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He was 67 years old and lived at the hospital. Mr. Meeker, who also appeared in many movies, achieved stardom in the Inge play in 1953 portraying Hal Carter, a braggart vagrant with a huge,...
A small town in Kansas. Picnic is a 1953 play by William Inge. The play premiered at the Music Box Theatre, Broadway, on 19 February 1953 in a Theatre Guild production, directed by Joshua Logan, which ran for 477 performances. The original cast featured Ralph Meeker, Eileen Heckart, Arthur O'Connell, Janice Rule, Reta Shaw, Kim Stanley and Paul ...
- William Ralph Inge
- 1953
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Ralph Meeker. Ralph Meeker (born Ralph Rathgeber; November 21, 1920 – August 5, 1988) [1] was an American film, stage, and television actor. He first rose to prominence for his roles in the Broadway productions of Mister Roberts (1948–1951) and Picnic (1953), [1] the former of which earned him a Theatre World Award for his performance.
Sep 26, 2021 · He was 67 and lived at the hospital. Mr. Meeker, who also appeared in many movies, achieved stardom in the Inge play in 1953 […]
That same year, he was in another continental drama shot on location in Switzerland, entitled Four in a Jeep (1951). After a two-year sojourn at MGM, Meeker returned to Broadway to star as the swaggering, likable, larger-than-life rogue Hal Carter in William Inge's play "Picnic" on Broadway.
- November 21, 1920
- August 5, 1988
Having directed William Inge's play two years previously on Broadway, Logan brought some radical cast changes to the production. Only Arthur O'Connell, Reta Shaw, and Elizabeth Wilson recreated their characterizations. Holden was cast as Hal Carter over Ralph Meeker who had played him onstage.
Feb 19, 2011 · Ralph Meeker was born in Minnesota in 1920. He won many awards on Broadyway for his lead performance in William Inge’s “Picnic” in 1954. He did not though go on to make the film. His part was played by Paul Newman who was understudy for him on Broadway. In 1955 Ralph Meeker starred as Mike Hammer in the film noir “Kiss Me Deadly”. His ...
