Cast

Ralph Meeker

1920 – 1988

Active years (films on this site)

1951–1957

Genres

DramaWar

Schools and movements

New HollywoodPostwar European Realism

Directors worked with

Leopold Lindtberg1 filmStanley Kubrick1 film

Biography

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.

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Awards and honours

National / local

• Theatre World Award 1948

2 films on this site

1. Four in a Jeep 1951 · Leopold Lindtberg · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
2. Paths of Glory 1957 · Stanley Kubrick · IMDb 8.4 · Cast