Birthday
1920/11/21
Day of death
1988/08/05 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also know as
Ralph Rathgeber
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...Read more
(1957) Paths of Glory
as Cpl. Philippe Paris
(1967) The Dirty Dozen
as Captain Stuart Kinder
(1953) The Naked Spur
as Roy Anderson
(1971) The Anderson Tapes
as Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
(1957) Run of the Arrow
as Lieutenant Driscoll
(1956) A Woman's Devotion
as Trevor Stevenson
(1978) The Alpha Incident
as Charlie
(1953) Jeopardy
as Lawson the Fugitive
(1979) Winter Kills
as Gameboy Baker
(1976) The Food of the Gods
as Bensington
(1975) The Dead Don't Die
as Lieutenant Reardon
(1968) The Detective
as Curran
(1967) The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
(1972) The Night Stalker
as Bernie Jenks
(1955) Big House, U.S.A
as Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman
(1980) Without Warning
as Dave
(1953) Code Two
as Chuck O'Flair
(1955) Kiss Me Deadly
as Mike Hammer
(1975) Johnny Firecloud
as Colby
(2004) Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
(1961) Something Wild
as Mike
(1970) I Walk the Line
as Carl McCain
(1974) The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as Inspector DeBiesse
(1973) Birds of Prey
as Jim McAndrew
(1972) The Mind Snatchers
as The Major
(1957) The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Mike Valla
(1961) Ada
as Colonel Yancey
(1952) Shadow in the Sky
as Burt
(1969) The Devil's Eight
as Burl
(1955) Desert Sands
as Capt. David Malcolm
(1952) Somebody Loves Me
as Benny Fields
(1978) My Boys Are Good Boys
as Bert Morton
(1951) Teresa
as Sgt. Dobbs
(1952) Glory Alley
as Socks Barbarrosa
(1973) You'll Never See Me Again
as Will Alden
(1970) Lost Flight
as Glenn Walkup
(2002) The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
(1967) Gentle Giant
as Fog Hanson
(1971) The Reluctant Heroes
as Capt. Luke Danvers
(1978) Hi-Riders
as Mike
(1963) Wall of Noise
as Matt Rubio
(1975) Brannigan
as Capt. Moretti
(1951) Four in a Jeep
as Sergeant William Long
(1961) A Holster Full Of Law
as Frank Clell
(1974) Cry Panic
as Chuck Braswell
(1973) Love Comes Quietly
as Ben Hoeksema
(1974) Night Games
as Dutch Armbreck
(1977) CHiPs
as ---
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Harly Clay
(1965) The F.B.I.
as King Hogan
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1978) Kaz
as ---
(1969) Room 222
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Steve Windom
(1973) The Evil Touch
as ---
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1974) Run, Joe, Run
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Wally Walters
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Carl Spann
(1962) Going My Way
as ---
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1967) The High Chaparral
as Tracy Conlin
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Nicky Hanks
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Rich Adams
(1954) Climax!
as Alex Hill
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1966) Tarzan
as ---
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Martin Ash
(1975) Barbary Coast
as Big Lou Hobart
(1973) Toma
as ---
(1958) The Texan
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Steve Elkins
(1967) Custer
as ---
(1963) The Outer Limits
as John Dexter
(1961) The Defenders
as Floyd Cooper
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Joe Martin
(1978) The Eddie Capra Mysteries
as ---
(1961) Tallahassee 7000
as ---
(1959) Not for Hire
as ---
(1966) The Green Hornet
as Earl Evans
(1971) Primus
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Scott Martin
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Graham Newcomb
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Ed James
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Pilot Duke Cavanaugh
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Willis Cooper
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Mike
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Barry Brannon
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Senator Goddard
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Carl Borden
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mel Reeves
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as John Forbes
(1948) Studio One
as Larry Sheridan
(1954) Climax!
as 'Griff' Griffith