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Sir Joseph Whemple, played by Arthur Byron, is a fictional character featured in the 1932 film The Mummy.
Sir Whemple led an Egyptian archaeological expedition in 1921 where he find the mummy of the high priest Imhotep. An inspection of the mummy by Whemple's friend Dr. Muller reveals that the mummy's viscera were not removed, and from the signs of struggling Muller deduces that although Imhotep had been wrapped like a traditional mummy, he had been buried alive. Also buried with Imhotep is a casket with a curse on it. Despite Muller's warning, Sir Joseph's assistant Ralph Norton opens it and finds an ancient life-giving scroll, the "Scroll of Thoth". He translates the symbols and then reads the words aloud, causing Imhotep to rise from the dead. This snaps Norton's mind, who laughs hysterically as Imhotep shuffles off with the scroll. Norton later dies, still laughing, in a straitjacket.
Years later when a strange man named Ardeth Bey directs Sir Whemple's son, Frank to the tomb of Princess Anck-su-namun, Dr. Muller directs Sir Whemple to burn the Scroll of Thoth; however, Bey manages to induce a heart attack and kill Sir. Whemple before he was able to carry it out.