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- Birth namePaul Peter Kemp
- Paul Kemp was born on May 20, 1896 in Bad Godesberg [now Bonn], Germany. He was an actor, known for M le maudit (1931), Boccaccio (1936) and Amphitryon (1935). He died on August 13, 1953 in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Served as an ambulance driver in France during World War I.
- Died as a result of acute appendicitis.
- Popular character comedian of German films in the 1930's and 40's, the son of a music teacher. Initially trained to be an architect. Studied acting under Louise Dumont in Düsseldorf. Had success on stage in "Charley's Aunt" and "Menschen im Hotel", as well as with Chaplin impersonations in cabaret. On screen sometimes in tragic-comic roles. His best-known performance was in the film Amphitryon (1935), in which he played two distinctly different characters.
- AfterWorld War II he earned his money with tours through Austrian cities before he was able to continue his film career in 1947.
- The actor Paul Kemp belonged to the most popular comedians in the 30's who even was - for a short time - in greater favour of the audience than Heinz Rühmann.
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