Paul Kemp (actor)

Paul Kemp
Paul Kemp, sketch circa 1925 by Egon Wilden
Born	20 May 1896 Bad Godesberg German Empire
Died	August 13, 1953(1953-08-13) (aged 57) Bad Godesberg West Germany
Other names	Paul Peter Kemp
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1930–1953

Paul Kemp (1896–1953) 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. 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

• The Great Longing (1930)
• Dolly Gets Ahead (1930)
• Cyanide (1930)
• The King of Paris (1930)
• The Shot in the Talker Studio (1930)
• Rag Ball (1930)
• The Blonde Nightingale (1930)
• M (1931)
• The Soaring Maiden (1931)
• The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
• Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931)
• The Threepenny Opera (1931)
• The Bartered Bride (1932)
• Three from the Unemployment Office (1932)
• A Man with Heart (1932)
• Gitta Discovers Her Heart (1932)
• Gypsies of the Night (1932)
• A Song for You (1933)
• The Fugitive from Chicago (1933)
• Invisible Opponent (1933)
• The Csardas Princess (1934)
• My Heart Calls You (1934)
• Charley's Aunt (1934)
• My Heart Is Calling You (1934)
• Amphitryon (1935)
• The Valiant Navigator (1935)
• The King's Prisoner (1935)
• Boccaccio (1936)
• Glückskinder (1936)
• Flowers from Nice (1936)
• The Charm of La Boheme (1937)
• The Stars Shine (1938)
• Capriccio (1938)
• Marionette (1939)
• Madame Butterfly (1939)
• Frau Luna (1941)
• A Gust of Wind (1942)
• Dir zuliebe (1944)
• Ghost in the Castle (1947)
• The Heavenly Waltz (1949)
• Lambert Is Threatened (1949)
• Dangerous Guests (1949)
• The Man in Search of Himself (1950)
• Third from the Right (1950)
• Unknown Sender (1950)
• In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus (1951)
• The Midnight Venus (1951)
• Queen of the Arena (1952)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1952)
• Salto Mortale (1953)
• A Musical War of Love (1953)

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock & Tim Bergfelder (Ed.): The Concise CineGraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, New York, Oxford 2009, ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Paul Kemp at IMDb