Curt Bois
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 5, 1901
- Died
- Dec 25, 1991 (aged 90)
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Credits
- 100
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Curt Bois (April 5, 1901 – December 25, 1991) was a German actor. He is best remembered for his performance as the Pickpocket in Casablanca (1942).
Bois was born in Berlin and began acting in 1907, becoming one of the film world's first child actors, with a role in the silent movie Bauernhaus und Grafenschloß. In 1909, he played the title role in Der Kleine Detektiv ('The Little Detective').
Bois' acting career spanned eighty years, a span reached by few other actors. His final performance was in 1987's Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire). Bois performed in theatre, cabaret, musicals, silent film and "talkies" over his career as an actor.
In 1934, Bois was forced to leave his home for the United States, where he found work on stage on Broadway. By 1937, he had found his way to Hollywood, and began acting in American pictures, the best-known of which was Casablanca (1942), with a single speech warning about pickpockets as "vultures everywhere". After World War II Bois decided it was safe to return to Germany, which he did in 1950. He finished his life and career in Germany, first in the East, and finally in the West. Bois died in Berlin, the city of his birth, at the age of ninety.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Curt Bois, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Casablanca
1943Movie
Pickpocket
Wings of Desire
1987Movie
Homer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939Movie
Student
Caught
1949Movie
Franzi Kartos
Cover Girl
1944Movie
Chef at Danny McGuire's
The Oyster Princess
1919Movie
Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
Filmography
Wings of Desire
1987Movie
Homer
Kir Royal
1986TV
Friedrich Danziger
Detektivbüro Roth
1986TV
Robert Maschenberg
Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich
1985TV
Theo Kleber
War was, Rickie?
1985TV
Onkel Erwin
Haus Vaterland
1983Movie
The Roaring Fifties
1983Movie
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982Movie
Self
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
1981Movie
Flächenbrand
1981Movie
Bühler
The Boat Is Full
1981Movie
Lazar Ostrowskij
Der Schützling
1981Movie
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
1980Movie
Bühne frei für Kolowitz
1980Movie
Benjamin Weiß
Wochenendgeschichten
1980Movie
Die Alten kommen
1980Movie
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
1979Movie
Friedrich Schlick
Das Idol von Mordassow
1979Movie
Fürst
NDR Talk Show
1979TV
Self
The Old Fox
1977TV
Herr Nathan, Karl Brunner
Das Rentenspiel
1977Movie
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975TV
Self (archive footage)
Strychnin und saure Drops
1974Movie
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
1973Movie
Self
Der trojanische Sessel
1971Movie
Franz Seider
Der Pott
1971Movie
Simon Norton
Amerika oder der Verschollene
1969Movie
Vater
The Commissioner
1969TV
Ohlers, Vater Klinger
Die hundertste Nacht
1966Movie
Iwakichi
Ganovenehre
1966Movie
Seiden-Emil
Der eingebildete Kranke
1964Movie
Argan
The Haunted Castle
1960Movie
Hugo
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960Movie
Johannes Puntila
Androcles and the Lion
1958Movie
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957TV
Self
The Star of Africa
1957Movie
German Film Award
1951TV
Self
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950Movie
King Charles II
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950Movie
Pierre
The Great Sinner
1949Movie
Jeweler / Money Lender
The Lovable Cheat
1949Movie
Count de la Brive
A Kiss in the Dark
1949Movie
Hugo Schloss
Caught
1949Movie
Franzi Kartos
The Woman in White
1948Movie
Louis
French Leave
1948Movie
Marcel
Arch of Triumph
1948Movie
Tattooed Waiter
The Woman from Tangier
1948Movie
Parquit
Jungle Flight
1947Movie
Pepe
Saratoga Trunk
1945Movie
Augustin Haussy
The Spanish Main
1945Movie
Paree
Blonde Fever
1944Movie
Brillon
Gypsy Wildcat
1944Movie
Valdi
Cover Girl
1944Movie
Chef at Danny McGuire's
The Desert Song
1944Movie
François
Swing Fever
1943Movie
Nick Sirocco
Princess O'Rourke
1943Movie
Count Peter de Candome
Paris After Dark
1943Movie
Max
Destroyer
1943Movie
Swab with large nose
Casablanca
1943Movie
Pickpocket
Pacific Rendezvous
1942Movie
Kestrin
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942Movie
Jensen
Blue, White and Perfect
1942Movie
Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
Hold Back the Dawn
1941Movie
Bonbois
That Night in Rio
1941Movie
Felicio Salles
The Eternal Jew
1940Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bitter Sweet
1940Movie
Ernst
Hullabaloo
1940Movie
Armand Francois
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940Movie
Comrade Tronavich
Boom Town
1940Movie
Ferdie the Tailor
The Lady in Question
1940Movie
Henri Lurette
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939Movie
Student
Hotel Imperial
1939Movie
Anton
The Great Waltz
1938Movie
Kienzl
Garden of the Moon
1938Movie
Maharajah of Sund
Boy Meets Girl
1938Movie
Dance Director
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938Movie
Rabbit
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938Movie
Padrinsky
Romance in the Dark
1938Movie
Von Hemisch
Hollywood Hotel
1938Movie
Butch, Dress Designer
Tovarich
1937Movie
Alfonso
Scherben bringen Glück
1932Movie
A Tremendously Rich Man
1932Movie
Curt Nickel
The Schlemihl
1931Movie
Hartwig
Anschluß um Mitternacht
1929Movie
Emil
His Majesty the Barber
1928Movie
The Fugitive Lover
1927Movie
Simche Regierer
The Masked Mannequin
1927Movie
Egun Fürst
Gräfin Plättmamsell
1926Movie
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
1926Movie
Moritz Spiegel
The Golden Butterfly
1926Movie
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
1926Movie
Ali ben Mokka
She and the Three
1922Movie
Der Hilfsregisseur
The Oyster Princess
1919Movie
Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
Der Dieb
1918Movie
The Spider
1917Movie
The Indian's Gift
1914Movie
Kind
The Minister's Daughter
1913Movie
Young Hans
Ein neuer Erwerbszweig
1912Movie
Klebolin Sticks to Everything
1909Movie
Mother Love
1909Movie