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Michael Ripper (27 January 1913 – 28 June 2000) was an English character actor born in Portsmouth, Hampshire. He began his film career in quota quickies in the 1930s and until the late 1950s was virtually unknown; he was seldom credited. He played one of the two murderers in the Olivier film version of ''Richard III'' (1955). Ripper became a mainstay in Hammer Film Productions playing supporting character roles: coachmen, peasants, tavern keepers, pirates and sidekicks. Appearing in more of the company's films than any other performer, these included ''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'' (1965), ''Plague of the Zombies'' (1966) and ''The Mummy's Shroud'' (1967). Occasionally he was disguised almost beyond recognition, yet his raspy voice remained unmistakable. Some of his parts were little better than glorified bits (as in ''The Curse of the Werewolf''), but his penultimate role for Hammer Films was a significant supporting part as a landlord in ''Scars of Dracula'' in 1970. (His very last Hammer role was as a railway worker in the atypical comedy ''That's Your Funeral'' two years later.) He is also well remembered for his role as the liftman in four 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). His other TV roles include Mr Shepherd, Aunt Sally's owner, in Worzel Gummidge, Phunkey in ''The Pickwick Papers'' (1985) and the Drones Porter in ''Jeeves and Wooster'' (1990–91). ==Partial filmography== * ''Busman's Holiday'' (1936) * ''The Heirloom Mystery'' (1936) * ''Easy Riches'' (1938) * ''Captain Boycott'' (1947) * ''Oliver Twist'' (1948) * ''Lady Godiva Rides Again'' (1951) * ''Derby Day'' (1952) * ''Secret People'' (1952) * ''Folly to Be Wise'' (1953) * ''Appointment in London'' (1953) * ''Blood Orange'' (1953) * ''The Intruder'' (1953) * ''Personal Affair'' (1953) * ''The Rainbow Jacket'' (1954) * ''The Belles of St Trinian's'' (1954) * ''The Sea Shall Not Have Them'' (1954) * ''The Constant Husband'' (1955) * ''Richard III'' (1955) * ''Secret Venture'' (1955) * ''1984'' (1956) * ''Yield to the Night'' (1956) * ''Reach for the Sky'' (1956) * ''The Green Man'' (1956) * ''X the Unknown'' (1956) * ''The Steel Bayonet'' (1957) * ''Woman in a Dressing Gown'' (1957) * ''These Dangerous Years'' (1957) * ''Not Wanted on Voyage'' (1957) * ''Quatermass 2'' (1957) * ''The One That Got Away'' (1957) * ''The Naked Truth'' (1957) * ''Blue Murder at St Trinian's'' (1957) * ''The Camp on Blood Island'' (1958) * ''Up the Creek'' (1958) * ''The Revenge of Frankenstein'' (1958) * ''Further Up the Creek'' (1958) * ''Girls at Sea'' (1958) * ''I Only Arsked!'' (1958) * ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (TV, 1959) * ''The Mummy'' (1959) * ''The Ugly Duckling'' (1959) * ''Jackpot'' (1960) * ''Sink the Bismarck!'' (1960) * ''Dead Lucky'' (1960) * ''The Brides of Dracula'' (1960) * ''A Circle of Deception'' (1960) * ''The Pure Hell of St Trinian's'' (1960) * ''The Curse of the Werewolf'' (1961) * ''Captain Clegg'' (1962) * ''A Prize of Arms'' (1962) * ''The Punch and Judy Man'' (1963) * ''What a Crazy World'' (1963) * ''The Scarlet Blade'' (1963) * ''Swallows and Amazons'' (1963) * ''The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb'' (1964) * ''The Secret of Blood Island'' (1964) * ''Every Day's a Holiday'' (1965) * ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' (1965) * ''Where the Bullets Fly'' (1966) * ''The Plague of the Zombies'' (1966) * ''The Reptile'' (1966) * ''The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery'' (1966) * ''The Deadly Bees'' (1966) * ''The Mummy's Shroud'' (1967) * ''Torture Garden'' (1967) * ''Inspector Clouseau'' (1968) * ''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'' (1968) * ''The Lost Continent'' (1968) * ''Moon Zero Two'' (1969) * ''Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly'' (1970) * ''Scars of Dracula'' (1970) * ''Taste the Blood of Dracula'' (1970) * ''That's Your Funeral'' (1972) * ''No Sex Please, We're British'' (1973) * ''The Creeping Flesh'' (1973) * ''Legend of the Werewolf'' (1975) * ''The Prince and the Pauper'' (1977) * ''Sammy's Super T-Shirt'' (1978) * ''Danger on Dartmoor'' (1980) * ''No Surrender'' (1985) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Ripper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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