Robin: "It's a dire film; but Ripper gives it his all." Another prime example of my favourite quote from Christopher Lee: "Every actor has to make terrible films: the trick is not to be terrible in them."
If I had to define him in a word, it would be "versatile." He is living proof of the old saying, "there are no small roles, only small actors". ❤ to rippy.
Finally the great Michael Ripper is getting honoured as deserved. The premiere on the 111th birthday of Peter Cushing might be coincidence though, but somehow I like to read it as a nice tip of the hat to the world of Hammer itself.
The Brits' answer to USA's Dick Miller. Ripper's performance in "The Mummy's Shroud" was what immediately sprung to my mind as soon as I saw this video's title. Never knew Hammer made pirate movies, but that scene with Ripper as a bad guy looks really interesting.
I'm smiling ear to ear here... a retrospective of my favorite Hammer actor (after Cushing and Lee). I could watch Ripper deliver lines--any lines--all day. He was a treasure. And one of those actors that you imagine--simply because of the wonderful nuances he puts into his characters--as having been a very nice, down-to-earth human being. (I hope he was anyway). A Hammer film with Cushing, Lee, Ripper, Andre Morell, and Barbara Shelley---if only one existed---would be my idea of an ideal Hammer picture, and I wouldn't even care what the hell it was about.
Michael Ripper is a Hammer treasure. Every time I see him in one of their films I just...smile. And he was in some Tigon films...the laborer in "The Creeping Flesh" fishing for a tip after bringing in the box containing the skeleton.
My mum met Michael Ripper. This was before his days as the chauffeur in Butterflies. She was a member of a women's club called The 91 Club (so named as that was the amount of members when it was formed). They used to have guest speakers come to give talks on various things, and he was one, talking about his life in films. He started out with 'You might not know my name, but you'll know my face.' Mum said it was a fascinating talk, and he was a very nice man!
I forget just how many Hammer films I’ve seen until I see a retrospective like this and realize I’m thinking “I’ve seen that” a whole lot more than “I need to see that yet.”
The epitome of the British "character actor", one of a generation with a solid grounding in theatre, for whom acting was a job, and one that he did extraordinarily well.
Long overdue celebration of Hammers best character actor! He did always give it his best no matter what the part. Thank you for doing this, it gave me a direction for Hammer movies to rewatch!👍😎 And I have to say although his part in The Reptile is great, I still feel his role as Longbarrow in The Mummy’s Shroud should have gotten some kind of award, but horror films rarely got awards back then, unfortunately.
I absolutely have a favorite Michael Ripper film, Plague Of The Zombies. I love it not just for his performance (which is all you say, Robin) but also because the cast was full of lots of lesser-known actors top to bottom. To me, THAT film is Hammer Horror's actual peak. As to other actors who deserve a highlight, I nominate Plague's hero, Andre Morrell. He too was a solid character actor who'd been with Hammer since the early days, was even Watson to Peter Cushing's Sherlock Holmes in Hound Of The Baskervilles.
Thanks Robin. This was a great way to honor Michael Ripper. I've always had a soft spot for the bit players. Ripper being one and Freddie Jones being another.
Absolutely BRILLIANT Robin! Fantastic to see someone as knowledgeable as yourself pay tribute in such an articulate and thoughtful manner to such an important cog in the Hammer machine. I just wish Hammer had tried casting Ripper in a lead role at least once.
Thank you for exploring his career. He was a wonderful performer. I agree with your choices on his best work for Hammer. "The Mummy's Shroud," gave him a heartbreaking character to work with; a small, sympathetic man who is unloved and disrespected by his employer, but carries on from a misguided sense of duty.
Great tribute to a one-of-a-kind character actor! I've always treasured Ripper's performances in Captain Clegg and The Mummy's Shroud, but it's clear I'm due for a re-watch of The Reptile.
Michael Ripper's acting was only "big" when it was called for and appropriate to the character and situation. He played each role at the optimum of which it should have been played. He was a subtle, intuitive, and profoundly gifted performer.
