Emile Meyer

Actor

Biography

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Emile Meyer was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Meyer started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Richard Widmark drama "Panic in the Streets" (1950), the Spencer Tracy drama "The People Against O'Hara" (1951) and the western "Shane" (1953) with Alan Ladd. He also appeared in "Drums Across the River" (1954) with Audie Murphy, "Riot in Cell Block 11" ...

Filmography

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The Outfit (1974)

Macon County Line (1974)

Buckskin (1968)

Hostile Guns (1967)

A Time for Killing (1967)

Colonel Harries

Young Dillinger (1965)

Detective Jergins

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Macon County Line (1974) -- (Movie Clip) You Must Think I'm Some Kind Of Hick

Sweet Smell Of Success (1957) -- (Movie Clip) You Can Play Marbles With His Eyeballs

Biography

Emile Meyer was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Meyer started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Richard Widmark drama "Panic in the Streets" (1950), the Spencer Tracy drama "The People Against O'Hara" (1951) and the western "Shane" (1953) with Alan Ladd. He also appeared in "Drums Across the River" (1954) with Audie Murphy, "Riot in Cell Block 11" (1954) and the Edmond O'Brien crime drama "Shield For Murder" (1954). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like the western "White Feather" (1955) with Robert Wagner, "The Tall Men" (1955) and "The Maverick Queen" (1956) with Barbara Stanwyck. He also appeared in the western "Gun the Man Down" (1956) with James Arness. Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in the western "Young Jesse James" (1960) with Ray Stricklyn, the comedy "Move Over, Darling" (1963) with Doris Day and the Nick Adams biopic "Young Dillinger" (1965). He also appeared in "The Long Ride Home" (1967) with Glenn Ford and "Hostile Guns" (1967). Meyer more recently acted in "Macon County Line" (1974) with Alan Vint. Meyer passed away in March 1987 at the age of 77.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Outfit (1974)

Macon County Line (1974)

Buckskin (1968)

Hostile Guns (1967)

A Time for Killing (1967)

Colonel Harries

Young Dillinger (1965)

Detective Jergins

Move Over, Darling (1963)

Young Jesse James (1960)

William Quantrill

The Threat (1960)

The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)

Good Day for a Hanging (1959)

Marshal Hiram Cain

King of the Wild Stallions (1959)

The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)

The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)

Captain P. T. Wills

Revolt in the Big House (1958)

The Lineup (1958)

Inspector Al Quine

Paths of Glory (1958)

Badlands of Montana (1957)

Henry Harrison Hammer

The Delicate Delinquent (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Baby Face Nelson (1957)

Raw Edge (1956)

Gun the Man Down (1956)

The Maverick Queen (1956)

The Man with the Golden Arm (1956)

Capt. "Record Head" Bednar

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

White Feather (1955)

Stranger on Horseback (1955)

Marshal Nat Bell

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)

The Tall Men (1955)

Chickasaw Charlie

Man with the Gun (1955)

Drums Across the River (1954)

Silver Lode (1954)

Sheriff Woolley

The Human Jungle (1954)

Police Chief Abe Rowan

Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

Warden Reynolds

Shield for Murder (1954)

Capt. Gunnarson

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)

Benjamin Rae, cargo master

Girls in the Night (1953)

We're Not Married! (1952)

Beauty contest announcer

Boots Malone (1952)

The Wild North (1952)

Shadow in the Sky (1952)

Hurricane Smith (1952)

Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)

Carbine Williams (1952)

The Sea Hornet (1951)

The Guy Who Came Back (1951)

The People Against O'Hara (1951)

Captain Tom Mulvaney

Cattle Queen (1951)

Shotgun Thomson

Gas station attendant

The Big Night (1951)

Panic in the Streets (1950)

Captain Beauclyde

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Blue Knight (1973)

Life Events

Videos

Macon County Line (1974) -- (Movie Clip) You Must Think I'm Some Kind Of Hick Introduction of producer and writer Max Baer Jr. as Southern lawman Reed Morgan, hustling maybe too much gun for his kid from grouchy Gurney (Emile Meyer), then we rejoin Chris and Wayne (Alan and Jesse Vint) and hitcher Jenny (Cheryl Waters), and meet Hamp (Geoffrey Lewis) haggling with Augie (Doodles Weaver), early in Macon County Line, 1974.

Sweet Smell Of Success (1957) -- (Movie Clip) You Can Play Marbles With His Eyeballs Press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) rings high-powered columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) with news that he’s arranged for another columnist to run an item that should break up his sheltered sister’s romance with a jazz musician, in Sweet Smell Of Success, 1957.

Sweet Smell of Success (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Cat's In The Bag Famous scene, now outside 21 Club on West 52nd Street, dismissing cop Kello (Emile Meyer), columnist Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) and press agent Sidney (Tony Curtis), cutting a deal in their special argot, in Alexander Mackendrick's Sweet Smell Of Success, 1957.

Shane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) The Sovereign State Of Alabama From director George Stevens, a key scene featuring none of his principals, merchant Grafton (Paul McVey) greets farmer Torrey (Elisha Cook Jr.), summoning courage before ranchers (Emile Meyer, John Dierkes) and their new hired gun (Jack Palance), marking Independence Day, in Shane, 1953.

Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Welcome To North Manual The loose first-day assembly at North Manual High School, new teacher Dadier (Glenn Ford) observing as Halloran (Emile Meyer) and Miss Hammond (Margaret Hayes) try to manage students, in Richard Brooks' Blackboard Jungle, 1955.

Sweet Smell Of Success - (Original Trailer) Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in their best roles as a power-mad newspaper columnist and the press agent who supplies him with dirt in Sweet Smell of Success (1957).

Paths of Glory - (Original Trailer) During World War I, a military lawyer (Kirk Douglas) must participate in a show trial against his own troops in Stanley Kubrick's Paths Of Glory (1957).

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