Cause of death road accident Role Film actor Name Charles Kemper | Years active 1929-1951 Occupation Film actor | |
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Movies Wagon Master, On Dangerous Ground, Yellow Sky, A Ticket to Tomahawk, Scarlet Street Similar People Nicholas Ray, John Ford, William A Wellman, Clarence Brown, Jean Renoir | ||
Resting place Holy Cross Cemetery | ||
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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. He made only sporadic screen appearances until 1945, when he settled in Hollywood. 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).
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Kemper died at the age of 49 when he was involved in a car accident in Burbank, California.
Filmography
Actor
1951
On Dangerous Ground as
Pop Daly
1950
California Passage as
Sheriff Willy Clair
1950
Mr. Music as
Mr. Danforth
1950
Where Danger Lives as
Police Chief
1950
Wagon Master as
Uncle Shiloh Clegg
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk as
Chuckity
1950
Stars in My Crown as
Prof. Sam Houston Jones
1950
The Nevadan as
Sheriff Dyke Merrick
1949
Intruder in the Dust as
Crawford Gowrie
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma as
Thomas 'Arkansas' Jones
1949
Adventure in Baltimore as
Mr. Steuben
1948
Yellow Sky as
Walrus
1948
Belle Starr's Daughter as
Deputy Gaffer
1948
Fighting Father Dunne as
Emmett Mulvey
1948
Fury at Furnace Creek as
Peaceful Jones
1947
That Hagen Girl as
Jim Hagen
1947
Gunfighters as
Sheriff Kiscaden
1947
King of the Wild Horses as
Rudy
1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as
Herbert Jothan
1946
Sister Kenny as
Mr. McIntyre
1946
Gallant Journey as
Father 'Dickie' Ball
1945
Film Tactics (Short) as
Hardy (uncredited)
1945
Scarlet Street as
Homer Higgins
1945
An Angel Comes to Brooklyn as
Phineas Aloysius Higby
1945
The Southerner as
Tim
1941
Waiting for Baby (Short) as
Mr. Theakstis, Expectant father (uncredited)
1939
With Best Dishes (Short) as
Emcee
1938
Money on Your Life (Short) as
Charlie Kemp
1938
Getting an Eyeful (Short) as
Henry Groper, Optician
1937
The Bashful Buckaroo (Short) as
Fat Dude Cowboy
1937
Show for Sale (Short) as
Hotel Man
1937
The Timid Ghost (Short) as
Charles
1937
Taking the Count (Short) as
Richard Howe
1936
Gags and Gals (Short)
1936
Vitaphone Topnotchers (Short)(as Charles Kemper and Company)
1936
Rail Birds (Short)
1935
The Officer's Mess (Short) as
Sarge
1929
Wednesday Night at the Ritz (Short) as
The Drunk
1929
His Operation (Short) as
The Patient (as Tom Kenton)
1929
Beach Babies (Short) as
The Beach Sheik
1929
Haunted; or, Who Killed the Cat? (Short)
Soundtrack
1948
Yellow Sky (performer: "I'm Sad and I'm Lonely" - uncredited)
Self
1946
Rough But Hopeful (Short) as
Self (as Charlie Kemper)
1938
Winner Lose All (Short) as
Self
1937
Nickel Low-Down (Short) as
Self (as Charles Kemper and Stooges)
Archive Footage
1944
The Birth of a Star (Short) as
Henry Groper, clip from 'Getting an Eyeful'
References
Charles Kemper Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA