35 films of RALPH MEEKER (1920 - 1988)
God smiled and danced in the streets when Ralph Meeker was born this date in 1920 in Minneapolis, MN.
Meeker received his acting/theater training in Northwestern. Graduated along with future stars: Charlton Heston and Patricia Neal.
Spent six years on broadway between 1945 and 1951.
Appeared in 35 movies over a career that spanned 29 years. Major genres included: drama (23); crime (14) and thrillers (10).
67% of his movies released in the 50s and 60s.
His IMDb rating data is:
Median = 6.4
Mean = 6.3
Mode = 6.8 (5)
Highest IMDb rated movie - 8.5 Path of Glory (57)
Lowest IMDb rated movie - 3.4 The Alpha Incident (78)
Made successful transition to television by appearing in 67 different TV series.
I always enjoyed watching Meeker perform. Had an intensity to him. provoking anger and hostility.
Died on August 5th, 1967 at the age of 67 of heart attack in Woodland Hills, CA.
Meeker received his acting/theater training in Northwestern. Graduated along with future stars: Charlton Heston and Patricia Neal.
Spent six years on broadway between 1945 and 1951.
Appeared in 35 movies over a career that spanned 29 years. Major genres included: drama (23); crime (14) and thrillers (10).
67% of his movies released in the 50s and 60s.
His IMDb rating data is:
Median = 6.4
Mean = 6.3
Mode = 6.8 (5)
Highest IMDb rated movie - 8.5 Path of Glory (57)
Lowest IMDb rated movie - 3.4 The Alpha Incident (78)
Made successful transition to television by appearing in 67 different TV series.
I always enjoyed watching Meeker perform. Had an intensity to him. provoking anger and hostility.
Died on August 5th, 1967 at the age of 67 of heart attack in Woodland Hills, CA.
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- DirectorLeopold LindtbergStarsViveca LindforsRalph MeekerYossi YadinSoviet, British, French and American allies patrol post-war Vienna.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsPier AngeliJohn EricsonPatricia CollingeA reluctant soldier, Peter, serves in Italy during WWII. He marries a local girl named Teresa and brings her to the US.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRalph MeekerLeslie CaronKurt KasznarAn about-to-retire New Orleans newspaper columnist tells the story of a most unforgettable character: boxer Socks Barbarossa.
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsRalph MeekerNancy ReaganJames WhitmoreBurt served in the Marines during the war, but now he is confined to an asylum. His experiences in the South Pacific left him mentally ill and deathly afraid of storm clouds and rain. Stella, his girl friend, hopes Burt's sister Betty, and his brother-in-law Lou, will take him in so as to help him recuperate. However because of their young children, Betty and Lou are afraid of inviting him to live with them. Can Burt be helped? How can he find a life outside the mental hospital?
- DirectorIrving BrecherStarsBetty HuttonRalph MeekerRobert KeithBlossom Seeley climbs to Broadway success with her partner Benny Fields, then retires to become his wife.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJanet LeighRobert RyanA bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.an excellent western directed by Anthony Mann.
Meeker is very good as one of the villains - DirectorJohn SturgesStarsBarbara StanwyckBarry SullivanRalph MeekerA family vacationing on the coast of Mexico have to cope with multiple threats to their safety.
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsRalph MeekerElaine StewartSally ForrestThe adventures of motorcycle cops, from their academy days, to chasing crooked truckers.
- DirectorHoward W. KochStarsBroderick CrawfordRalph MeekerReed HadleyGerry Barker finds a lost boy whose rich father is extorted into paying a ransom for his return but the boy accidentally dies and Gerry goes to prison.half way decent film noir movie
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsRalph MeekerAlbert DekkerPaul StewartA doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".an excellent film noir classic; Meeker is outstanding as PI Mike Hammer. 2nd highest IMDb rating.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsRalph MeekerMarla EnglishJ. Carrol NaishThe French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsRalph MeekerJanice RulePaul HenreidA newly-married American couple vacationing in Mexico is prevented by the police from leaving Acapulco when the husband becomes the prime suspect in a local girl's murder.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRod SteigerSara MontielBrian KeithWhen the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army.an excellent western directed by Sam Fuller. Meeker plays a disillusioned army officer.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJane RussellKeenan WynnRalph MeekerWhen a movie star is kidnapped, everyone thinks it's a publicity stunt. It's not.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKirk DouglasRalph MeekerAdolphe MenjouAfter a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.an outstanding anti-war movie directed by Stanley Kubrick
highest IMDb rated film - DirectorDaniel MannStarsSusan HaywardDean MartinWilfrid Hyde-WhitePolitical drama about a honest but naive gubernatorial candidate who is manipulated by his corrupt campaign manager and is forced to temporarily cede power to his wife, a woman of integrity despite her shameful past.
- DirectorJack GarfeinStarsCarroll BakerRalph MeekerMildred DunnockA young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
- DirectorRichard WilsonStarsSuzanne PleshetteTy HardinDorothy ProvineJoel Tarrant is an ambitious horse trainer working at the Hollywood Race Track. He works for the coarse Matt Rubio, whose wife Laura expresses a special interest in Joel's social life.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsLee MarvinErnest BorgnineCharles BronsonDuring World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.a very good war flick
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsJason RobardsGeorge SegalRalph MeekerAl Capone's Valentine's Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago.
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsDennis WeaverVera MilesRalph MeekerA young boy befriends an orphaned cub and raises him to adult-bearhood. This fine family feature. based on Walt Morey's novel "Gentle Ben," was the basis for the "Gentle Ben" television series.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsFrank SinatraLee RemickRalph MeekerWhile grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.
- DirectorBurt TopperStarsChristopher GeorgeFabianTom NardiniA federal agent rounds up eight convicts to help fight a vicious moonshine gang.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsGregory PeckTuesday WeldEstelle ParsonsHenry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsSean ConneryDyan CannonMartin BalsamAfter ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsChristopher WalkenJoss AcklandRalph MeekerA German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain.
- DirectorNikolai van der HeydeStarsSandy van der LindenBarbara HersheyRalph MeekerAn American returns to his native Dutch village in the 1930s and causes a sensation there. When his pregnant daughter starts an affair with the son of the local cheese-factory owner, the conservative village starts to despise the free-loving hippie damsel.
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsJohn WayneRichard AttenboroughJudy GeesonChicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U.K. to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S., but Larkin's hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan.
- DirectorWilliam Allen CastlemanStarsVictor MohicaRalph MeekerDavid CanaryYoung American Indian gets out of the army and returns home to find his tribe victimized by a white rancher.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsMarjoe GortnerPamela FranklinRalph MeekerA group of friends travel to a remote Canadian island to hunt, only to be attacked by giant killer animals which have populated the place.
- DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsMel FerrerStephen McNallyDarby HintonStory of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them.
- DirectorBill RebaneStarsRalph MeekerStafford MorganJohn F. GoffA microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes passengers in a railroad office.lowest IMDb rating for Meeker
- DirectorBethel BuckalewStarsRalph MeekerIda LupinoLloyd NolanTeenagers plot the robbery of an armored car.
- DirectorWilliam RichertStarsJeff BridgesJohn HustonAnthony PerkinsThe younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
- DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsJack PalanceMartin LandauTarah NutterSandy and Greg are teenagers who go camping, despite warnings not to, with their friends. They soon encounter aliens, who are using the area as a hunting ground.