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