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
Complete Filmography
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.
Without Warning
1980
as Dave
Sandy and Greg are teenagers who go camping, despite warnings not to, with their friends. They soon encounter aliens, who are using the area as a hunt...
Winter Kills
1979
as Gameboy Baker
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the...
The Alpha Incident
1978
as Charlie
A microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes passengers in a railroad office.
Hi-Riders
1978
as Mike
Story of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them.
My Boys Are Good Boys
1978
as Bert Morton
Teenagers at a correctional facility devise a plan to rob an armored van.
My Boys Are Good Boys
1978
Executive Producer
Teenagers at a correctional facility devise a plan to rob an armored van.
The Food of the Gods
1976
as Bensington
Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan st...
Johnny Firecloud
1975
as Colby
An American Indian war veteran avenges the hanging of his grandfather by local thugs.
Brannigan
1975
as Capt. Moretti
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings Am...
The Dead Don't Die
1975
as Lieutenant Reardon
In the 1930s, a sailor trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder finds himself becoming drawn into the occult world.
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as Inspector DeBiesse
A television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded, then discovers that his inquiri...
Night Games
1974
as Dutch Armbreck
A Harvard-educated, big-city lawyer moves to a small Arizona town to set up practice. His first case is defending a beautiful socialite accused of mur...
Cry Panic
1974
as Chuck Braswell
A man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping sec...
Love Comes Quietly
1973
as Ben Hoeksema
Love Comes Quietly (aka Angela) tells the story of a free-spirited girl who was born in the wrong place at the wrong time. In the 1920s, even the some...
You'll Never See Me Again
1973
as Will Alden
After a couple have an argument, the wife disappears. The husband searches for her, only to discover evidence that implicates him in her murder.
Birds of Prey
1973
as Jim McAndrew
Harry Walker, a former military pilot, works as a helicopter pilot and traffic reporter for a Salt Lake City radio station. One day while working he o...
The Mind Snatchers
1972
as The Major
A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the br...
The Night Stalker
1972
as Bernie Jenks
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy a...
The Reluctant Heroes
1971
as Capt. Luke Danvers
An army tale about an egghead ninety-day-wonder who relies on ancient tactics he remembers from the history books to save his beleaguered squad on an ...
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the enti...
I Walk the Line
1970
as Carl McCain
Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his ma...
Lost Flight
1970
as Glenn Walkup
The captain of a downed airliner must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle - an adult ver...
The Devil's Eight
1969
as Burl
The Devil's 8 is a 1969 film from American International Pictures. It is about a Federal agent (Christopher George) who recruits six convicts to bust ...
The Detective
1968
as Curran
Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.
Gentle Giant
1967
as Fog Hanson
The Story of a boy and his bear.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as ...
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Captain Stuart Kinder
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. Th...
Wall of Noise
1963
as Matt Rubio
The lives and loves behind the scenes at the racetrack are detailed in this thoroughbred soap opera. An ambitious young trainer, Joel Tarrant (Ty Hard...
Something Wild
1961
as Mike
A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
A Holster Full Of Law
1961
as Frank Clell
Slaughter’s cattle are rustled, and when the sheriff is powerless to do anything about it, Slaughter is elected sheriff himself. With a band of skille...
Ada
1961
as Colonel Yancey
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine tha...
Paths of Glory
1957
as Cpl. Philippe Paris
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Lieutenant Driscoll
When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a ...
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957
as Mike Valla
When beautiful blonde movie star Laurel Stevens is kidnapped on the verge of the premiere of her film “The Kidnapped Bride”, everyone thinks it's a pu...
A Woman's Devotion
1956
as Trevor Stevenson
An artist suffering from mental problems from his experiences during the war goes to Acapulco on his honeymoon. Soon young women are turning up dead i...
Desert Sands
1955
as Capt. David Malcolm
The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Mike Hammer
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thug...
Big House, U.S.A
1955
as Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman
A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate la...
Code Two
1953
as Chuck O'Flair
Three young men train to become motorcycle cops.
Jeopardy
1953
as Lawson the Fugitive
A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.
The Naked Spur
1953
as Roy Anderson
A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
Somebody Loves Me
1952
as Benny Fields
Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship with vaudeville singer Benny Fields.
Shadow in the Sky
1952
as Burt
Burt, a Marine suffering from Battle Fatigue, is deathly afraid of rain and confined to an asylum, but showing improvement. He wants to live with his ...
Glory Alley
1952
as Socks Barbarrosa
A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
Teresa
1951
as Sgt. Dobbs
An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband's possessive mother.
Four in a Jeep
1951
as Sergeant William Long
Soviet, British, French and American allies patrol post-war Vienna.