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Acting

Ralph Meeker

Career: Active from 1951 to 1978, busiest in 1957 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 26
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Paths of Glory
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ralph Meeker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.5, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
1.1, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 5
Moral Ambiguity 3
Social Commentary 3
Historical Setting 3
Melodrama 2
Classic Film 2
Psychological Drama 2
Small Town 2
Character-Driven 2
Chicago 2
Tragic Romance 2
Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)

1980s

1 title · average score 51

Without Warning

51

as Dave

1970s

34 titles · average score 58

The Alpha Incident

29

as Charlie

Hi-Riders

55

as Mike

My Boys Are Good Boys

as Bert Morton

The Food of the Gods

24

as Bensington

Brannigan

52

as Capt. Moretti

Cry Panic

66

as Chuck Braswell

Birds of Prey

55

as Jim McAndrew

You'll Never See Me Again

68

as Will Alden

The Night Stalker

80

as Bernie Jenks

The Anderson Tapes

63

as Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney

Lost Flight

50

as Glenn Walkup

I Walk the Line

64

as Carl McCain

1960s

23 titles · average score 64

The Devil's Eight

51

as Burl

The Detective

62

as Curran

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

70

as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran

Gentle Giant

65

as Fog Hanson

Ironside

45

TV show

The High Chaparral

71

TV show · as Tracy Conlin

The Dirty Dozen

78

as Captain Stuart Kinder

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Graham Newcomb / King Hogan

The Outer Limits

78

TV show · as John Dexter

Something Wild

53

as Mike

Ada

62

as Colonel Yancey

Route 66

48

TV show

1950s

27 titles · average score 64

Paths of Glory

90

as Cpl. Philippe Paris

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

53

as Mike Valla

A Woman's Devotion

51

as Trevor Stevenson

Kiss Me Deadly

87

as Mike Hammer

Big House, U.S.A

54

as Geraldo 'Jerry' Barker aka Iceman

Jeopardy

58

as Lawson the Fugitive

The Naked Spur

86

as Roy Anderson

Code Two

62

as Chuck O'Flair

Somebody Loves Me

75

as Benny Fields

Shadow in the Sky

64

as Burt

Glory Alley

44

as Socks Barbarrosa

Four in a Jeep

63

as Sergeant William Long

1940s

1 title · average score 65

Studio One

65

TV show · as Larry Sheridan / Steve Windom