Arrow
Lieutenant Driscoll
Night Games
Dutch Armbreck
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
You'll Never See Me Again
Will Alden
Jeopardy
Lawson the Fugitive
The Mind Snatchers
The Major
The Devil's Eight
Burl
Wall of Noise
Matt Rubio
Big House, U.S.A
Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman
Hi-Riders
Mike
Cry Panic
Chuck Braswell
Code Two
Chuck O'Flair
Glory Alley
Socks Barbarrosa
Somebody Loves Me
Benny Fields
My Boys Are Good Boys
Bert Morton
Desert Sands
Capt. David Malcolm
The Dead Don't Die
Lieutenant Reardon
A Woman's Devotion
Trevor Stevenson
The Reluctant Heroes
Capt. Luke Danvers
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Inspector DeBiesse
Four in a Jeep
Sergeant William Long
The Alpha Incident
Charlie
Johnny Firecloud
Colby
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Mike Valla
Angela - Love Comes Quietly
Ben Hoeksema
Four Women in Black
Carbine Webb
A Holster Full Of Law
Frank Clell