Arthur Kemp
Dr. Arthur Kemp, a scientist living in Port Burdock, was an old schoolmate of the man known as Griffin, and so when fleeing the police it was to Kemp's house that the invisible man came. Kemp had a hard time swallowing the fact that his friend, who he had not seen for years, suddenly appeared uninvited and invisible, but eventually he overcame his shocked and sat down and talked with Griffin. Narrative-wise, Kemp allowed Griffin to relate the story of how he began his experiments, and all that happened to him between his arrival on his old friend's doorstep and then. Kemp, realizing that Griffin was quite mad with power listening to the Invisible Man's rantings, was quick to summon Colonel Adye of the Port Burdock police. Adye failed to apprehend Griffin, who escaped and branded Kemp a traitor, vowing to kill him. Despite the death threat, Kemp was no coward and actively assisted and advised Adye in quest to find and apprehend the Invisible Man while the police colonel served as his bodyguard. Eventually Griffin overpowered Adye and came after Kemp, who, rushing through the streets of Port Burdock, roused the townspeople into a mob that attacked the Invisible Man and brought his reign of terror to an end.
The Invisible Man (1933 film)
Dr. Kemp was the friend of Dr. Jack Griffin who served as an assistant to Dr. Cranley. Unlike Griffin, Dr. Kemp was a thoroughly incompetent scientist as well was an opportunistic coward. He continually criticized Griffin for his experiments with monocane, and secretly coveted Griffin's fiancee (and Dr. Cranley's daughter), Flora.
When Griffin disappeared and went to the remote village of Iping, Kemp attempted reported his colleague's questionable experiments to Dr. Cranley and tried to woo Flora: Although he managed to convince Cranley that Griffin was up to no good, he failed to persuade Flora to forget about her beloved Jack. Shortly after this, Griffin, now made invisible as a result of his monocane experiments and hunted as a criminal by the police in Iping, turned up in Kemp's house seeking his old colleague's assistance.
Although Kemp initially went along with Griffin's plans, helping him retrieve his notebooks from the Lion's Head Inn (where, unknown to Kemp, Griffin murderered Inspector Bird), Kemp soon grew too afraid of Griffin to continue assisting him. Not only did he alert both Flora and Dr. Cranley to Griffin's whereabouts, but the police as well. Kemp was marked for death by a furious Griffin, and despite intensive police protection and a daring plan by Inspector Lane to get Kemp safely out into the country disguised as a police officer, Griffin managed to make good on his threats: He tied Kemp up, put him into his car, and then sent the car over a cliff. Kemp perished in the crash.