Excellent doc on one of my favourite character actors who always makes me smile when he pops up on screen. For me Plague of the Zombies is his best film but The Reptile is his best role and performance. What a legend. 😁
I've always liked Michael Ripper's "Sarg" in "X- The Unkown." His role as the landlord in "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" reminded me of my granddad - wise, good-natured and one who makes you feel at ease. Oh yeah, I noticed a young Percy Herbert in the mob scene from "Quatermass II." Many thanks, Robin, for this overview of a truly great actor.
A while ago, my dad and I were talking about "Captain Clegg," and I noted the abundance of fanart for the movie. Dad expressed confusion about why, and I said, "I guess the Internet just likes the sight of Peter Cushing in a cassock." He said, "Oh yeah. I guess that is pretty absurd." Yeah. Absurd.
So glad to see this special after you mentioned it coming not too long ago. He's great, and nice to see him get some much needed kudos. I love Captain Clegg/Night Creatures! I got it on a DVD collection and it's so good! Cushing is great there too of course, and also so good as always.
Kudos. My favourite Ripper line reading will always be as the bus driver in a St Trinians flick, they are traversing Europe and he says "if it gets any hotter, I'll have to take me jumper orf!!"
I’ve been looking forward to this one gentlemen! Love the attention y’all have brought to this stalwart player in Hammers catalog! I always perk up when he’s mentioned anywhere!
Utterly brilliant actor, horror or comedy he was your man. My favourite of his, is being the poor Sod locked up in jail when while Oliver Reed changes into a werewolf. Total class. And again, a marvellous video.
I was watching Taste the Blood of Dracula this afternoon and he stood out well. Started thinking about his parts in the other Hammer films after the movie. I love the vids and you’ve spurred my enjoyment of shadow masters like Val Lewton and non franchise Hammer flicks. Thanks and Thank you for this tribute and the perfect timing in my finding it :)
This was a great tribute! Michael Ripper was awesome. As for other under-appreciated character players, I vote for Theresa Harris and Bruno VeSota. I also think that Bess Flowers (1898-1984) is name worth remembering, for her shear endurance: 1082 IMDB credits for movies and TV.
Thank you for this special tribute to Michael Ripper, an actor I confess I've never really focused on while watching Hammer films, and now I realise my error. An eye-opening experience!
Paying tribute to these great unsung character actors is wonderful to see. Universal’s Dwight Fry is one from those early horror films. Good job with this…
Been meaning to see _Captain Clegg_ for a while now for it’s (albeit loose) take on the Doctor Syn character, but now i can also look forward to seeing yet another great performance by Michael Ripper 😁 Also tickled that _X the Unknown_ finally got a brief discussion, still looking forward to that Quatermass retrospective 😉Thanks Robin & Graham!
He was in so many British films. Not just Hammer, but classic David Lean (Oliver Twist), Mr Polly(John Mills), war films like the Sea shall not have them(Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogard and Anthony Steel) Reach for the sky(Kenneth Moore), comedy like St Trinians (Alistair Sim).. Its just an endless resume of classic British movies
Thank you for this brilliant tribute to Michael Ripper. He was always a great Ambassador for Hammer - I was lucky to meet him at a couple of Hammer Conventions in the eighties and nineties at Elephant and castle. He was a great guy. Thank you.
If Hammer horror was a person, then Ripper was at the core of its DNA - his supporting performances are of equal value to its stars and sets and effects. A true icon of English horror cinema. Much missed ❤
I met Michael Ripper at a Horror Elite convention, in the early 1970's in London. He was a lovely men, very quiet and polite with a twinkle in his eye.He talked about his early films & the time he was at Hammer. He said Hammer, was one big family. Also with him that day was the great director Terence Fisher, a lovely happy man. The two of them that day, gave us a wonderful insight into Hammer Films & the people who they worked with over the years, the great Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Jack Asher BSC & Bernard Robinson & of course Michael Ripper & Terence Fisher To great men, who were very humble about their Art . All of the above, have their place in film history. May God' bless them all❤.
Although his screen time isn’t much, I fondly remember Michael Ripper’s cab driver The Phantom of the Opera (a sadly underrated Hammer). Ripper’s icy frozen face as the cabbie suffering the weather was so memorable for me. I always look forward to that scene whenever I watch the film.
