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Rupert Giles is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character is portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head. He serves as Buffy Summers' mentor and surrogate father figure. The character proved popular with viewers, and Head's performance in the role was well received.
Ripper was originally a proposed television show based upon the character of Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (created by Joss Whedon). More recent information has suggested that if Ripper were ever made it would be a TV-movie or a DVD-movie. [4]
In 2001, Whedon planned to make a spin-off miniseries or TV movie of Buffy the Vampire Slayer entitled Ripper, about the character Rupert Giles. [13] Despite this, the project was delayed. [14] On July 28, 2007, Whedon revealed via IGN that a 90-minute Ripper special would be made in 2008. [15] Anthony Head was slated to reprise his role as ...
Looking back 20 years after the show premiered, we have a whole different understanding of who the hearthrob and hero of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was. Giles was there all along.
"Ripper", the villain in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero; Rupert Giles, a major character from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer also known as "Ripper" General Jack D. Ripper, in the movie Dr. Strangelove, played by Sterling Hayden; Rippers, horizontally flying bug-like creatures belonging to the Metroid series
Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February 1954) [1] is an English actor and singer. Primarily a performer in musical theatre, he rose to fame in the UK in the 1980s following his role in the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé, which led to major roles in several television series.
The next day, Giles fails to show up for study hall, where Xander and Willow are playing footsie. Worried, Buffy goes to Giles' home and finds her mom on the couch. Joyce offhandedly gives her the car keys to drive home, to Buffy's astonishment. Giles, now acting like he did as a teen (and being called "Ripper"), invites Joyce out for some fun.
Buffy receives guidance from her Watcher, Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head). Giles, rarely referred to by his first name (it is later revealed that in his rebellious younger days he went by "Ripper"), is a member of the Watchers' Council, whose job is to train and guide the Slayers. Giles researches the supernatural creatures that Buffy must ...