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 mechanic opposite Carroll Baker in Something Wild (1961), as a World War II captain in The Dirty Dozen (1967), and in the gangster film The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967). Other credits include supporting roles in I Walk the Line (1970) and Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes (1971). He also had a prolific career in television, appearing as Sergeant Steve Dekker on the series Not for Hire (1959–1960), and in the television horror film The Night Stalker (1972). After suffering a stroke in 1980, Meeker was forced to retire from acting, and died eight years later of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California.

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

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• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self