Thank-you Robin, and Bless You for providing a well deserved spotlight on an incredible ACTOR. And, thank-you Michael, for providing us so many years of wonderful entertainment. :)
I watch Worzel Gummidge with my children and it’s always a treat to see Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepperd, the owner of Aunt Sally. This is a great video. You’ve done terrific work as usual.
He is the heart of The Reptile. Ever present and stalwart. Without him the lead characters would be totally lost. He adds such a human presence that the supernatural seems natural in the Reptile.
I think my favourite Michael Ripper scene appears in The Naked Truth. He plays a grocer who reacts to Peggy Mount falling through his awning during a failed suicide attempt. Ripper fans might like to catch him in What a Crazy World, a musical in which he plays multiple roles.
At his most jovial, Michael Ripper does remind me of Nigel Bruce. He had such an expressive face, whether happy, concerned or just plain scared. Another character actor I am a fan of is Whit Bissel. While his roles were very different than Michael Ripper, Whit Bissel could always be counted on to play any kind of bureaucrat, doctor, scientist, or respectable businessman whose role is to help the hero with some necessary exposition. He would occasionally plan a villain, hidden behind a kindly persona.
As a kid we loved seeing Michael appear in a film.....we even had a special name for him in our house......"The Inn Keeper".....'llok mum we would scream...It's the Inn Keeper'...although this was not used to belittle his roles, but as a tribute to the impact and versatility he brought to the film....I loved this actor and everything he did so thanks for remembering him,
I thank you! Ive always been so happy when I find Michael Ripper in a movie! He was an English Dick Miller). It was good luck to employ him in a movie.
Outstanding video sir. This one was over the top. I totally agree with you on all points. I have quite a few Hammer movies in my collection. Cant wait till you post a new one.
Having watched through the entire Hammer Horror corpus more or less in a single go, i came to delight in seeing Ripper whenever he popped up. He seemed happiest in those small background roles when he could be mischievous and ham it up, adding a kind of absurd counterpoint to all the intensity around him. I'd love to see more videos on the non-marquis Hammer names. Katya Wyeth is one who popped up frequently and who it would be wonderful to learn more about.
What a great way to spend the day. Thank you for a great watch. For me I agree with your top 2, but Shroud is my favorite over Reptile. Of all the deaths in horror films his hit the most. The audience really cared and wanted him to live. He didn't deserve to die and that's why it hits the hardest
Small note. I always have the subtitles on, and notice that they are clearly derived from a script, rather than being autogenerated from the audio. This is revealed by Robin's spoken word occasionally using a change of phrasing compared to the subtitles. It shows a real attention to detail because what works in text is not always best suited to speech and vice versa. Occasionally there are informative cues and details in the subtitles which were apparently edited out of the video (presumably for length, or flow), which can be quite fascinating, although I did not notice any such cases in this video. Conversely, autogenerated subtitles (as on most other channels) are usually full of howlingly bad AI transcriptions, especially of foreign language words or proper nouns, something that never happens with Dark Corners. Quality production. Bravo.
Thanks. The other reason we don't use autogenerated or just dump the script in is because RUclips will make breaks in the text in weird places. comments like this let us know it is worth doing. (we fell behind recently so working on filling the episode with subtitles over the coming weeks, but all new episodes should have subtitles at launch.
Thank you for highlighting someone who doesn't get enough credit. Please do a review of Night Creatures, NO ONE ever mentions that one and I think it's so underrated. A great place to introduce kids to Hammer. In a weird way it reminds me of Sleepy Hallow, an old ghost story that turns out to be true
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You know you are a true Hammer fan when you give love to Michael Ripper. Can't wait to watch this one
Robin: "It's a dire film; but Ripper gives it his all."
Another prime example of my favourite quote from Christopher Lee: "Every actor has to make terrible films: the trick is not to be terrible in them."
I need to describe something as "dire" now.
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If I had to define him in a word, it would be "versatile." He is living proof of the old saying, "there are no small roles, only small actors". ❤ to rippy.
