Emile Meyer


Emile Meyer was an American actor, usually known for tough, aggressive, authoritative characters in Hollywood films from the 1950s era, mostly in Westerns or thrillers.

Career

Meyer had an uncredited, small speaking role as a sea captain in Panic in the Streets after Elia Kazan discovered him in a theatrical production in New Orleans. Meyer provided such noteworthy performances as Rufus Ryker, the cattle baron who brings in a hired killer in Shane, as the belligerent Mr Halloran in Blackboard Jungle, cast-against-type by Stanley Kubrick as Father Dupree in Paths of Glory, and the corrupt cop Harry Kello, who intends to "chastise" Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success, his most frequently remembered role today.
He also appeared on television, including a guest spot on John Payne's The Restless Gun and as a truculently stubborn juror opposite James Garner in the 1957 Maverick episode "Rope of Cards", among several other supporting appearances in various roles during the course of the series. His guest appearance on the Restless Gun episode "Man and Boy" in 1957 included filming on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. His final film role was in The Legend of Frank Woods.

Death

On March 19, 1987, Meyer died at in Slidell, Louisiana. He was 76 and had suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

Partial filmography

  • Panic in the Streets as Capt. Beauclyde, Master of Nile Queen
  • Tomorrow Is Another Day as Welder
  • The Guy Who Came Back as Police Guard
  • The People Against O'Hara as Capt. Tom Mulvaney
  • The Mob as Gas Station Attendant
  • The Sea Hornet as Harrie
  • Cattle Queen as Shotgun Thompson
  • The Big Night as Peckinpaugh
  • The Wild North as Jake
  • Boots Malone as Racetrack Security Guard
  • Shadow in the Sky as Bartender
  • Carbine Williams as Head Guard
  • Glory Alley as General
  • We're Not Married! as Beauty Contest Announcer
  • Hurricane Smith as Capt. Raikes
  • Bloodhounds of Broadway as Skipper
  • Girls in the Night as Police Officer Kovacs
  • Shane as Rufus Ryker
  • Sangaree as Angry Townsman
  • The Farmer Takes a Wife as Storekeeper
  • Riot in Cell Block 11 as Warden Reynolds
  • Drums Across the River as Nathan Marlowe
  • Silver Lode as Sheriff Wooley
  • Shield for Murder as Capt. Gunnarson
  • The Human Jungle as Police Chief Abe Rowan
  • White Feather as Magruder
  • Blackboard Jungle as Mr. Halloran
  • Stranger on Horseback as Sheriff Nat Bell
  • The Tall Men as Chickasaw Charlie
  • The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing as Hunchbacher
  • Man with the Gun as Saul Atkins
  • The Man with the Golden Arm as Detective Bednar
  • Raw Edge as Pop Penny
  • The Maverick Queen as Leo Malone
  • Gun the Man Down as Sheriff Morton
  • Badlands of Montana as Henry Harrison Hammer
  • Sweet Smell of Success as Lt. Harry Kello
  • The Delicate Delinquent as Sgt. Kelly
  • Paths of Glory as Father Duprée
  • Baby Face Nelson as Mac, Detective
  • The Lineup as Insp. Al Quine
  • The Case Against Brooklyn as Police Capt. T.W. Wills
  • The Fiend Who Walked the West as Ames
  • Revolt in the Big House as Warden
  • Good Day for a Hanging as Marshal Hiram Cain
  • King of the Wild Stallions as Matt Macguire
  • The Threat as Duncan
  • The Girl in Lovers Lane as Cal Anders
  • Young Jesse James as Maj. Charlie Quantrill
  • The George Raft Story as Detective Captain
  • Move Over, Darling as Process Server
  • Taggart as Ben Blazer
  • Young Dillinger as Det. Jergins
  • Hostile Guns as Uncle Joe Reno
  • A Time for Killing as Col. Harries
  • The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk as Burke
  • Buckskin as Corbin
  • More Dead Than Alive as Bartender
  • A Time for Dying
  • The Outfit as Amos Hopper
  • Macon County Line as Gurney
  • The Legend of Frank Woods as Sheriff Dooley