8.5
8.5
Somebody Loves Me
1952
as Benny Fields
Ralph Meeker
Acting
Born:November 21, 1920
Died:August 5, 1988(aged 67)
Birthplace:Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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CommunityBiography
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), as a World War II captain in The Dirty Dozen (1967), and in the gangster film The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967). Other credits include supporting roles in I Walk the Line (1970) and Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes (1971). He also had a prolific career in television, appearing as Sergeant Steve Dekker on the series Not for Hire (1959–1960), and in the television horror film The Night Stalker (1972). After suffering a stroke in 1980, Meeker was forced to retire from acting, and died eight years later of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography (47 movies)
8.3
8.3
Paths of Glory
1957
as Cpl. Philippe Paris
7.6
7.6
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Captain Stuart Kinder
7.2
7.2
My Boys Are Good Boys
1978
Executive Producer
7.2
7.2
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Mike Hammer
7.0
7.0
You'll Never See Me Again
1973
as Will Alden
6.9
6.9
The Naked Spur
1953
as Roy Anderson
6.9
6.9
The Night Stalker
1972
as Bernie Jenks
6.8
6.8
Cry Panic
1974
as Chuck Braswell
6.6
6.6
Jeopardy
1953
as Lawson the Fugitive
6.6
6.6
Shadow in the Sky
1952
as Burt
6.5
6.5
Big House, U.S.A
1955
as Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman
6.4
6.4
Ada
1961
as Colonel Yancey
6.3
6.3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
6.2
6.2
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
6.2
6.2
Code Two
1953
as Chuck O'Flair
6.2
6.2
Something Wild
1961
as Mike
6.0
6.0
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Lieutenant Driscoll
6.0
6.0
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957
as Mike Valla
6.0
6.0
Night Games
1974
as Dutch Armbreck
6.0
6.0
Brannigan
1975
as Capt. Moretti
5.9
5.9
The Mind Snatchers
1972
as The Major
5.9
5.9
The Dead Don't Die
1975
as Lieutenant Reardon
5.9
5.9
The Detective
1968
as Curran
5.8
5.8
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
5.8
5.8
Teresa
1951
as Sgt. Dobbs
5.8
5.8
Winter Kills
1979
as Gameboy Baker
5.7
5.7
I Walk the Line
1970
as Carl McCain
5.5
5.5
Glory Alley
1952
as Socks Barbarrosa
5.4
5.4
Four in a Jeep
1951
as Sergeant William Long
5.3
5.3
Without Warning
1980
as Dave
5.2
5.2
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as Inspector DeBiesse
5.1
5.1
Hi-Riders
1978
as Mike
5.1
5.1
The Devil's Eight
1969
as Burl
5.0
5.0
Birds of Prey
1973
as Jim McAndrew
4.9
4.9
The Food of the Gods
1976
as Bensington
4.8
4.8
Johnny Firecloud
1975
as Colby
4.7
4.7
Angela - Love Comes Quietly
1973
as Ben Hoeksema
4.2
4.2
A Woman's Devotion
1956
as Trevor Stevenson
4.2
4.2
Desert Sands
1955
as Capt. David Malcolm
3.7
3.7
Lost Flight
1970
as Glenn Walkup
3.6
3.6
The Alpha Incident
1978
as Charlie
3.1
3.1
Wall of Noise
1963
as Matt Rubio
Gentle Giant
1967
as Fog Hanson
A Holster Full Of Law
1961
as Frank Clell
Four Women in Black
1957
as Carbine Webb
The Reluctant Heroes
1971
as Capt. Luke Danvers
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