Michael Ripper

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Michael Ripper
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Born
Michael George Ripper

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Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
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London, England
Alma materCentral School of Speech and Drama
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Years active1936–1992
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Jean Bramley
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(m. 1934⁠–⁠1947)​
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(m. 1972⁠–⁠1978)​
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Cecelia Doidge
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(m. 1995)​
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Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913 – 28 June 2000)[1] was an English character actor who appeared in many British horror, comedy and science fiction films.

Career

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Ripper began his film career in quota quickies in the 1930s and until the late 1950s was virtually unknown; he was seldom credited.[1] Along with Michael Gough he played one of the two murderers in Laurence Olivier's film version of Richard III (1955).[2]

From the late 1940s Ripper became a mainstay in Hammer Film Productions playing supporting character roles: coachmen, peasants, tavern keepers, pirates, soldiers, and sidekicks.[citation needed] Appearing in more of the company's films than any other performer, these included There Is No Escape (1948), X the Unknown (1956), The Camp on Blood Island (1958), The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), The Mummy (1959), The Brides of Dracula (1960), Captain Clegg (1962), The Scarlet Blade (1963), The Reptile (1966), The Plague of the Zombies (1966) and The Mummy's Shroud (1967).[1][3]

Some of Ripper's parts were little better than glorified bits (as in The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)), but his penultimate role for Hammer Films was a significant supporting part as a landlord in Scars of Dracula in 1970.[4] (His last Hammer role was as a railway worker in the atypical comedy That's Your Funeral two years later.)[citation needed]

Ripper is also well remembered for his role as a jockey/horse trainer in The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) and the liftman in the next three of the St. Trinian's comedies, and on television for his role as Thomas the chauffeur in the BBC comedy Butterflies (1978–83) and as Burke, one of the two criminals in the youth television series Freewheelers (1968–71).[1]

Ripper's other television roles include Mr Shepherd, Aunt Sally's owner, in Worzel Gummidge, a judge in "Voice in The Night", a 1958 episode of The Adventures of William Tell, in a 1960 episode of Danger Man entitled "The Lovers" in the role of Miguel Torres, as well as in the 1962 episode entitled "The Island" as Kane, Phunkey in The Pickwick Papers (1985) and the Drones Porter in Jeeves and Wooster (1990–91).[3][5]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bergan, Ronald (10 July 2000). "Michael Ripper". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Richard III (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Michael Ripper". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Scars of Dracula (1970)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BFI Screenonline: Worzel Gummidge (1979–81)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Funny Side of Christmas". BBC Genome Project. 27 December 1982. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

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