Biography: life and films
Michael Ripper was an English actor. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on 27th January 1913 and died in London, England on 28th June 2000, aged 87.His best films as an actor include David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948), Laurence Olivier's Richard III (1955), Val Guest's thriller Quatermass 2 (1957), Terence Fisher's The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) and John Gilling's The Reptile (1966).
Michael Ripper appeared in 120 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Maclean Rogers (28 films), Terence Fisher (7), John Gilling (7), Freddie Francis (6), Frank Launder (5), Montgomery Tully (4), Michael Carreras (4), Val Guest (3), Roy Ward Baker (3), Robert Day (2), Lewis Gilbert (2), Jeremy Summers (2), James Hill (2), J. Lee Thompson (2), Don Sharp (2), Cliff Owen (2) and Anthony Pelissier (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (47 films), drama (45), Horror (26), Thriller (17), romance (8), War (8), Fantasy (7), comedy-drama (3), Biography (3), history (2) and comedy-romance (2).
Our average rating for Michael Ripper over all films is: 2.6
Filmography
Key: a = actor
A Touch of the Moon (1936) [a]
Not So Dusty (1936) [a]
Nothing Like Publicity (1936) [a]
Prison Breaker (1936) [a]
To Catch a Thief (1936) [a]
Twice Branded (1936) [a]
All That Glitters (1937) [a]
Busman's Holiday (1937) [a]
Farewell to Cinderella (1937) [a]
Father Steps Out (1937) [a]
Fifty-Shilling Boxer (1937) [a]
Pearls Bring Tears (1937) [a]
Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith (1937) [a]
The Heirloom Mystery (1937) [a]
Darts Are Trumps (1938) [a]
Easy Riches (1938) [a]
His Lordship Regrets (1938) [a]
If I Were Boss (1938) [a]
Luck of the Navy (1938) [a]
Merely Mr. Hawkins (1938) [a]
Miracles Do Happen (1938) [a]
Paid in Error (1938) [a]
Racing Romance (1938) [a]
Romance à la carte (1938) [a]
Weddings Are Wonderful (1938) [a]
Why Pick on Me? (1938) [a]
You're the Doctor (1938) [a]
His Lordship Goes to Press (1939) [a]
Blind Folly (1940) [a]
The Dark Road (1948) [a]
The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel (1949) [a]
Let's Have a Murder (1950) [a]
The Rocking Horse Winner (1950) [a]
Your Witness (1950) [a]
A Case for PC 49 (1951) [a]
Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951) [a]
Appointment in London (1952) [a]
The Secret People (1952) [a]
Alf's Baby (1953) [a]
Blood Orange (1953) [a]
Folly to Be Wise (1953) [a]
The Intruder (1953) [a]
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) [a]
Tale of Three Women (1954) [a]
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) [a]
The Rainbow Jacket (1954) [a]
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) [a]
Geordie (1955) [a]
Secret Venture (1955) [a]
1984 (1956) [a]
The Green Man (1956) [a]
Yield to the Night (1956) [a]
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) [a]
Not Wanted on Voyage (1957) [a]
The Steel Bayonet (1957) [a]
These Dangerous Years (1957) [a]
Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) [a]
Further Up the Creek (1958) [a]
Girls at Sea (1958) [a]
I Only Arsked! (1958) [a]
The Camp on Blood Island (1958) [a]
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) [a]
Bobbikins (1959) [a]
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) [a]
The Mummy (1959) [a]
The Ugly Duckling (1959) [a]
A Circle of Deception (1960) [a]
Dead Lucky (1960) [a]
Jackpot (1960) [a]
Not a Hope in Hell (1960) [a]
The Brides of Dracula (1960) [a]
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960) [a]
A Matter of WHO (1961) [a]
Petticoat Pirates (1961) [a]
The Anatomist (1961) [a]
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) [a]
A Prize of Arms (1962) [a]
Out of the Fog (1962) [a]
Pirates of Blood River (1962) [a]
The Amorous Prawn (1962) [a]
The Phantom of the Opera (1962) [a]
The Punch and Judy Man (1963) [a]
The Scarlet Blade (1963) [a]
Two Left Feet (1963) [a]
What a Crazy World (1963) [a]
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) [a]
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) [a]
The Secret of Blood Island (1964) [a]
Every Day's a Holiday (1965) [a]
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) [a]
The Plague of the Zombies (1966) [a]
Where the Bullets Fly (1966) [a]
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) [a]
Inspector Clouseau (1968) [a]
Journey Into Darkness (1968) [a]
The Lost Continent (1968) [a]
Moon Zero Two (1969) [a]
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly (1969) [a]
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) [a]
That's Your Funeral (1972) [a]
No Sex Please: We're British (1973) [a]
Legend of the Werewolf (1975) [a]
Sammy's Super T-Shirt (1978) [a]
Danger on Dartmoor (1980) [a]
No Surrender (1985) [a]
Revenge of Billy the Kid (1992) [a]
The history of French cinema
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
The best of British film comedies
