Curt Bois
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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
Credits
Casablanca (1943)
as Pickpocket
Wings of Desire (1987)
as Homer
Swing Fever (1943)
as Nick Sirocco
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
as Student
Caught (1949)
as Franzi Kartos
Cover Girl (1944)
as Chef at Danny McGuire's
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
as King Charles II
The Haunted Castle (1960)
as Hugo
The Eternal Jew (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
as Rabbit
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
as Bonbois
Boom Town (1940)
as Ferdie the Tailor
The Roaring Fifties (1983)
Actor
Flächenbrand (1981)
as Bühler
Ganovenehre (1966)
as Seiden-Emil
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
as Count Peter de Candome
The Oyster Princess (1919)
as Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
The Great Sinner (1949)
as Jeweler / Money Lender
That Night in Rio (1941)
as Felicio Salles
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
as Padrinsky
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1960)
as Johannes Puntila
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
as Butch, Dress Designer
The Woman in White (1948)
as Louis
Arch of Triumph (1948)
as Tattooed Waiter
Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
Tovarich (1937)
as Alfonso
The Star of Africa (1957)
Actor
The Lady in Question (1940)
as Henri Lurette
The Schlemihl (1931)
as Hartwig
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen (1979)
as Friedrich Schlick
The Fugitive Lover (1927)
as Simche Regierer
The Spanish Main (1945)
as Paree
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe (1980)
Actor
Garden of the Moon (1938)
as Maharajah of Sund
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
as Comrade Tronavich
Bühne frei für Kolowitz (1980)
as Benjamin Weiß
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
as Augustin Haussy
Destroyer (1943)
as Swab with large nose
The Desert Song (1944)
as François
The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
as Jensen
Bitter Sweet (1940)
as Ernst
The Spider (1917)
Actor
Der Schützling (1981)
Actor
The Great Waltz (1938)
as Kienzl
Hotel Imperial (1939)
as Anton
The Woman from Tangier (1948)
as Parquit
The Boat Is Full (1981)
as Lazar Ostrowskij
Hullabaloo (1940)
as Armand Francois
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen (1926)
as Ali ben Mokka
Der Dieb (1918)
Actor
She and the Three (1922)
as Der Hilfsregisseur
Jungle Flight (1947)
as Pepe
A Tremendously Rich Man (1932)
as Curt Nickel
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
as Dance Director
Pacific Rendezvous (1942)
as Kestrin
The Masked Mannequin (1927)
as Egun Fürst
The Minister's Daughter (1913)
as Young Hans
Das Idol von Mordassow (1979)
as Fürst
Blonde Fever (1944)
as Brillon
Romance in the Dark (1938)
as Von Hemisch
A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
as Hugo Schloss
The Indian's Gift (1914)
as Kind
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
as Valdi
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
as Pierre
His Majesty the Barber (1928)
Actor
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
as Count de la Brive
Anschluß um Mitternacht (1929)
as Emil
Androcles and the Lion (1958)
Actor
The Golden Butterfly (1926)
Actor
Mother Love (1909)
Actor
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt (1973)
as Self
Der trojanische Sessel (1971)
as Franz Seider
Scherben bringen Glück (1932)
Actor
Haus Vaterland (1983)
Actor
Amerika oder der Verschollene (1969)
as Vater
Der eingebildete Kranke (1964)
as Argan
Paris After Dark (1943)
as Max
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion (1926)
as Moritz Spiegel
Strychnin und saure Drops (1974)
Actor
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois (1982)
as Self
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren (1981)
Actor
Die Alten kommen (1980)
Actor
Wochenendgeschichten (1980)
Actor
Das Rentenspiel (1977)
Actor
French Leave (1948)
as Marcel
Die hundertste Nacht (1966)
as Iwakichi
Klebolin Sticks to Everything (1909)
Actor
Gräfin Plättmamsell (1926)
Actor
Der Pott (1971)
as Simon Norton
Ein neuer Erwerbszweig (1912)
Actor