Paul Kemp

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. 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 Sound Film Studio (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 By a Nose (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 The Missing Wife (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 Small Town Poet (1940) – Paul Schleemüller, Stadtsekretär Mistress Moon (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 The Song of the Nightingale (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) (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 (1953) – Otto Kistenkugel (final film role)