Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA — Nov 21 1920• Died Aug 05 1988

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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Alex Hill

Steve Windom

Steve Elkins

King Hogan

Tracy Conlin



Floyd Cooper

John Dexter


Senator Goddard

Harly Clay


Carl Spann

Martin Ash







Nicky Hanks

Earl Evans

Cpl. Philippe Paris


Joe Martin




Wally Walters


Big Lou Hobart

Captain Stuart Kinder




Rich Adams

Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

Bernie Jenks

Mike Hammer


Roy Anderson

George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran

Capt. Moretti

Dave

Gameboy Baker

Glenn Walkup

Carl McCain

Colonel Yancey

Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney

Mike

Curran

Sgt. Dobbs

Burt

Bensington

Fog Hanson

Jim McAndrew

Lieutenant Driscoll

Dutch Armbreck

Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)

Will Alden

Lawson the Fugitive

The Major

Burl

Matt Rubio

Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman

Mike

Chuck Braswell

Chuck O'Flair

Socks Barbarrosa

Benny Fields

Bert Morton

Capt. David Malcolm

Lieutenant Reardon

Trevor Stevenson

Capt. Luke Danvers

Inspector DeBiesse

Sergeant William Long

Charlie

Colby

Mike Valla

Ben Hoeksema

Carbine Webb

Frank Clell