tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887897236831961025.post5162244249234940725..comments2023-10-09T05:10:23.000-07:00Comments on FAMILIAR FACES OF NOIR: RALPH MEEKERAndy Spiegelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691180411339633718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887897236831961025.post-413086601547633552011-08-02T10:46:10.827-07:002011-08-02T10:46:10.827-07:00Why oh why...did this absolutely GORGEOUS man ..no...Why oh why...did this absolutely GORGEOUS man ..not have an even bigger career than he did?<br />He worked right up until he had a stroke in 1980..but...not in so many "A" list films.<br />He had it all...looks....great voice..personality....maybe he was a maverick..and wanted just to do his own thing...mostly onstage.<br />In my research...alcohol played a big part in the later years anyway..but hell....William Holden I read was "tanked" in Picnic....I would have loved to see Ralph Meeker's stage performance in "Picnic"....would have LOVED to see him in the film version of it too......sigh....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887897236831961025.post-56841664232904514632008-11-03T18:21:00.000-08:002008-11-03T18:21:00.000-08:00LOVELY GUY! So handsomeLOVELY GUY! So handsomeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com