Oh gosh you beat me to it.
Very true.
Finally the great Michael Ripper is getting honoured as deserved. The premiere on the 111th birthday of Peter Cushing might be coincidence though, but somehow I like to read it as a nice tip of the hat to the world of Hammer itself.
Michael Ripper IS Hammer Films, and possibly the greatest bit part actor ever.
A fitting tribute to a great character actor. Glad to see Plague of the Zombies near the top of your list.
Great film
Can confirm, this was time well spent (Thank you)
The Brits' answer to USA's Dick Miller. Ripper's performance in "The Mummy's Shroud" was what immediately sprung to my mind as soon as I saw this video's title. Never knew Hammer made pirate movies, but that scene with Ripper as a bad guy looks really interesting.
It makes me want to watch “Captain Clegg”.
I met him briefly at the first Hammer reunion, a lovely man and a much underrated actor
I'm smiling ear to ear here... a retrospective of my favorite Hammer actor (after Cushing and Lee). I could watch Ripper deliver lines--any lines--all day. He was a treasure. And one of those actors that you imagine--simply because of the wonderful nuances he puts into his characters--as having been a very nice, down-to-earth human being. (I hope he was anyway).
A Hammer film with Cushing, Lee, Ripper, Andre Morell, and Barbara Shelley---if only one existed---would be my idea of an ideal Hammer picture, and I wouldn't even care what the hell it was about.
He was considered by some to be the true MVP of Hammer Horror films
He was an excellent actor who always gave it his all regardless of the size of the role.
He’s a legend! What a voice, and he always gave 101% in every role 😎
A long overdue appraisal of a wonderful actor. Thank you very much.
Michael Ripper is a Hammer treasure. Every time I see him in one of their films I just...smile. And he was in some Tigon films...the laborer in "The Creeping Flesh" fishing for a tip after bringing in the box containing the skeleton.
Yes! This is the video I didn't know I needed. Love him in everything but especially Dracula has risen from the grave!
My mum met Michael Ripper. This was before his days as the chauffeur in Butterflies. She was a member of a women's club called The 91 Club (so named as that was the amount of members when it was formed). They used to have guest speakers come to give talks on various things, and he was one, talking about his life in films.
He started out with 'You might not know my name, but you'll know my face.'
Mum said it was a fascinating talk, and he was a very nice man!
Ripper's character in Revenge of Franky sets the absolutely grimy aesthetic of the entire film. Very grateful. 10/10 fricheks
I forget just how many Hammer films I’ve seen until I see a retrospective like this and realize I’m thinking “I’ve seen that” a whole lot more than “I need to see that yet.”
He was a staple in Hammer Horror movies.
The epitome of the British "character actor", one of a generation with a solid grounding in theatre, for whom acting was a job, and one that he did extraordinarily well.
Dark Corners does Hammer justice
My personal favorite - The Mummy’s Shroud !!!!! Hammer’s best mummy film and a fun story; also starting Andre Morrell!
Long overdue celebration of Hammers best character actor! He did always give it his best no matter what the part. Thank you for doing this, it gave me a direction for Hammer movies to rewatch!👍😎 And I have to say although his part in The Reptile is great, I still feel his role as Longbarrow in The Mummy’s Shroud should have gotten some kind of award, but horror films rarely got awards back then, unfortunately.
Thanks!
Thank you for this tribute to a most worthy actor.
I absolutely have a favorite Michael Ripper film, Plague Of The Zombies. I love it not just for his performance (which is all you say, Robin) but also because the cast was full of lots of lesser-known actors top to bottom. To me, THAT film is Hammer Horror's actual peak.
As to other actors who deserve a highlight, I nominate Plague's hero, Andre Morrell. He too was a solid character actor who'd been with Hammer since the early days, was even Watson to Peter Cushing's Sherlock Holmes in Hound Of The Baskervilles.
Thanks Robin. This was a great way to honor Michael Ripper. I've always had a soft spot for the bit players. Ripper being one and Freddie Jones being another.
Thanks for this. Always loved Michael Ripper.
