Charles Kemper

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Charles Kemper (born September 6, 1900 in Oklahoma , † May 12, 1950 in Burbank , California ) was an American actor.

life and career

Charles Kemper began his acting career on vaudeville stages as well as in minstrel shows . From 1929 Kemper worked regularly as an actor in comedic short films, often with the production of Educational Pictures . In the 1930s, Kemper also appeared in the Broadway musicals New Faces of 1936 and You Never Know .

Charles Kemper's first feature film was the western The Man from the South directed by Jean Renoir , in which he immediately received a substantial supporting role. In the following five years until his death he made a total of 24 feature films in which he played both good-natured and malicious supporting characters with his distinctive, heavy figure and gritty voice. In Clarence Brown's literary adaptation, Griff in den Staub (1949), based on the novel by William Faulkner , he played a racist southerner who tried to blame a black man for fratricide, and in John Ford's Western West St. Louis (1950), which was highly regarded by film critics. he played the role of Uncle Shiloh Clegg , leader of a murderous family bond. In his last film On Dangerous Ground , which only appeared in theaters over a year after his death, he played Robert Ryan's police colleague , directed by Nicholas Ray .

The 49-year-old character actor died in a car accident in Burbank, California in May 1950. Kemper was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles Kemper at Allmovie
  2. ^ Charles Kemper at the Internet Broadway Database
  3. ^ Charles Kemper at Allmovie
  4. ↑ Charles Kemper at Find A Grave
personal data
SURNAME Kemper, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Oklahoma , USA
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1950
Place of death Burbank , California , USA