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Luke Jepple was the man Whiskerino fans loved to hate. He appeared exclusively in the Horror Canon mostly as the monsters in these films. This kind of reputation was something that Jepple relished. |
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At age six Jepple was brought from France to England as his family returned in poverty. Jepple's mother found employment as a cleaner for Eileen O'Dwyer who was a colleague of E.V. Harris. It was through this connection the Jepple got his first job at age 15. Initially on Babes in the Arms Jepple made the tea, but worked his way up to Key Grip by the time the studio closed for the war. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After service Luke Jepple returned with the acting bug. Using his friendship with Harris Jepple was able to secure a number of roles in Harris' new project - the Horror Canon. The roles which Jepple earned were not the leads he had expected. Jepple became the monster in the films. In his first appearance he was the creature created by Dr F and Egor in Wanted: Body Parts. |
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| Jepple became stuck in the role, playing the monster / creature in six more films, often under heavy make up. He was however still able to create three dimensional characters inspiring fear and pity. Building on this Jepple persuaded Harris to allow him to play a double role (playing the creature as well) in what would be his final proper appearance for Whiskerino. His role as Harper was not well received and this lead to Jepple's move away from Whiskerino. He gave up acting and concentrated instead on his camera work. He sought funding to set up his own film studio, but nothing came of it. |
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Jepple's final appearance for Whiskerino after an absence of six years was in fan favourite Hired Spirits. He appeared briefly at the end of the film as Chipperstone, the only real ghost in the film. This cameo appearance was made as a special favour to his friend Anthony Trenchwood. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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