Charles Kemper

Charles Kemper

Born: September 6, 1900
Died: May 12, 1950
in Hennessey, Oklahoma, USA

Movies for Charles Kemper...

Dimboola: The Stage Play
Title: Dimboola: The Stage Play
Character: The Very Reverend Patrick O'Shea
Released: May 22, 1973
Type: Movie
A recording of the Australian Performing Group's performance of their first professional production season of Jack Hibberd's play "Dimboola" staged at the Pram Factory in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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On Dangerous Ground
Title: On Dangerous Ground
Character: Pop Daly
Released: December 13, 1951
Type: Movie
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
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California Passage
Title: California Passage
Character: Sheriff Willy Clair
Released: December 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.
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Mr. Music
Title: Mr. Music
Character: Mr. Danforth
Released: December 8, 1950
Type: Movie
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.
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Where Danger Lives
Title: Where Danger Lives
Character: Postville Police Chief
Released: November 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
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A Ticket to Tomahawk
Title: A Ticket to Tomahawk
Character: Chuckity
Released: May 19, 1950
Type: Movie
A cowboy is hired by a stagecoach boss to stop the railroad reaching his territory and putting him out of business. He uses everything from Indians to dancehall girls to try to thwart the plan. But the railroad workers, led by a female sharpshooter and an ambitious salesman, prove tough customers.
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Stars in My Crown
Title: Stars in My Crown
Character: Prof. Sam Houston Jones
Released: May 11, 1950
Type: Movie
The story of a young pastor coming to a small town in the United States to set up his ministry. The movie tells of the various relationships and struggles he goes through as he goes about raising his family and preaching to the community.
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Wagon Master
Title: Wagon Master
Character: Uncle Shiloh Clegg
Released: April 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Two young drifters guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter cutthroats, Navajo, geography, and moral challenges on the journey.
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The Nevadan
Title: The Nevadan
Character: Sheriff Dyke Merrick
Released: January 11, 1950
Type: Movie
A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.
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Intruder in the Dust
Title: Intruder in the Dust
Character: Crawford Gowrie
Released: November 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.
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The Doolins of Oklahoma
Title: The Doolins of Oklahoma
Character: Thomas 'Arkansas' Jones
Released: May 27, 1949
Type: Movie
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name, but the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. Once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.
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Adventure in Baltimore
Title: Adventure in Baltimore
Character: Mr. Steuben
Released: April 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Dinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's rights. Her minister father and her boyfriend Tom Wade do not approve.
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Yellow Sky
Title: Yellow Sky
Character: Walrus
Released: December 24, 1948
Type: Movie
In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
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Belle Starr's Daughter
Title: Belle Starr's Daughter
Character: Deputy Gaffer
Released: November 13, 1948
Type: Movie
The daughter of famous outlaw Belle Starr arrives at the town where her mother was murdered to find her killer.
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Fighting Father Dunne
Title: Fighting Father Dunne
Character: Emmett Mulvey
Released: May 12, 1948
Type: Movie
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
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Fury at Furnace Creek
Title: Fury at Furnace Creek
Character: Peaceful Jones
Released: April 30, 1948
Type: Movie
The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, heading for the fort at Furnace Creek, that he should cancel the escort and rush to another town. Apache leader "Little Dog" is leading the attack on the wagon-train and massacring everyone at the poorly manned fort. As a result the treaty is broken with the Indians and the white settlers take over the territory with the help of the cavalry, as the Apaches are wiped out and only "Little Dog" remains at large. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell is court-martial-led for treason.
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That Hagen Girl
Title: That Hagen Girl
Character: Jim Hagen
Released: November 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to town, he takes over the house and practice that Judge Merrivale left him when he died. As Tom has been away a number of years, this leads to more gossip and Mary believes that he is her father. The popular and rich Ken loves Mary, but his family and friends constantly remind him that she is 'not one of us'. Julia, a teacher at school encourages Mary but Mary cannot get a break in anything she does, or is accused of doing. Tom knows the answer to her true identity, and he is silent.