Ripper's presence completely legitimizes any Hammer film for me, making every B an A, and every A a masterpiece.
Great to see you guys choose the same film I did as Rippers best role, THE REPTILE.
Absolutely BRILLIANT Robin! Fantastic to see someone as knowledgeable as yourself pay tribute in such an articulate and thoughtful manner to such an important cog in the Hammer machine. I just wish Hammer had tried casting Ripper in a lead role at least once.
Thank you for remembering this little giant of the Hammer lot of performers. A well-prepared and desserved homage. Kudos. 👍
Part of my life growing up in the 60's. Thank-you for this great tribute to this unsung Hero! ❤❤
Excellent retrospect. You gave this actor the respect he deserves. Skol!
Great video about a marvelous talent! It's actors like Michael Ripper that make these films a treasure!
I didn't realize how many Hammer Films movies I have seen with Michael Ripper. An underappreciated character actor.
Great tribute to a fine actor 👏 ❤
Thank you for exploring his career. He was a wonderful performer. I agree with your choices on his best work for Hammer. "The Mummy's Shroud," gave him a heartbreaking character to work with; a small, sympathetic man who is unloved and disrespected by his employer, but carries on from a misguided sense of duty.
Great tribute to a one-of-a-kind character actor! I've always treasured Ripper's performances in Captain Clegg and The Mummy's Shroud, but it's clear I'm due for a re-watch of The Reptile.
Well said Robin 👏 👌
Waited patiently for mention of The Reptile... Glad to see it in the top spot. Ripper is great in that.
lovely piece I always loved seeing MR in the hammer films
Michael Ripper's acting was only "big" when it was called for and appropriate to the character and situation. He played each role at the optimum of which it should have been played. He was a subtle, intuitive, and profoundly gifted performer.
All hail the Ripper!
Great actor in everything he was in.
Terrific video about a beloved cornerstone of the HammerVerse. Michael Ripper is the Dick Miller of Hammer!
Great video and wonderful to see Ripper getting some much deserved spotlight!
Excellent doc on one of my favourite character actors who always makes me smile when he pops up on screen. For me Plague of the Zombies is his best film but The Reptile is his best role and performance. What a legend. 😁
The man was a joy to see on screen. And with that name, it's a wonder he didn't headline a few horror films.
I've always liked Michael Ripper's "Sarg" in "X- The Unkown." His role as the landlord in "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" reminded me of my granddad - wise, good-natured and one who makes you feel at ease. Oh yeah, I noticed a young Percy Herbert in the mob scene from "Quatermass II." Many thanks, Robin, for this overview of a truly great actor.
A while ago, my dad and I were talking about "Captain Clegg," and I noted the abundance of fanart for the movie. Dad expressed confusion about why, and I said, "I guess the Internet just likes the sight of Peter Cushing in a cassock." He said, "Oh yeah. I guess that is pretty absurd." Yeah. Absurd.
Not enough fanart tbh! Cushing as Clegg is real swoon worthy!
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So glad to see this special after you mentioned it coming not too long ago. He's great, and nice to see him get some much needed kudos.
I love Captain Clegg/Night Creatures! I got it on a DVD collection and it's so good! Cushing is great there too of course, and also so good as always.
Kudos. My favourite Ripper line reading will always be as the bus driver in a St Trinians flick, they are traversing Europe and he says "if it gets any hotter, I'll have to take me jumper orf!!"
Excellent tribute to a very underrated actor! Thanks!
I’ve been looking forward to this one gentlemen! Love the attention y’all have brought to this stalwart player in Hammers catalog! I always perk up when he’s mentioned anywhere!
Utterly brilliant actor, horror or comedy he was your man. My favourite of his, is being the poor Sod locked up in jail when while Oliver Reed changes into a werewolf. Total class. And again, a marvellous video.
Time well spent - Thank you
BLODDY BRILLIANT! BRAVO.
