Ralph Meeker
Acting
Born November 21, 1920 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Biography
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 mechan…
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Ironside
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Climax!
Studio One
Room 222
Cannon
The F.B.I.
The Defenders
The High Chaparral
The Ed Sullivan Show
Route 66
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Outer Limits
Police Woman
The Name of the Game
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Texan
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Rookies
Tarzan
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Police Story
Harry O
CHiPs
The Green Hornet
The Dirty Dozen
Lux Video Theatre
Paths of Glory
Going My Way
Letter to Loretta
Toma
The Evil Touch
Kaz
Not for Hire
Custer
Barbary Coast
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
The Night Stalker
Run, Joe, Run
Primus