Personal Info
Known Credits
47
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1920-11-21 (105 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also Known For
Ralph Rathgeber
Ralph Meeker
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2004 --
Los Angeles Plays Itself
| Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
2002 --
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
| Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
1980 --
Without Warning
| Dave
1979 --
Winter Kills
| Gameboy Baker
1978 --
The Alpha Incident
| Charlie
1978 --
Hi-Riders
| Mike
1978 --
My Boys Are Good Boys
| Bert Morton
1976 --
The Food of the Gods
| Bensington
1975 --
Johnny Firecloud
| Colby
1975 --
Brannigan
| Capt. Moretti
1975 --
The Dead Don't Die
| Lieutenant Reardon
1974 --
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
| Inspector DeBiesse
1974 --
Night Games
| Dutch Armbreck
1974 --
Cry Panic
| Chuck Braswell
1973 --
Love Comes Quietly
| Ben Hoeksema
1973 --
You'll Never See Me Again
| Will Alden
1973 --
Birds of Prey
| Jim McAndrew
1972 --
The Mind Snatchers
| The Major
1972 --
The Night Stalker
| Bernie Jenks
1971 --
The Reluctant Heroes
| Capt. Luke Danvers
1971 --
The Anderson Tapes
| Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
1970 --
I Walk the Line
| Carl McCain
1970 --
Lost Flight
| Glenn Walkup
1969 --
The Devil's Eight
| Burl
1968 --
The Detective
| Curran
1967 --
Gentle Giant
| Fog Hanson
1967 --
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
| George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
1967 --
The Dirty Dozen
| Captain Stuart Kinder
1963 --
Wall of Noise
| Matt Rubio
1961 --
Something Wild
| Mike
1961 --
A Holster Full Of Law
| Frank Clell
1961 --
Ada
| Colonel Yancey
1957 --
Paths of Glory
| Cpl. Philippe Paris
1957 --
Run of the Arrow
| Lieutenant Driscoll
1957 --
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
| Mike Valla
1956 --
A Woman's Devotion
| Trevor Stevenson
1955 --
Desert Sands
| Capt. David Malcolm
1955 --
Kiss Me Deadly
| Mike Hammer
1955 --
Big House, U.S.A
| Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman
1953 --
Code Two
| Chuck O'Flair
1953 --
Jeopardy
| Lawson the Fugitive
1953 --
The Naked Spur
| Roy Anderson
1952 --
Somebody Loves Me
| Benny Fields
1952 --
Shadow in the Sky
| Burt
1952 --
Glory Alley
| Socks Barbarrosa
1951 --
Teresa
| Sgt. Dobbs
1951 --
Four in a Jeep
| Sergeant William Long