Ralph Meeker
Acting
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).
Known For
Ironside
The Outer Limits
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Green Hornet
CHiPs
Paths of Glory
The Dirty Dozen
The Night Stalker
Brannigan
The Naked Spur
Kiss Me Deadly
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The Food of the Gods
The Anderson Tapes
The Detective
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Winter Kills
Without Warning
Run of the Arrow
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