I was watching Taste the Blood of Dracula this afternoon and he stood out well. Started thinking about his parts in the other Hammer films after the movie. I love the vids and you’ve spurred my enjoyment of shadow masters like Val Lewton and non franchise Hammer flicks. Thanks and Thank you for this tribute and the perfect timing in my finding it :)
This was a great tribute! Michael Ripper was awesome. As for other under-appreciated character players, I vote for Theresa Harris and Bruno VeSota. I also think that Bess Flowers (1898-1984) is name worth remembering, for her shear endurance: 1082 IMDB credits for movies and TV.
Great actor often pops up in amicus and even Tyburn! Can't wait to watch something on the brilliant Geoffrey bayldon,if anyone can do it,you can!
An excellent appreciation to an actor I have always had a soft spot for. Great work!
Thank you for this special tribute to Michael Ripper, an actor I confess I've never really focused on while watching Hammer films, and now I realise my error. An eye-opening experience!
Got to see him @ a convention once. ❤
I adore Michael Ripper. He was outstanding in everything he did. This was a wonderful tribute.
Hammer films and it's actors have always had a special place in my family growing up. Well done on the great Mr Ripper sir. ❤
Paying tribute to these great unsung character actors is wonderful to see. Universal’s Dwight Fry is one from those early horror films. Good job with this…
Really looking forward to this. I know Ripper principally through his films with Christopher Lee. It will be nice to learn more about him.
Been meaning to see _Captain Clegg_ for a while now for it’s (albeit loose) take on the Doctor Syn character, but now i can also look forward to seeing yet another great performance by Michael Ripper 😁 Also tickled that _X the Unknown_ finally got a brief discussion, still looking forward to that Quatermass retrospective 😉Thanks Robin & Graham!
Captain Clegg is a Masterpiece, probably the best cast in aHammer film, Cushing, Reed,Patrick Allen and Ripper of course.
He was in so many British films. Not just Hammer, but classic David Lean (Oliver Twist), Mr Polly(John Mills), war films like the Sea shall not have them(Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogard and Anthony Steel) Reach for the sky(Kenneth Moore), comedy like St Trinians (Alistair Sim).. Its just an endless resume of classic British movies
Yeah, we've limited our focus a lot! He was in a bunch of TV shows as well
You had to Robin, you'd have been here all week. Brilliant effort though guys, always a pleasure to see you on here with these
Thank you for this brilliant tribute to Michael Ripper. He was always a great Ambassador for Hammer - I was lucky to meet him at a couple of Hammer Conventions in the eighties and nineties at Elephant and castle. He was a great guy.
Thank you.
Always nice to hear that these people were good guys.
If Hammer horror was a person, then Ripper was at the core of its DNA - his supporting performances are of equal value to its stars and sets and effects. A true icon of English horror cinema. Much missed ❤
I met Michael Ripper at a Horror Elite convention, in the early 1970's in London. He was a lovely men, very quiet and polite with a twinkle in his eye.He talked about his early films & the time he was at Hammer. He said Hammer, was one big family. Also with him that day was the great director Terence Fisher, a lovely happy man. The two of them that day, gave us a wonderful insight into Hammer Films & the people who they worked with over the years, the great Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Jack Asher BSC & Bernard Robinson & of course Michael Ripper & Terence Fisher To great men, who were very humble about their Art . All of the above, have their place in film history. May God' bless them all❤.
Although his screen time isn’t much, I fondly remember Michael Ripper’s cab driver The Phantom of the Opera (a sadly underrated Hammer). Ripper’s icy frozen face as the cabbie suffering the weather was so memorable for me. I always look forward to that scene whenever I watch the film.
Love Edward da Souza a very underrated hammer lead.
Thank-you Robin, and Bless You for providing a well deserved spotlight on an incredible ACTOR.
And, thank-you Michael, for providing us so many years of wonderful entertainment. :)
I watch Worzel Gummidge with my children and it’s always a treat to see Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepperd, the owner of Aunt Sally.
This is a great video. You’ve done terrific work as usual.
He is the heart of The Reptile. Ever present and stalwart. Without him the lead characters would be totally lost. He adds such a human presence that the supernatural seems natural in the Reptile.
His character Sgt Grymsdyke in X the Unknown is his most memorable role for me along with Quatermass 2.
I've been saying this for years.
I always knew DC was were on the same wavelength....
