Ralph Meeker (born Ralph Rathgeber; November 21, 1920 – August 5, 1988) was an American 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 perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mike Hammer in Robert Aldrich's 1955 Kiss Me Deadly. Meeker went on to play a series of roles that used his husky and macho screen presence, including a lead role in Stanley Kubrick's military courtroom drama Paths of Glory (1957), as a troubled mechanic opposite Carroll Baker in Something Wild (1961), as a World War II captain in The Dirty Dozen (1967), and in the gangster film The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967). Other credits include supporting roles in I Walk the Line (1970) and Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes (1971). He also had a prolific career in television, appearing as Sergeant Steve Dekker on the series Not for Hire (1959–1960), and in the television horror film The Night Stalker (1972). After suffering a stroke in 1980, Meeker was forced to retire from acting, and died eight years later of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. Ralph Meeker(1920년생, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 영광의 길, The Night Stalker, 도청 작전이 있으며, 그 외에도 Ironside, Cannon, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, Climax!, Tarzan, Studio One, 제3의 눈, The Name of the Game, Room 222, The High Chaparral, Route 66, Police Woman 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2002년 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller에서 Lt. Driscoll (archive footage) 역을 맡았다. 1980년 붉은 거미에서 Dave 역을 맡았다. 1979년 윈터 킬에서 Gameboy Baker 역을 맡았다.