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 (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 Um eine Nasenlänge (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.