Charles Kemper

Charles Kemper
Charles Kemper in On Dangerous Ground, 1952
Born	(1900-09-06)September 6, 1900 Hennessey, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	May 12, 1950(1950-05-12) (aged 49) Burbank, California, U.S.
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City Plot: Section C, Lot 206, Grave 1
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1929-1951

Charles Kemper (September 6, 1900 – May 12, 1950) was an American character actor born in Oklahoma. The heavy-set actor was for decades a successful stage actor.

Movie career

Like many actors in New York, Kemper worked in short comedies filmed at the Astoria Studios. In 1937 he was signed by Educational Pictures as a leading comic, playing timid characters in the tradition of Educational's silent-era star Lloyd Hamilton. He soon became a foil for Educational's newest find Danny Kaye, who was then a dialect comedian. Kemper and Kaye might have continued in these miniature sketches, but the studio ceased production in mid-1938.

Kemper pursued a career in Hollywood, beginning in 1945, as a character actor. Kemper had memorable supporting roles in films including The Southerner (1945), Scarlet Street (1945), Gallant Journey (1946), The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947), and the film noir On Dangerous Ground (as Pop Daly, his last film role).

Kemper died at the age of 49 when he was involved in a car accident in Burbank, California.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1945	The Southerner	Tim
1945	An Angel Comes to Brooklyn	Phineas Aloysius Higby
1945	Scarlet Street	Homer Higgins
1946	Gallant Journey	Father 'Dickie' Ball
1946	Sister Kenny	Mr. McIntyre
1947	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	Herbert Jothan
1947	King of the Wild Horses	Rudy
1947	Gunfighters	Sheriff Kiscaden
1947	That Hagen Girl	Jim Hagen
1948	Fury at Furnace Creek	Peaceful Jones
1948	Fighting Father Dunne	Emmett Mulvey
1948	Belle Starr's Daughter	Deputy Gaffer
1948	Yellow Sky	Walrus
1949	Adventure in Baltimore	Mr. Steuben
1949	The Doolins of Oklahoma	Thomas 'Arkansas' Jones
1949	Intruder in the Dust	Crawford Gowrie
1950	The Nevadan	Sheriff Dyke Merrick
1950	Stars in My Crown	Prof. Sam Houston Jones
1950	A Ticket to Tomahawk	Chuckity
1950	Wagon Master	Uncle Shiloh Clegg
1950	Where Danger Lives	Police Chief
1950	Mr. Music	Mr. Danforth
1950	California Passage	Sheriff Willy Clair
1951	On Dangerous Ground	Pop Daly	(final film role)

External links

• Charles Kemper at IMDb
• Charles Kemper at Find a Grave