Ralph Meeker
Actor
Birth Date: November 21, 1920
Death Date: August 5, 1988
Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rugged, no-nonsense character actor (usually in action films) who made his screen debut in 1951; memorable as Mike Hammer in the Robert Aldrich classic, "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955).
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Without Warning
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Dave
Movie
1980
Johnny Firecloud
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Colby
Movie
1979
Winter KillsStream
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Gameboy Baker
Movie
1979
My Boys Are Good Boys
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Bert Morton
Movie
1978
Hi-Riders
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Mike
Movie
1978
CHiPsStream
Guest Star
Series
1977
The Alpha Incident
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Charlie
Movie
1977
My Boys Are Good Boys
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Movie
1977
The Food of the Gods
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Bensington
Movie
1976
BranniganStream
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Capt. Moretti
Movie
1975
The Dead Don't Die
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Police Lt. Reardon
Movie
1975
Police Woman
Guest Star
Bellwood
Series
1974
Harry O
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Show
1974
Cry Panic
Actor
Chuck Braswell
Movie
1974
Night Games
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Dutch Armbreck
Movie
1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
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Inspector DeBiesse
Movie
1974
Police Story
Actor
Series
1973
Birds of Prey
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Jim McAndrew
Movie
1973
You'll Never See Me Again
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Will Alden
Movie
1973
The Police Story
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Chief Harry Stahlgaher
Movie
1973
The RookiesStream
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Series
1972
The Mind Snatchers
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The Major
Movie
1972
Cannon
Guest Star
Phil Dexter
Series
1971
Police Surgeon
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Show
1971
The Reluctant Heroes
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Capt. Luke Danvers
Movie
1971
The Night Stalker
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Bernie Jenks
Movie
1971
The Anderson Tapes
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Police Captain "Iron Balls" Delaney
Movie
1971
Men From Shiloh
Guest Star
August Gruber
Show
1970
I Walk the Line
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Carl McCain
Movie
1970
Lost Flight
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Glenn Walkup
Movie
1969
The Protector
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Senator Goddard
Movie
1969
The Name of the Game
Guest Star
Series
1968
The DetectiveStream
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Curran
Movie
1968
The High Chaparral
Guest Star
Series
1967
The St. Valentine's Day MassacreStream
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George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
Movie
1967
Gentle Giant
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Fog Hanson
Movie
1967
The Dirty DozenStream
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Capt. Stuart Kinder
Movie
1967
The Green Hornet
Guest Star
Series
1966
Tarzan
Guest Star
Karnak
Series
1966
Seaway
Guest Star
Show
1965
The Outer LimitsStream
Actor
Series
1963
Wall of Noise
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Matt Rubio
Movie
1963
Something Wild
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Mike
Movie
1961
Ada
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Colonel Yancey
Movie
1961
Route 66Stream
Guest Star
Series
1960
Not for Hire
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Sergeant Steve Dekker
Show
1959
Wagon TrainStream
Guest Star
Horse
Series
1957
Paths of GloryStream
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Cpl. Philip Paris
Movie
1957
Run of the ArrowStream
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Lt. Driscoll
Movie
1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
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Mike Valla
Movie
1957
Zane Grey Theater
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Series
1956
A Woman's Devotion
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Trevor Stevenson
Movie
1956
The Alcoa Hour
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Billy Hepburn.
Show
1955
Hour of Stars
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Show
1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsStream
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Mel Reeves
Series
1955
Desert Sands
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Capt. David Malcolm
Movie
1955
Big House, U.S.A.
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Jerry Barker
Movie
1955
Kiss Me DeadlyStream
Actor
Mike Hammer
Movie
1955
Heroes of the Deep
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Commander John Lawrence
Movie
1955
Climax!
Actor
Series
1954
Jeopardy
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Lawson
Movie
1953
Code Two
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Chuck O'Flair
Movie
1953
The Naked SpurStream
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Roy Anderson
Movie
1953
Shadow in the Sky
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Burt
Movie
1952
Somebody Loves Me
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Ben "Benny" Fields
Movie
1952
Glory Alley
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Socks Barbarrosa
Movie
1952
Four in a Jeep
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Sergeant William Long
Movie
1951
Teresa
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Sgt. Dobbs
Movie
1951
What's My Line?Stream
Guest
Game Show
1950
Studio One
Guest Star
Series
1948
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