Paul Kemp (actor)


Paul Kemp 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 - Kuckuck' - AufnahmeleiterThe King of Paris Rag Ball - PriemThe Great Longing - Regieassistent MoppDolly Gets Ahead - JackThe Blonde Nightingale - HirschfieldThe Threepenny Opera - Mackie Messers PlatteSeitensprünge - Anton SchillerM - Pickpocket with Six WatchesMy Cousin from Warsaw - Der NachbarThe Theft of the Mona Lisa - PolizeileutnantUm eine Nasenlänge - Sperling, ein RennbahnbesucherThe Soaring Maiden - Dr. Kurt WinterBerlin-Alexanderplatz An Auto and No Money - Peter Knopf, AuslagendekorateurThree from the Unemployment Office - Arthur Jaenicke, ArbeitsloserGitta Discovers Her Heart - Fred, sein FreundThe Bartered Bride - Wenzel - ihr SohnSehnsucht 202 - Splitter / SilberMieter Schulze gegen alle Gypsies of the Night - JuliusA Man with Heart - Rochus SperlingA Song for You - Charlie, Gattis ImpresarioRoman einer Nacht - Nissen, ein DienerInvisible Opponent - Hans MertensHer Highness the Saleswoman - Peter KnollThe Castle in the South - OttoniThe Song of Happiness - Bernhard Probst, sein FreundThe Fugitive from Chicago - August P. Lemke, BuchhalterMit dir durch dick und dünn - Kasimir Lampe, BildhauerMy Heart Calls You - Director RoséMy Heart Is Calling You - Homme dans le casino The Csardas Princess - Graf Bonipart KancsianuCharley's Aunt - Fancourt 'Babbs' BabberleyPrinzessin Turandot - WillibaldAmphitryon - Götterbote Merkur / Diener SosiasThe King's Prisoner - Fritz BöttgerThe Valiant Navigator - Berthold JebsE lucean le stelle The Bashful Casanova - Innocenz FreislebenHot Blood - Jozsi - FaktotumBoccaccio - Calandrino - Verleger und BuchdruckerGlückskinder - Frank BlackFlowers from Nice - Rudi HoferThe Charm of La Boheme - Pierre CasaleDie verschwundene Frau - Ferdinand BartelMusik für dich Ihr Leibhusar - BunkoCapriccio - Henri de GrauDir gehört mein Herz - RiccoUnsere kleine Frau - Bobby BrownMia moglie si diverte - PaoloThe Stars Shine - HimselfMarionette - RicoAnother Experience - Hausmann - GardrobierMadame Butterfly - Richard HellKornblumenblau Was wird hier gespielt? Das leichte Mädchen - BertelDer Kleinstadtpoet - Paul Schleemüller, Stadtsekretär