Meikle began his career as a stage actor. His first recorded role was in the Metropolitan Theatre's 1947 production of
Ned Kelly. He also appeared in
Shakespearean roles including
Hamlet, ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night''. Meikle's ability to perform his own sound effects, saw him highly sought after, as Grace Gibson Productions' budget did not cover a professional sound effects person. He would often compete for rights to do sound effects with his co-stars Ron Roberts and
James Condon. In 1959, Meikle was cast alongside
Gregory Peck as London-based spy Guy Marriott,
Stanley Kramer's in Melbourne-filmed anti-nuclear love story
On the Beach. 1966 produced several roles for Meikle. He had the dual role of Mickey Higgens and narrator (reading the opening credits) in
The Shame of Sefton Ridge, an adaptation of
Hamilton Basso's novel ''
The View from Pompey's Head. He also played Paul Kruger in Phillip Mann drama The Red Gardenia'', as well as reading the end credits of a few episodes. Another major role in the 1960s was as Logan Berkeley in
Ross Napier's adaptation of the novel
Borrasca.
Borrasca was another example of Grace Gibson using Meikle as an announcer. The early 1970s also proved to be a busy time for Meikle, with Grace Gibson and
Crawford Productions TV series. He had another actor/announcer job in the form of Ross Napier's
So Help Me God in 1970, where he read the credits for each episode and played criminal Toby Laird. Meikle had starring roles in the 1971 shows
I Killed Grace Random and
I, Christopher Macaulay, where he played copywriter Curtis Miller and the titular character respectively. As local television production started to become more prevalent, Meikle began to branch out in the late 1970s. He appeared in several television movies, including
Harvest of Hate, where he replaced
Sir Robert Helpmann in the role of vineyard owner John Camden. In 1976, Meikle had a major role as Martin Gruman in the one hour pilot episode of the television drama
Bluey. In 1982, Meikle returned to Grace Gibson Productions, joining the cast of the company's most popular serial,
The Castlereagh Line, playing Jim Holly. ==Personal life==