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German actor
Paul Kemp
Born (1896-05-20 ) 20 May 1896Died 13 August 1953(1953-08-13) (aged 57) 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
Bibliography
External links
International National Artists People