Robert L. Ripley

Robert L. Ripley

Robert L. Ripley (December 25, 1890 – May 27, 1949) was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist who is known for creating the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, radio show, and television show which feature odd facts from around the world. Subjects covered in Ripley's cartoons and text ranged from sports feats to little-known facts about unusual and exotic sites. But what ensured the concept's popularity may have been that he also included items submitted by readers, who supplied photographs of a wide variety of small-town American trivia ranging from unusually shaped vegetables to oddly marked domestic animals, all documented by photographs and then depicted by his drawings. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Popularity : 0.001
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1890-12-25
  • Place of Birth : Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Robert L. Ripley Movies

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #4

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #4

    5 1931 HD

    Billy falls asleep and dreams Robert L. Ripley takes him on a tour of Believe-It-or-Not land to see many oddities.

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #5

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #5

    5 1932 HD

    Robert Ripley shows a pretty blond a shrunken head and an iron execution chamber.

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #6

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #6

    5 1932 HD

    Robert Ripley draws and shows movies to train passengers.

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #9

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #9

    5 1932 HD

    In this short film, Robert L. Ripley introduces narrator Leo Donnelly who presents various "Believe It or Not" oddities from around the world as...

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #10

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #10

    5 1932 HD

    This omnibus of film clips include a Savanna golf course made from Civil War trenches, wooden Indians used ourside cigar stores, an American Indian...

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #7

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #7

    5 1932 HD

    Robert Ripley gives a show aboard a luxury liner at sea, starting with drawings discussing the origin of the "fathom" and Christopher Columbus being...

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #8

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #8

    5 1932 HD

    Robert Ripley presents a well-dressed cocktail party an assortment of drawings and film clips showing the world's youngest parents and the largest...

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #2

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #2

    5 1931 HD

    Ripley shows an aged Japanese statesman, a strange fish with legs, the 'Rubaiyat' in a finger ring, how a house of cards is torn up, and a giant...

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #3

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #3

    5 1931 HD

    This entry in the series criss-crosses America to find various curiosities. Among them are a church in Nebraska made of bales of hay; a duck with...

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #11

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #11

    4 1932 HD

    This entry of the series does not feature Robert Ripley, who is away gathering material on his tours. Leo Donnelly narrates various odds and ends...

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    Believe It or Not #2

    Believe It or Not #2

    1 1930 HD

    The second entry in the Believe It or Not series of shorts begins with Robert Ripley in his office sorting his mail. At the time he received about...

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    Believe It or Not #1

    Believe It or Not #1

    1 1930 HD

    Robert L. Ripley first shows the very first cartoon of his, published in newspapers 8 years earlier. He then proceeds with various oddities, first...

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    Believe It or Not #4

    Believe It or Not #4

    1 1930 HD

    At the request of a television experimenter who needed items to broadcast, Robert L. Ripley states unsubstantiated oddities including that a Spanish...

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    Believe It or Not #5

    Believe It or Not #5

    5 1930 HD

    At a charity bazaar, Ripley settles a thousand dollar bet by producing man who has not slept in 75 years.

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #12

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #12

    5 1932 HD

    In Robert L. Ripley's absence, Leo Donnelly acts as the guide to the unusual from around the world. A group of people in the Philippines are moving a...

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    Believe It or Not #8

    Believe It or Not #8

    1 1931 HD

    Ripley shows a chair of growing trees, the narrowest street in the world, a city of wine cask dwellers and a bungalow of 144 rooms.

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    Believe It or Not #10

    Believe It or Not #10

    1 1931 HD

    This entry in the Believe It or Not series finds Mr. Ripley aboard a U.S. naval ship speaking to a group of sailors. The film he shows them includes...

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    Believe It or Not #9

    Believe It or Not #9

    5 1931 HD

    Robert L. Ripley presents various oddities to members of the Believe-It-or-Not Club.

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    Believe It or Not #11

    Believe It or Not #11

    1 1931 HD

    In this entry, passengers enter a mockup of an airplane. During the flight, Robert Ripley shows the "passengers" several oddities across the United...

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    Believe It or Not #12

    Believe It or Not #12

    1 1931 HD

    Traveling to North Africa, Ripley offers views of The Meeting Place of the Dead in Morocco, a jail for nagging wives, a village with houses made of...

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    Believe It or Not #7

    Believe It or Not #7

    1 1931 HD

    Another entry in Robert L. Ripley's series. This time we also get to see Dan Edwards, the most decorated U.S. Veteran who is also missing a hand. For...

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    Believe It or Not #3

    Believe It or Not #3

    1 1930 HD

    Reporters interview Ripley about his world travels.

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    Believe It or Not #6

    Believe It or Not #6

    1 1931 HD

    Ripley shows unusual athletic feats, a boy born with "clock" eyes, and a blind French monk who invented navigation laws.

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    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #1

    Believe It or Not (Second Series) #1

    6 1931 HD

    This first entry in the "Believe It Or Not" series of shorts visits northern Africa. Included are a look at the Tuareg people of the Sahara Desert, a...

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  • 1940
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    Acquitted by the Sea

    Acquitted by the Sea

    1 1940 HD

    A Ripley's Believe It or Not short film, it tells the story of a man wrongly imprisoned who goes abroad to find his fortune and ends up getting sent...

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