Paul Kemp (actor)

Paul Kemp
Born	20 May 1896 Bad Godesberg German Empire
Died	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)
• Cyanide (1930)
• The King of Paris (1930)
• The Shot in the Talker Studio (1930)
• Lumpenball (1930)
• The Blonde Nightingale (1930)
• M (1931)
• The Soaring Maiden (1931)
• The Threepenny Opera (1931)
• The Bartered Bride (1932)
• Three from the Unemployment Office (1932)
• A Man with Heart (1932)
• The Fugitive from Chicago (1933)
• Invisible Opponent (1933)
• My Heart Calls You (1934)
• Charley's Aunt (1934)
• Amphitryon (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)
• The Heavenly Waltz (1949)
• Lambert Is Threatened (1949)
• Dangerous Guests (1949)
• In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus (1951)
• Königin der Arena (1952)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1952)
• Salto Mortale (1953)

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael: The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Paul Kemp at the Internet Movie Database