Ralph Meeker

Ralph Meeker

American actor (1920-1988)

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 known for his portrayal of Mike Hammer in Robert Aldrich's 1955 Kiss Me Deadly and as condemned infantryman Cpl. Philippe Paris in Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 17 films (1951–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 3 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1980 Without Warning Ciba Pharmaceutical Co 89 min 16mm Color sound
1975 Brannigan UA 111 min 16mm Color
1968 THE DETECTIVE. Arcola-Millfield Productions & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 10 reels 35mm Color sound
1967 St. Valentine's Day massacre. Los Altos Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 35mm Color sound
1961 Something wild. Prometheus Enterprises Inc. 112 min 35mm B&W sound
1957 Paths of glory Bryna Productions Inc. 1:27:00 16mm B&W sound
1957 Paths Of Glory. Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corp. 86 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Run Of The Arrow 129 N Vermont 86 min. 16mm Color sound
1955 Desert Sands. Camden Productions Inc. 87 min. 35mm Color sound
1955 Kiss me deadly Robert Aldrich 1:06 Color & B&W
1955 Kiss Me Deadly. Parklane Pictures Inc. 105 min 35mm B&W sound
1953 Code Two. Loew’s Incorporated 69 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Jeopardy. Loew’s Incorporated 68 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Glory Alley. Loew’s Incorporated 79 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Somebody Loves Me. Paramount Pictures Corp. 97 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 Shadow in the Sky Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:18:00 16mm B&W sound
1951 Shadow In The Sky. Loew’s Incorporated 78 min. 35mm B&W sound