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Ralph Meeker (November 21, 1920 – August 5, 1988) was a film actor who appeared as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly.
<p>He was born Ralph Rathgeber in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 21, 1920, the son of Ralph and Magnhild Senovia Haavig Meeker Rathgeber.
<p>He made his film debut in 1951 with a small role in MGM's Teresa, followed by a starring role in the Swiss-made Four in a Jeep, directed by Leopold Lindtberg.
<p>For his performance in the play Picnic, Meeker was awarded the New York Critic's Circle Award in 1954. Picnic became a classic film in 1956, with William Holden and Kim Novak starring in the roles originated by Meeker and Janice Rule.
<p>Meeker starred as Mike Hammer in the 1955 Robert Aldrich film of Mickey Spillane's Kiss Me Deadly. In 1957 he starred in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory, playing one of the condemned soldiers. He also starred in the film St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) as George "Bugs" Moran. Also in 1967 he appeared as Captain Stuart Kinder, the military...
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