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Gunfighters
Title: Gunfighters
Character: Sheriff Kiscaden
Released: July 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Gunfighter "Brazos" Kane lays aside his guns "forever" when he is forced to shoot his best friend, and decides to join another friend, Bob Tyrell, as a cowhand on the Inskip ranch. Upon arriving there he finds the bullet-riddled body of his friend. He carries the body to the Banner ranch, the largest in the territory, and is accused by Banner of murdering Tyrell; Banner orders Deputy Sheriff Bill Yount, who is in Banner's pay, to arrest Kane. But Kane has the sympathy of Banner's daughter, Jane, who notifies Inskip of Kane's plight, and Inskip arrives in time to prevent a lynching. Sheriff Kiscade dismisses the murder charge for lack of evidence. Brazos then sets out to find the killer of his friend. Bess Bannister, Jane's sister, is in love with the Banner ranch foreman, Bard Macky, and knowing that Bard killed Tyrell and that Kane will track him down, then hampers Kane's mission somewhat by pretending to be in love with him.
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King of the Wild Horses
Title: King of the Wild Horses
Character: Rudy
Released: March 28, 1947
Type: Movie
The deep unbreakable bond between a wild stallion and the boy he rescues is chronicled in this children's adventure.
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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Title: The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Character: Herbert Jothan
Released: January 4, 1947
Type: Movie
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.
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Sister Kenny
Title: Sister Kenny
Character: Mr. McIntyre
Released: October 10, 1946
Type: Movie
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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Gallant Journey
Title: Gallant Journey
Character: Father "Dickie" Ball
Released: September 24, 1946
Type: Movie
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.
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Scarlet Street
Title: Scarlet Street
Character: Patch-eye Higgins
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
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An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
Title: An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
Character: Phineas Aloysius Higby
Released: November 27, 1945
Type: Movie
An angel returns to Earth to help a Broadway producer put on a show, so a struggling young actress will have a job.
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The Southerner
Title: The Southerner
Character: Tim
Released: April 30, 1945
Type: Movie
Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor. Can they make it as farmers?
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Waiting for Baby
Title: Waiting for Baby
Character: Expectant Father
Released: January 24, 1941
Type: Movie
Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.
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Money on Your Life
Title: Money on Your Life
Character: Charlie Kemp
Released: May 13, 1938
Type: Movie
This fun little piece has Danny Kaye as man who buys a life insurance policy. What the insurance salesman doesn't know is that Danny is on the hit list by assassins so he has to do everything he can to keep him alive or else pay up on the policy.
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Getting an Eyeful
Title: Getting an Eyeful
Character: Henry Groper, Optician
Released: January 21, 1938
Type: Movie
Nickotai (Danny Kaye) needs an eye test and is the first patient of ‘eyetestometist’ Henry Groper.
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Show for Sale
Title: Show for Sale
Character: Hotel Man
Released: October 29, 1937
Type: Movie
A booking agent attempts to sell his clients. Performing acts include Eileen Barton, The Big Apple Dancers, the Paul Florenz Girls, dancers Richards and Adrienne, the Fashionaires, Flash and Dash, and the Royal Duo.
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The Timid Ghost
Title: The Timid Ghost
Character: Charles Earle Gilbert
Released: September 24, 1937
Type: Movie
In this delightfully spooky supernatural farce, from the later days of Educational Pictures, character actor Charles Kemper is haunted by a ghost he buys from a drunk.
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Taking the Count
Title: Taking the Count
Character: Richard Howe
Released: April 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Now that they're engaged, Ann wants Joe to retire from the ring, seeing as how he's the heavyweight champ. Ann's mother, who doesn't want her daughter marrying "beneath" the wealthy family's standing, to set Ann up with a European count. What the mother doesn't know is that the "count" is after the family's money more than he is Ann.
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The Officer's Mess
Title: The Officer's Mess
Character: Sarge
Released: November 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Gus Doakes joins the National Guard; hilarity ensues.