Personal Info
Ralph Rathgeber
Ralph Meeker
Acting
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 lead role in Stanley Kubrick's military courtroom drama Paths of Glory (1957), as a troubled mechan…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
Without Warning
as Dave
Winter Kills
as Gameboy Baker
Hi-Riders
as Mike
My Boys Are Good Boys
as Bert Morton
The Alpha Incident
as Charlie
The Food of the Gods
as Bensington
Brannigan
as Capt. Moretti
The Dead Don't Die
as Lieutenant Reardon
