Michael Ripper

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Biography

The British character actor Michael Ripper was born in 1913 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. His father was a speech therapist and encouraged him to participate in diction and public speaking competitions. From this, the young Michael gained an interest in acting and got his first taste of the stage through his father's amateur dramatics company. At age 16, Ripper won a scholarship to drama school and began to appear in theater professionally. His stage career continued until 1952, when an operation for a thyroid condition left him unable to project his voice sufficiently for the stage, after which he concentrated on his film career. Ripper started his film career in numerous quota quickies, debuting in _Twice Branded , until his retirement in the early 1990s.

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 27 January 1913
  • Place of birth
  • Portsmouth
  • Death date
  • 2000-06-28
  • Death age
  • 87
  • Place of death
  • London
  • Education
  • Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Movies

TV

Trivia

He appeared in a total of 33 films made by Hammer Film Productions, more than any other actor: The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel , A Case for PC 49 , Blood Orange , A Man on the Beach , X the Unknown , The Steel Bayonet , Quatermass 2 , The Camp on Blood Island , Up the Creek , The Revenge of Frankenstein , Further Up the Creek , I Only Arsked! , The Mummy , The Ugly Duckling , The Brides of Dracula , The Curse of the Werewolf , The Pirates of Blood River , Captain Clegg , The Phantom of the Opera , The Scarlet Blade , The Devil-Ship Pirates , The Curse of the Mummys Tomb , The Plague of the Zombies , The Reptile , Rasputin: The Mad Monk , The Mummys Shroud , The Lost Continent , Dracula Has Risen from the Grave , Moon Zero Two , Taste the Blood of Dracula , Scars of Dracula and Thats Your Funeral .

He divided his time between stage and screen until an operation for a thyroid condition in 1952 reduced the power of his voice.

Had one daughter from his first marriage

Hobbies included photography, woodworking, classical music

Acted in 21 films produced by Anthony Hinds.

He appeared in two unrelated films about a werewolf written by Anthony Hinds : The Curse of the Werewolf and Legend of the Werewolf .

He made nine films with Christopher Lee : The Mummy , The Man Who Could Cheat Death , The Pirates of Blood River , The Devil-Ship Pirates , Rasputin: The Mad Monk , Dracula Has Risen from the Grave , Taste the Blood of Dracula , Scars of Dracula and The Creeping Flesh .

He made eight films with Peter Cushing : The Revenge of Frankenstein , The Mummy , The Brides of Dracula , Torture Garden , The Creeping Flesh and Legend of the Werewolf and.Night Creatures.

He made nine films with George Woodbridge : The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan , The Constant Husband , Richard III , The Revenge of Frankenstein , The Mummy , The Curse of the Werewolf , Out of the Fog , The Scarlet Blade and The Reptile .

He appeared in seven films directed by Terence Fisher : Blood Orange , The Revenge of Frankenstein , The Mummy , The Man Who Could Cheat Death , The Brides of Dracula , The Curse of the Werewolf and The Phantom of the Opera .

In both The Pirates of Blood River and The Devil-Ship Pirates , he played a member of a pirate crew under the command of Christopher Lee.

Along with George Cole , he is one of only two actors to appear in all four of the original "St. Trinians" films: The Belles of St. Trinians , Blue Murder at St. Trinians , The Pure Hell of St. Trinians and The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery .

Many of his parts in the Hammer films came about through his close friendship with Hammer producer Anthony Hinds.

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