Overlooked Character Actors

[𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr]

In horror films you will often see certain faces that are instantly recognisable, and these aren't just the main players, for their are actors who have a certain look that fits the genre, and are cast in minor roles with regularity. They can have an important part to play in the feel of the movie but are often overlooked, which is a shame.
Can you name some below, as we remember these character actors who in their own way, and with a small flame, lit up films.
Do you have any favourites? Share with us.

[𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr]

Here is one.
Michael Ripper, who had a great name for a horror actor. I saw him in several Hammer films that I watched this year.
Can someone tell us something about him?

[Swampirella]

Jan 2, 2022 14:33:54 GMT 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr said:

Here is one.
Michael Ripper, who had a great name for a horror actor. I saw him in several Hammer films that I watched this year.
Can someone tell us something about him?

I thought of him when I read your first post, but hadn't had time to check him out. He has a wikipedia article & a Guardian obituary from 2000

www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jul/10/guardianobituaries3

[𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr]

I was thinking as well that if you like Horror movies that aren't made in English speaking countries, then perhaps you know some famous, or recognisable actors that turn up regularly in these, but might not be known very well in the Anglosphere.
Why don't you tell us about these actors. They might be German, French, Italian, Brazilian, or another interesting country.

[𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr]

I found this one:

Dwight Frye



Iconic Universal roles: Known as “The Man with the Thousand Watt Stare” and “The Man of a Thousand Deaths,” Frye became typecast as mentally unbalanced characters in Universal horror films after making his mark as the fly-eating madman Renfield opposite Bela Lugosi in 1931’s “Dracula.” The same year, he also played Dr. Frankenstein’s hunchbacked assistant Fritz, who takes the wrong brain in “Frankenstein.” (Marty Feldman brilliantly sent up the character in Mel Brooks’ 1974 comedy “Young Frankenstein.”) Frye also played Karl, a henchman of the ruthless Dr. Pretorius in 1935’s “Bride of Frankenstein.” He appeared in smaller parts in 1942’s “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and 1943’s “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”

see:

www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-mn-universal-horror-supporting-players-pictures-photogallery.html

[𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr]

Who would you say where the most memorable Universal horror ladies?

[Dr Strange]

Jan 2, 2022 14:33:54 GMT 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr said:

Here is one.
Michael Ripper, who had a great name for a horror actor. I saw him in several Hammer films that I watched this year.
Can someone tell us something about him?

The restricted budget on Hammer's The Reptile meant that Michael Ripper and John Laurie had to share one fake beard between them -



(I stole this joke from a tweet by Roy Bayfield.)

[𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr]

I still love you Dr Strange.
And that joke is funny.

[Jojo Lapin X]

Jan 2, 2022 20:11:15 GMT Dr Strange said:

The restricted budget on Hammer's The Reptile meant that Michael Ripper and John Laurie had to share one fake beard between them
(I stole this joke from a tweet by Roy Bayfield.)

Haha! This had never occurred to me.

[𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr]

Jan 2, 2022 20:14:41 GMT Jojo Lapin X said:

Jan 2, 2022 20:11:15 GMT Dr Strange said:

The restricted budget on Hammer's The Reptile meant that Michael Ripper and John Laurie had to share one fake beard between them
(I stole this joke from a tweet by Roy Bayfield.)

Haha! This had never occurred to me.

Jojo I hope your new years resolution is to tell more jokes. And tick a like on one of my posts. Obviously. After all you never know how things might turn out.

[Middoth]

Michael Pataki

There is a lot of good things to say about this man.
It's time to do him justice

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