Curt Bois
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-04-05
Day of Death
1991-12-25 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Curt Bois
Biography
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.
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Acting
(1987)
Wings of Desire
as Homer
(1983)
(1982)
(1981)
(1981)
The Boat Is Full
as Lazar Ostrowskij
(1981)
Flächenbrand
as Bühler
(1981)
(1980)
Bühne frei für Kolowitz
as Benjamin Weiß
(1980)
(1980)
(1980)
(1979)
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
as Friedrich Schlick
(1979)
Das Idol von Mordassow
as Fürst
(1977)
(1974)
(1973)
(1971)
Der Pott
as Simon Norton
(1971)
Der trojanische Sessel
as Franz Seider
(1969)
Amerika oder der Verschollene
as Vater
(1966)
Die hundertste Nacht
as Iwakichi
(1966)
Ganovenehre
as Seiden-Emil
(1964)
Der eingebildete Kranke
as Argan
(1960)
The Haunted Castle
as Hugo
(1960)
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
as Johannes Puntila
(1958)
(1957)
(1950)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
as King Charles II
(1950)
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Pierre
(1949)
The Great Sinner
as Jeweler / Money Lender
(1949)
A Kiss in the Dark
as Hugo Schloss
(1949)
Caught
as Franzi Kartos
(1948)
French Leave
as Marcel
(1948)
The Woman in White
as Louis
(1948)
Arch of Triumph
as Tattooed Waiter
(1948)
The Woman from Tangier
as Parquit
(1947)
Jungle Flight
as Pepe
(1945)
The Spanish Main
as Paree
(1945)
Saratoga Trunk
as Augustin Haussy
(1944)
Gypsy Wildcat
as Valdi
(1944)
Cover Girl
as Chef at Danny McGuire's
(1944)
Blonde Fever
as Brillon
(1943)
Casablanca
as Pickpocket
(1943)
Paris After Dark
as Max
(1943)
The Desert Song
as François
(1943)
Destroyer
as Swab with large nose
(1943)
Swing Fever
as Nick Sirocco
(1943)
Princess O'Rourke
as Count Peter de Candome
(1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
(1942)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Jensen
(1942)
Pacific Rendezvous
as Kestrin
(1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Bonbois
(1941)
That Night in Rio
as Felicio Salles
(1940)
Bitter Sweet
as Ernst
(1940)
Boom Town
as Ferdie the Tailor
(1940)
The Lady in Question
as Henri Lurette
(1940)
Hullabaloo
as Armand Francois
(1940)
The Eternal Jew
as Self (archive footage)
(1940)
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade Tronavich
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Student
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
as Anton
(1938)
The Great Waltz
as Kienzl
(1938)
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Padrinsky
(1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Rabbit
(1938)
Romance in the Dark
as Von Hemisch
(1938)
Hollywood Hotel
as Butch, Dress Designer
(1938)
Garden of the Moon
as Maharajah of Sund
(1938)
Boy Meets Girl
as Dance Director
(1937)
Tovarich
as Alfonso
(1932)
A Tremendously Rich Man
as Curt Nickel
(1932)
(1931)
The Schlemihl
as Hartwig
(1929)
Anschluß um Mitternacht
as Emil
(1928)
(1927)
The Masked Mannequin
as Egun Fürst
(1926)
(1926)
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
as Ali ben Mokka
(1926)
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
as Moritz Spiegel
(1926)
(1922)
She and the Three
as Der Hilfsregisseur
(1919)
The Oyster Princess
as Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
(1918)
(1917)
(1914)
The Indian's Gift
as Kind
(1913)
The Minister's Daughter
as Young Hans
(1912)
(1909)
(1909)
Crew
(1993)
Faraway, So Close!
In Memory Of
(1955)
Ein Polterabend
Screenplay, Director
(1932)
Scherben bringen Glück
Director, Writer