Charles Kemper
Charles Kemper in On Dangerous Ground, 1952
Born(1900-09-06)September 6, 1900
DiedMay 12, 1950(1950-05-12) (aged 49)
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Plot: Section C, Lot 206, Grave 1
OccupationFilm actor
Years active1929-1951

Charles Kemper (September 6, 1900 – May 12, 1950) was an American character actor born in Oklahoma. The heavy-set actor was for decades a successful stage actor.

Movie career

Like many actors in New York, Kemper worked in short comedies filmed at the Astoria Studios. In 1937 he was signed by Educational Pictures as a leading comic, playing timid characters in the tradition of Educational's silent-era star Lloyd Hamilton. He soon became a foil for Educational's newest find Danny Kaye, who was then a dialect comedian. Kemper and Kaye might have continued in these miniature sketches, but the studio ceased production in mid-1938.

Kemper pursued a career in Hollywood, beginning in 1945, as a character actor. Kemper had memorable supporting roles in films including The Southerner (1945), Scarlet Street (1945), Gallant Journey (1946), The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947), and the film noir On Dangerous Ground (as Pop Daly, his last film role).

Kemper died at the age of 49 when he was involved in a car accident in Burbank, California.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1945The SouthernerTim
1945An Angel Comes to BrooklynPhineas Aloysius Higby
1945Scarlet StreetHomer Higgins
1946Gallant JourneyFather 'Dickie' Ball
1946Sister KennyMr. McIntyre
1947The Shocking Miss PilgrimHerbert Jothan
1947King of the Wild HorsesRudy
1947GunfightersSheriff Kiscaden
1947That Hagen GirlJim Hagen
1948Fury at Furnace CreekPeaceful Jones
1948Fighting Father DunneEmmett Mulvey
1948Belle Starr's DaughterDeputy Gaffer
1948Yellow SkyWalrus
1949Adventure in BaltimoreMr. Steuben
1949The Doolins of OklahomaThomas 'Arkansas' Jones
1949Intruder in the DustCrawford Gowrie
1950The NevadanSheriff Dyke Merrick
1950Stars in My CrownProf. Sam Houston Jones
1950A Ticket to TomahawkChuckity
1950Wagon MasterUncle Shiloh Clegg
1950Where Danger LivesPolice Chief
1950Mr. MusicMr. Danforth
1950California PassageSheriff Willy Clair
1951On Dangerous GroundPop Daly(final film role)
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