Michael Ripper

MICHAEL RIPPER d2000. English actor who appeared in many British horror and science fiction films. From the late 1940s, he became a mainstay in Hammer Film Productions playing supporting character roles as ; coachmen / peasants / tavern keepers / pirates / soldiers and sidekicks. 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). Some of his parts were little better than glorified bits (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