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 MulvaneyThe Mob as Gas Station Attendant The Sea Hornet as Harrie Cattle Queen as Shotgun ThompsonThe Big Night as PeckinpaughThe 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. RaikesBloodhounds of Broadway as Skipper Girls in the Night as Police Officer KovacsShane as Rufus RykerSangaree as Angry Townsman The Farmer Takes a Wife as Storekeeper Riot in Cell Block 11 as Warden ReynoldsDrums Across the River as Nathan MarloweSilver Lode as Sheriff WooleyShield for Murder as Capt. GunnarsonThe Human Jungle as Police Chief Abe RowanWhite Feather as MagruderBlackboard Jungle as Mr. HalloranStranger on Horseback as Sheriff Nat BellThe Tall Men as Chickasaw CharlieThe Girl in the Red Velvet Swing as HunchbacherMan with the Gun as Saul AtkinsThe Man with the Golden Arm as Detective BednarRaw Edge as Pop PennyThe Maverick Queen as Leo MaloneGun the Man Down as Sheriff MortonBadlands of Montana as Henry Harrison HammerSweet Smell of Success as Lt. Harry KelloThe Delicate Delinquent as Sgt. Kelly Paths of Glory as Father DupréeBaby Face Nelson as Mac, DetectiveThe Lineup as Insp. Al QuineThe Case Against Brooklyn as Police Capt. T.W. WillsThe Fiend Who Walked the West as AmesRevolt in the Big House as WardenGood Day for a Hanging as Marshal Hiram CainKing of the Wild Stallions as Matt MacguireThe Threat as DuncanThe Girl in Lovers Lane as Cal AndersYoung Jesse James as Maj. Charlie QuantrillThe George Raft Story as Detective Captain Move Over, Darling as Process Server Taggart as Ben BlazerYoung Dillinger as Det. JerginsHostile Guns as Uncle Joe RenoA Time for Killing as Col. HarriesThe Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk as BurkeBuckskin as CorbinMore Dead Than Alive as BartenderA Time for Dying The Outfit as Amos HopperMacon County Line as GurneyThe Legend of Frank Woods as Sheriff Dooley