About
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...
Known for
IronsideSeries • 1967
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Studio OneSeries • 1948
CannonSeries • 1971
Climax!Series • 1954
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
Police WomanSeries • 1974
Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958
Route 66Series • 1960
The DefendersSeries • 1961
Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries • 1963
The High ChaparralSeries • 1967
The Name of the GameSeries • 1968
The RookiesSeries • 1972
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
The Outer LimitsSeries • 1963
Room 222Series • 1969
Police StorySeries • 1973
The TexanSeries • 1958
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
TarzanSeries • 1966
Harry OSeries • 1974
CHiPsSeries • 1977
The Green HornetSeries • 1966