Emile Meyer
Birthday
1910/08/18
Day of death
1987/03/19 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Emile Meyer (August 18, 1910 – March 19, 1987) was an American actor (born in New Orleans) usually known for tough, aggressive, authoritative characters in Hollywood films from the 1950s era, mostly in westerns or thrillers. He provided such noteworthy performances as Ryker in Shane (1953), as Father Dupree in Paths of Glory (1957) and the corrupt cop in Sweet Smell of Success (1957). He appeared in an episode of the 1961 series The Asphalt Jungle. He also appeared on television, including a gu...Read more
Acting
(1957) Sweet Smell of Success
as Lt. Harry Kello
(1957) Paths of Glory
as Father Dupree
(1953) Shane
as Rufus Ryker
(1954) Shield for Murder
as Capt. Gunnarson
(1958) The Lineup
as Inspector Al Quine
(1952) The Wild North
as Jake (uncredited)
(1955) Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Halloran
(1955) Man with the Gun
as Saul Atkins
(1967) A Time for Killing
as ---
(1954) Silver Lode
as Sheriff Wooley
(1954) Riot in Cell Block 11
as Warden Reynolds
(1951) The People Against O'Hara
as Captain Tom Mulvaney
(1965) Taggart
as Ben Blazer
(1951) The Big Night
as Peckinpaugh (as Emil Meyer)
(1954) The Human Jungle
as Abe Rowan
(1959) Good Day for a Hanging
as Marshal Hiram Cain
(1958) The Case Against Brooklyn
as Police Capt. T.W. Wills
(1958) Revolt in the Big House
as Warden
(1963) Move Over, Darling
as Process Server (uncredited)
(1956) Gun the Man Down
as Sheriff Morton
(1960) The Girl in Lovers Lane
as Cal Anders
(1954) Drums Across the River
as Nathan Marlowe
(1958) The Fiend Who Walked the West
as Ames, Head Prison Guard
(1955) Stranger on Horseback
as Sheriff Nat Bell
(1973) The Outfit
as Amos
(1965) Young Dillinger
as Det. Jergins
(1957) Badlands of Montana
as Henry Harrison Hammer
(1960) Young Jesse James
as Major Charlie Quantrill
(1967) Hostile Guns
as Uncle Joe Reno
(1959) King of the Wild Stallions
as Matt MacGuire
(1952) We're Not Married!
as Beauty Contest Announcer (uncredited)
(1955) The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
as Hunchbacher
(1957) Baby Face Nelson
as Mac – Detective
(1967) A Time for Killing
as Col. Harries
(1951) The Sea Hornet
as Harrie
(1953) Girls in the Night
as Kovacs
(1951) Cattle Queen
as Shotgun Thompson
(1955) White Feather
as Magruder
(1955) The Tall Men
as Chickasaw Charlie
(1956) Raw Edge
as Pop Penny
(1956) The Maverick Queen
as Leo Malone
(1974) Macon County Line
as Gurney
(1977) The Legend of Frank Woods
as Sheriff Dooley
(1955) The Man with the Golden Arm
as Detective Bednar
(1973) The Blue Knight
as Harry Debbs
(1950) Panic in the Streets
as Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)
(1952) Hurricane Smith
as Capt. Raikes
(1952) Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Skipper (uncredited)
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as ---
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1964) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as ---
(1957) Perry Mason
as Patrolman Joe
(1960) The Islanders
as Gard
(1960) The Tall Man
as ---
(1961) 87th Precinct
as ---
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Raymond Curtis
(1959) Dennis the Menace
as ---
(1955) The Millionaire
as Lt. Peyser
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Earl Hollowell
(1957) The Thin Man
as ---
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Gen. Zachary Moran
(1959) Wichita Town
as ---
(1954) Public Defender
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Kane Eldridge
(1965) The Legend of Jesse James
as Cap Walters
(1959) Tightrope
as ---
(1953) City Detective
as ---
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1961) The Asphalt Jungle
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as Pike
(1957) Perry Mason
as Ed Talbert
(1954) Stories of the Century
as Joe Burns