I wish Dick Miller and Mike Ripper did a movie together
That would be a dream come true.
I think my favourite Michael Ripper scene appears in The Naked Truth. He plays a grocer who reacts to Peggy Mount falling through his awning during a failed suicide attempt.
Ripper fans might like to catch him in What a Crazy World, a musical in which he plays multiple roles.
Those sound like fascinating movies.
At his most jovial, Michael Ripper does remind me of Nigel Bruce. He had such an expressive face, whether happy, concerned or just plain scared.
Another character actor I am a fan of is Whit Bissel. While his roles were very different than Michael Ripper, Whit Bissel could always be counted on to play any kind of bureaucrat, doctor, scientist, or respectable businessman whose role is to help the hero with some necessary exposition. He would occasionally plan a villain, hidden behind a kindly persona.
Worth the wait!
I'm glad Mipps is on the thumbnail. He's the role I associate the most with Michael Ripper.
Quality character actors are such a wonderful group...
I noted *David Warner* in that 'Penny Dreadful' show just last night
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Among many other roles, he was a great villain in Tron!
Great! Now please do Duncan Lamont!
As a kid we loved seeing Michael appear in a film.....we even had a special name for him in our house......"The Inn Keeper".....'llok mum we would scream...It's the Inn Keeper'...although this was not used to belittle his roles, but as a tribute to the impact and versatility he brought to the film....I loved this actor and everything he did so thanks for remembering him,
I thank you! Ive always been so happy when I find Michael Ripper in a movie! He was an English Dick Miller). It was good luck to employ him in a movie.
I have an extensive Hammer Collection, and I always look out for Michael Ripper. Great to see acknowledgement here. Great stuff!
I'd say scares of Dracula was one of hammers better films, one of my favourites.
Outstanding video sir.
This one was over the top. I totally agree with you on all points.
I have quite a few Hammer movies in my collection.
Cant wait till you post a new one.
Having watched through the entire Hammer Horror corpus more or less in a single go, i came to delight in seeing Ripper whenever he popped up. He seemed happiest in those small background roles when he could be mischievous and ham it up, adding a kind of absurd counterpoint to all the intensity around him.
I'd love to see more videos on the non-marquis Hammer names. Katya Wyeth is one who popped up frequently and who it would be wonderful to learn more about.
What a great way to spend the day. Thank you for a great watch. For me I agree with your top 2, but Shroud is my favorite over Reptile. Of all the deaths in horror films his hit the most. The audience really cared and wanted him to live. He didn't deserve to die and that's why it hits the hardest
I cheered when you said "The Reptile." Ripper’s performance is a big reason it's my favorite Hammer film.
He's great in it
As an American, I just need to say that I love his accent. Instantly recognizable!
Hammer actress, the glamorous Veronica Carlson adored Michael Ripper and even painted a portrait of him. That shows how well loved he was
Small note. I always have the subtitles on, and notice that they are clearly derived from a script, rather than being autogenerated from the audio. This is revealed by Robin's spoken word occasionally using a change of phrasing compared to the subtitles. It shows a real attention to detail because what works in text is not always best suited to speech and vice versa. Occasionally there are informative cues and details in the subtitles which were apparently edited out of the video (presumably for length, or flow), which can be quite fascinating, although I did not notice any such cases in this video.
Conversely, autogenerated subtitles (as on most other channels) are usually full of howlingly bad AI transcriptions, especially of foreign language words or proper nouns, something that never happens with Dark Corners. Quality production. Bravo.
Thanks. The other reason we don't use autogenerated or just dump the script in is because RUclips will make breaks in the text in weird places. comments like this let us know it is worth doing. (we fell behind recently so working on filling the episode with subtitles over the coming weeks, but all new episodes should have subtitles at launch.
Thank you for highlighting someone who doesn't get enough credit. Please do a review of Night Creatures, NO ONE ever mentions that one and I think it's so underrated. A great place to introduce kids to Hammer. In a weird way it reminds me of Sleepy Hallow, an old ghost story that turns out to be true
I love hammer films my favorite is Two Faces of Dr.Jeckyll.