Paul Kemp (actor)

German actor

Paul Kemp
Paul Kemp, sketch circa 1925 by Egon Wilden
Born	(1896-05-20)20 May 1896 Bad Godesberg German Empire
Died	13 August 1953(1953-08-13) (aged 57) Bad Godesberg West Germany
Other names	Paul Peter Kemp
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1920–1953

Paul Kemp (20 May 1896 – 13 August 1953) was a German stage and film actor. Kemp worked as a piano accompaniest for silent films, and then served as an ambulance driver on the Western Front during the First World War.^[1] Post-war he moved into acting on the stage in Düsseldorf and Hamburg. His career really took off when he moved to Berlin in 1929, appearing in the hit stage version of the novel Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum. He made his film debut in 1930, shortly after the introduction of sound film. He appeared prolifically in German and Austrian films until his death in 1953.

Selected filmography

Cyanide (1930) - Kuckuck
The Shot in the Talker Studio [de] (1930) - Aufnahmeleiter
The King of Paris (1930)
Rag Ball (1930) - Priem
The Great Longing (1930) - Regieassistent Mopp
Dolly Gets Ahead (1930) - Jack
The Blonde Nightingale (1930) - Hirschfield
The Threepenny Opera (1931) - Mackie Messers Platte
Seitensprünge (1931) - Anton Schiller
M (1931) - Pickpocket with Six Watches
My Cousin from Warsaw (1931) - Der Nachbar
The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931) - Polizeileutnant
Um eine Nasenlänge (1931) - Sperling, ein Rennbahnbesucher
The Soaring Maiden (1931) - Dr. Kurt Winter
Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931)
An Auto and No Money (1932) - Peter Knopf, Auslagendekorateur
Three from the Unemployment Office (1932) - Arthur Jaenicke, Arbeitsloser
Gitta Discovers Her Heart (1932) - Fred, sein Freund
The Bartered Bride (1932) - Wenzel - ihr Sohn
Sehnsucht 202 (1932) - Splitter / Silber
Mieter Schulze gegen alle (1932)
Gypsies of the Night (1932) - Julius
A Man with Heart (1932) - Rochus Sperling
A Song for You (1933) - Charlie, Gattis Impresario
Roman einer Nacht (1933) - Nissen, ein Diener
Invisible Opponent (1933) - Hans Mertens
Her Highness the Saleswoman (1933) - Peter Knoll
The Castle in the South (1933) - Ottoni
The Song of Happiness (1933) - Bernhard Probst, sein Freund
The Fugitive from Chicago (1933) - August P. Lemke, Buchhalter
Mit dir durch dick und dünn (1934) - Kasimir Lampe, Bildhauer
My Heart Calls You (1934) - Director Rosé
My Heart Is Calling You (1934) - Homme dans le casino (uncredited)
The Csardas Princess (1934) - Graf Bonipart Kancsianu
Charley's Aunt (1934) - Fancourt 'Babbs' Babberley
Prinzessin Turandot (1934) - Willibald
Amphitryon (1935) - Götterbote Merkur / Diener Sosias
The King's Prisoner (1935) - Fritz Böttger
The Valiant Navigator (1935) - Berthold Jebs
E lucean le stelle (1935)
The Bashful Casanova (1936) - Innocenz Freisleben
Hot Blood (1936) - Jozsi - Faktotum
Boccaccio (1936) - Calandrino - Verleger und Buchdrucker
Glückskinder (1936) - Frank Black
Flowers from Nice (1936) - Rudi Hofer
The Charm of La Boheme (1937) - Pierre Casale
Die verschwundene Frau (1937) - Ferdinand Bartel
Musik für dich (1937)
Ihr Leibhusar (1938) - Bunko
Capriccio (1938) - Henri de Grau
Dir gehört mein Herz (1938) - Ricco
Unsere kleine Frau (1938) - Bobby Brown
Mia moglie si diverte (1938) - Paolo
The Stars Shine (1938) - Himself
Marionette (1939) - Rico
Another Experience (1939) - Hausmann - Gardrobier
Madame Butterfly (1939) - Richard Hell
Kornblumenblau (1939)
Was wird hier gespielt? (1940)
Das leichte Mädchen (1940) - Bertel
Der Kleinstadtpoet (1940) - Paul Schleemüller, Stadtsekretär
Frau Luna [de] (1941) - Max
Immer nur Du (1941) - Sepp Zeisig
Jenny und der Herr im Frack (1941) - Willy Krag
A Gust of Wind (1942) - Emanuele Rigattieri
The Big Number (1943) - Otto Gellert
Fahrt ins Abenteuer (1943) - Rudi Waschek
Das Lied der Nachtigall (1944) - Kapellmeister Schnepf
Sieben Briefe (1944) - Kramer, Bildschriftleiter
Glück unterwegs (1944) - Dramaturg Gustav
Dir zuliebe (1944) - Karl Sinn
Leuchtende Schatten (1945)
Ghost in the Castle (1947) - Waldemar
Lysistrata (1947) - Damon
The Singing House (1947) - Karli Weidner
Liebe nach Noten (1947) - Maximilian Schmidt
The Heavenly Waltz (1948) - Spaatz
Insolent and in Love (1948) - Der alte Pernrieder, Clarissas Großvater
Lambert Feels Threatened (1949) - Bobby
Dangerous Guests (1949) - Amadeus Strohmayer
Unknown Sender (1950) - Schuldiener Bock
Kein Engel ist so rein (1950) - Paul-Theodor
The Man in Search of Himself (1950) - Theobald Finger
Mädchen mit Beziehungen (1950) - Hahn
Nacht ohne Sünde (1950) - Friedrich
Third from the Right (1950) - Hähnchen
The Midnight Venus (1951) - Hansl
Engel im Abendkleid (1951)
Mutter sein dagegen sehr! [de] (1951) - "Häschen" Haas
Das unmögliche Mädchen (1951) - Kronbecher
In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus (1951) - Otto Kackelmann
The Thief of Bagdad (1952) - Kalif Omar
Queen of the Arena (1952) - Fritz Zwickel, Faktotum Mahnkes
Salto Mortale (1953) - Willi
A Musical War of Love (1953) - Prof. Melchior Quint
Drei, von denen man spricht [de] (1953) - Otto Kistenkugel (final film role)

References

^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (1 November 2004). Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. New York City: Berghahn Books. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.