Daniel Richard Kemp (November 29, 1927 â€" January 11, 2000) was an
American actor best known for his guest-starring roles in several
television westerns between 1969 and 1971.Kemp was born in San Diego,
California. He was a son of actor Carroll Kemp, from an old Cornish
family. His first role was as "Nick" in the 1968 episode "A Few Miles
West of Nowhere" on the NBC adventure series, I Spy, starring Robert
Culp and Bill Cosby. His first western role followed the next year as
the character Clem Watson in "Lightfoot" on ABC's The Big Valley as
well as The High Chaparral. In 1970, he appeared as a police
lieutenant in the episode "Beware the Wiles of the Stranger" on
Raymond Burr's NBC series Ironside. He appeared twice in 1970 in
different roles on the NBC western The High Chaparral. In 1970, he
also played the role of Vittorio in the film Cry Blood, Apache.On
November 30, 1970, he played the outlaw Lucas McCabe in the episode
"McCabe" of CBS's Gunsmoke. Mitch Vogel played his teenage son, Dobie,
who, because of hatred over the father having deserted him and his
late mother, turns McCabe over to authorities to be hanged. Ultimately
Marshal Matt Dillon obtains McCabe on a lesser offense and the father
and son reconcile, but McCabe goes to prison as his son waits for his
return.In 1971, Kemp played Al Gorman in the "Exit from Wickenburg"
episode of ABC's Alias Smith and Jones. Kemp appeared twice on NBC's
Bonanza, as Jim Hale in "The Silence at Stillwater" (1969) and as
Bolton in "The Reluctant American" (1971). He also appeared in 1971 in
the episode "No Pockets in the Shroud" of CBS's detective series
Cannon, starring William Conrad. In 1973, he played the outlaw Joe
Meehan in the John Wayne film, Cahill U.S. Marshal.
American actor best known for his guest-starring roles in several
television westerns between 1969 and 1971.Kemp was born in San Diego,
California. He was a son of actor Carroll Kemp, from an old Cornish
family. His first role was as "Nick" in the 1968 episode "A Few Miles
West of Nowhere" on the NBC adventure series, I Spy, starring Robert
Culp and Bill Cosby. His first western role followed the next year as
the character Clem Watson in "Lightfoot" on ABC's The Big Valley as
well as The High Chaparral. In 1970, he appeared as a police
lieutenant in the episode "Beware the Wiles of the Stranger" on
Raymond Burr's NBC series Ironside. He appeared twice in 1970 in
different roles on the NBC western The High Chaparral. In 1970, he
also played the role of Vittorio in the film Cry Blood, Apache.On
November 30, 1970, he played the outlaw Lucas McCabe in the episode
"McCabe" of CBS's Gunsmoke. Mitch Vogel played his teenage son, Dobie,
who, because of hatred over the father having deserted him and his
late mother, turns McCabe over to authorities to be hanged. Ultimately
Marshal Matt Dillon obtains McCabe on a lesser offense and the father
and son reconcile, but McCabe goes to prison as his son waits for his
return.In 1971, Kemp played Al Gorman in the "Exit from Wickenburg"
episode of ABC's Alias Smith and Jones. Kemp appeared twice on NBC's
Bonanza, as Jim Hale in "The Silence at Stillwater" (1969) and as
Bolton in "The Reluctant American" (1971). He also appeared in 1971 in
the episode "No Pockets in the Shroud" of CBS's detective series
Cannon, starring William Conrad. In 1973, he played the outlaw Joe
Meehan in the John Wayne film, Cahill U.S. Marshal.
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