Emile Meyer

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Emile G. Meyer (born August 18, 1910 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † March 19, 1987 in Covington , Louisiana) was an American actor .

life and career

After initially pursuing various activities as a dock worker, insurance salesman and taxi driver, Emile Meyer came to acting relatively late. In 1950 he made his film debut in Hollywood, where he quickly made the leap from small, uncredited appearances to substantial supporting roles. His gloomy appearance put him primarily in rogue roles, especially often in westerns - the best-known example of this is his role as the headstrong landowner Rufus Ryker in the classic My Great Friend Shane at the side of Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur . In this role he wore a white beard, which was otherwise unusual for him. He made other well-known film appearances as the corrupt policeman in Your Fate in My Hand (1957) alongside Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis , as a clergyman in Stanley Kubrick's anti-war strip Paths to Fame (1957) and - in one of his greatest roles - as a prison director in Don Siegel's prisoner drama Terror in Block 11 (1954).

In the 1960s, the quality of his role offers decreased increasingly, but until 1977 he was seen in a total of around 125 film and television productions. His last role was in 1977 in the cheaply produced western The Legend of Frank Woods with Troy Donahue . Emile Meyer died in 1987 at the age of 76 from complications from Alzheimer's disease .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emile G. Meyer | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved August 20, 2018 .
  2. ^ Emile Meyer - Newspapers.com . In: Newspapers.com . ( newspapers.com [accessed August 20, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Emile
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Emile G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1987
Place of death Covington , Louisiana