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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American actor
Gender:
Male
Work field:
Birth:
6 September 1900(Oklahoma, U.S.A.)
Death:
12 May 1950(Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
The details
Biography
Introduction
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).
Kemper died at the age of 49 when he was involved in a car accident in Burbank, California.
Selected filmography
- The Southerner (1945)
- Scarlet Street (1945)
- Gallant Journey (1946)
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
- Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)
- Yellow Sky (1948)
- Intruder in the Dust (1949)
- Where Danger Lives (1950)
- California Passage (1950)
- Wagon Master (1950)
- On Dangerous Ground (1950)