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  • RIP Ron Pember, actor



    I knew the face but not the name.

    I was quite surprised to learn...

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    Outside of TV, Pember also left his mark on the stage, most notably with his musical, Jack The Ripper, which he wrote in 1975 and which is still regularly produced by amateur theatre groups and companies the world over.
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  • #2
    Originally posted by mpriestnall View Post
    ... his musical, Jack The Ripper, which he wrote in 1975...
    He played the part of Makins in the 1979 Ripper film 'Murder by Decree'.

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    (Image of Charles Allen Lechmere is by artist Ashton Guilbeaux. Used by permission. Original art-work for sale.)

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Mark J D View Post

      He played the part of Makins in the 1979 Ripper film 'Murder by Decree'.

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      M.
      Thanks Mark. That's interesting to have another ripper link.

      And for those who don't know, Ron Pember is second from the left.

      I know him best as one of the Timson clan from Rumpole!
      Last edited by mpriestnall; 03-12-2022, 06:17 PM.
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        The play is a musical reconstruction of incidents relating to the East End murders which took place between Friday, August 31st and Friday, November 9th, 1888. A solution of Jack the Ripper's identity is hinted at, but the play is an atmospheric commentary rather than an historical re-enactment, shifting between reality and artificiality, with characters representing "real" people as well as members of the music hall audience and players. It is an essential feature that some characters are called upon to play more than one role. They thus have a life within the Music Hall and also in reality. The Chairman also plays the authoritative roles of Sir Charles Warren, the Magistrate, and the Dock's Foreman, while Montague Druitt is also known as Toynbee and plays the villain in the melodrama and the magician.
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        The play referred to was dated 1974/1975.
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        • #5
          I don't know Ron Pember's Ripper work but I've long liked him as an actor. Always seemed in charge of the character he was playing and to give good value for money.

          I'm currently enjoying his performances as a member of the Belgian Resistance in Secret Army being shown weekly on on the adorable Talking Pictures tv channel (UK).

          For me and similar to mpriestnall's post, he was best of all as one of the roguish Timson clan in Rumpole of the Bailey.
          Last edited by OneRound; 03-13-2022, 02:44 PM.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by OneRound View Post
            I don't know Ron Pember's Ripper work but I've long liked him as an actor. Always seemed in charge of the character he was playing and to give good value for money.

            I'm currently enjoying his performances as a member of the Belgian Resistance in Secret Army being shown weekly on on the adorable Talking Pictures tv channel (UK).

            For me and similar to mpriestnall's post, he was best of all as one of the roguish Timson clan in Rumpole of the Bailey.
            Sapere Aude

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