native_name_lang death_date death_place children birth_place nationality name native_name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
mal 29 october 2001 chennai , india rasheed ummer calicut , british india indian k. p. ummer കെ പി ഉമ മർ 11 october 1930 k. p. ummer.jpg k. p. ummer
 kachinamthoduka purayil ummer actor
k. p. ummer

k. p. ummer -lrb- malayalam : കെ പി ഉമ മർ -lrb- kachinamthoduka purayil ummer -rrb- , 11 october 1930 -- 29 october 2001 -rrb- was a malayalam cinema actor from thekkepuram quarter of kozhikode , kerala , india .
he was active in cinema from early sixties until late nineties .
his first film was rarichan enna pouran -lrb- 1956 -rrb- .
he frequently played the villain opposite prem nazir , who played the hero .
ummer was also a character artist in the 60 's & 70 's and 80 's .
in 1967 , he did his first character role in the film `` udhyogastha '' directed by p. venu .
later he had worked in many of his films .
ummer was a professional drama actor of k.p.a.c. and other troupes.he was a football player .
k. p. ummer was the first actor in kerala to deny a state government award .
the k.p. ummer anusmarana samithi created an award instituted in his memory for the people who contribute to malayalam movies .
