George Meeker

George Meeker
Meeker in Seven Doors to Death (1944)
Born	March 5, 1904 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	August 19, 1984 (aged 80) Carpinteria, California, U.S.
Resting place	Cremains scattered into the Pacific Ocean
Years active	1928-1951

George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character movie and Broadway actor who became more of a legend off-camera than on. Meeker made several movies such as Crime, Inc. (1945) and Thief in the Dark (1928), and he played an uncredited part in All Through the Night (1941).

Meeker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Partial filmography

Four Sons (1928) Back Street (1932) Double Harness (1933) The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) King for a Night (1933) Hi, Nellie! (1934) Dark Hazard (1934) The Dragon Murder Case (1934) The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Murder by Television (1935) Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)

Oil for the Lamps of China (1935) The Rainmakers (1935) Gentle Julia (1936) Slander House (1938) Tarzan's Revenge (1938) The Roaring Twenties (1939) Everything's on Ice (1939) Affectionately Yours (1941) High Sierra (1941) Murder in the Big House (1942) Larceny, Inc. (1942)

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as Hotel Clerk (uncredited) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) Up in Arms (1944) Bowery to Broadway (1944) Seven Doors to Death (1944) I Accuse My Parents (1944) Black Market Babies (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945 serial) King of the Gamblers (1948) Twilight in the Sierras (1950) The Invisible Monster (1950 serial) Spoilers of the Plains (1951) Wells Fargo Gunmaster (1951) Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion (1951 serial)

External links

• George Meeker at the Internet Movie Database
• George Meeker at the Internet Broadway Database
• George Meeker at Find a Grave