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Ralph Meeker was an American film, stage, and television 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 film noir cult classic Kiss Me Deadly.
Birth Name
Ralph Rathgeber
Born
Sunday, 21 November 1920
Died
Friday, 05 August 1988
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Missing Reel | Bensington | 2014 |
| The Rules of Film Noir | Mike Hammer (clip from Kiss Me Deadly (1955)) | 2009 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly | 2003 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Lt. Driscoll (archive footage) / Lt. Driscoll | 2002 |
| American Cinema | Mike Hammer (clip from Kiss Me Deadly (1955)) | 1995 |
| Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self | 1991 |
| The 61st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1989 |
| Without Warning | Dave | 1980 |
| Winter Kills | Gameboy Baker | 1979 |
| Hi-Riders | Mike | 1978 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Missing Reel | Bensington | 2014 |
| The Rules of Film Noir | Mike Hammer (clip from Kiss Me Deadly (1955)) | 2009 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly | 2003 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Lt. Driscoll (archive footage) / Lt. Driscoll | 2002 |
| American Cinema | Mike Hammer (clip from Kiss Me Deadly (1955)) | 1995 |
| Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self | 1991 |
| The 61st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1989 |
| Without Warning | Dave | 1980 |
| Winter Kills | Gameboy Baker | 1979 |
| Hi-Riders | Mike | 1978 |
| My Boys Are Good Boys | Bert Morton | 1978 |
| The Alpha Incident | Charlie | 1978 |
| CHiPs | Jerry Borgman | 1977 |
| The Food of the Gods | Bensington | 1976 |
| Johnny Firecloud | Colby | 1975 |
| Barbary Coast | Big Lou Hobart | 1975 |
| Brannigan | Capt. Moretti | 1975 |
| The Dead Don't Die | Lieutenant Reardon / Police Lt. Reardon | 1975 |
| Police Woman | Bellwood | 1974 |
| Run, Joe, Run | Gant | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Movin' On | Dave Bennet | 1974 |
| The Girl on the Late, Late Show | Inspector DeBiesse | 1974 |
| Faraday and Company | Ed Kelso | 1973 |
| The Evil Touch | Frank Drake | 1973 |
| Love Comes Quietly | Ben Hoeksema | 1973 |
| Toma | Frank Beecher | 1973 |
| Police Story | Alfred Attles / Sergeant Emit Howard | 1973 |
| Harry O | Sgt. Frank Brannen | 1973 |
| You'll Never See Me Again | Will Alden | 1973 |
| Birds of Prey | Jim McAndrew | 1973 |
| The Mind Snatchers | The Major | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Officer Menteer | 1972 |
| The Night Stalker | Bernie Jenks | 1972 |
| The Reluctant Heroes | Capt. Luke Danvers | 1971 |
| Cannon | Phil Dexter | 1971 |
| Police Surgeon | James Blinn | 1971 |
| The Anderson Tapes | Captain Delaney / Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney | 1971 |
| I Walk the Line | Carl McCain | 1970 |
| Lost Flight | Glenn Walkup | 1970 |
| Room 222 | Mr. Jones | 1969 |
| The Devil's 8 | Burl | 1969 |
| The Name of the Game | Senator Goddard | 1968 |
| The Detective | Curran | 1968 |
| Gentle Giant | Fog Hanson | 1967 |
| Ironside | Ex-Detective / Wescott | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Tracy Conlin | 1967 |
| Dundee and the Culhane | Maximus Tobin | 1967 |
| Custer | Kermit Teller | 1967 |
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran | 1967 |
| The Dirty Dozen | Captain Stuart Kinder | 1967 |
| The Green Hornet | Earl Evans | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Karnak | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Scott Martin / King Hogan / Graham Newcomb | 1965 |
| The Long, Hot Summer | Jess Corbett | 1965 |
| Seaway | Roy Burke | 1965 |
| Suspense | Captain Lloyd Denson | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Harly Clay | 1963 |
| Channing | Frank Martin | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | John Dexter | 1963 |
| Breaking Point | Murray Knopf | 1963 |
| Wall of Noise | Matt Rubio | 1963 |
| Going My Way | Jack Slade | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Sheffer | 1962 |
| Empire | Barney Swanton | 1962 |
| The Virginian | August Gruber | 1962 |
| Something Wild | Mike | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Floyd Cooper | 1961 |
| Ada | Colonel Yancey | 1961 |
| Tallahassee 7000 | Harry Griffold | 1961 |
| Route 66 | Willard McIntyre / Parker Smith | 1960 |
| Not for Hire | Sgt. Steve Dekker / US Army Sergeant Steve Dekker | 1959 |
| Pursuit | Leo Maxwell | 1958 |
| The Texan | Sam Kerrigan | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Martin Ash | 1958 |
| Frontier Justice | Steve Elkins | 1958 |
| Paths of Glory | Cpl. Philippe Paris | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Horse | 1957 |
| Run of the Arrow | Lt. Driscoll / Lieutenant Driscoll | 1957 |
| The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown | Mike Valla | 1957 |
| A Woman's Devotion | Trevor Stevenson | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Steve Elkins | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Carbine Webb | 1956 |
| Desert Sands | Capt. David Malcolm | 1955 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Billy Hepburn | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Commander John Lawrence | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Carl Borden / Carl Spann / John Forbes / Mel Reeves | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Joe Novak | 1955 |
| Kiss Me Deadly | Mike Hammer | 1955 |
| Big House, U.S.A. | Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman / Gerry Barker | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Frank Clell | 1954 |
| Climax! | 'Griff' Griffith / Alex Hill | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Ranson | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Charlie Williams | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Ed James / Joe Martin / Pilot Duke Cavanaugh / Willis Cooper | 1953 |
| The Revlon Mirror Theater | 1953 | |
| Code Two | Chuck O'Flair | 1953 |
| Jeopardy | Lawson / Lawson the Fugitive | 1953 |
| The Naked Spur | Roy Anderson | 1953 |
| Somebody Loves Me | Benny Fields / Ben 'Benny' Fields | 1952 |
| Shadow in the Sky | Burt | 1952 |
| Glory Alley | Socks Barbarrosa | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Barry Brannon / Rich Adams | 1951 |
| Teresa | Sgt. Dobbs | 1951 |
| Four in a Jeep | Sergeant William Long / Sgt. William Long | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Nicky Hanks / Mike | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Guest Panelist | 1950 |
| Studio One | Steve Windom / Larry Sheridan | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self / Self - Guest Host | 1948 |
| Kraft Theatre | Jack Brennan | 1947 |
Producer Filmography
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