Curt Bois
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1901-04-05
- Died
- 1991-12-25
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- Курт Буа
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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Known For
TV Shows (10)
The Old Fox
1977
as Herr Nathan / Karl Brunner
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
The Commissioner
1969
as Ohlers / Vater Klinger
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
as Self
Detektivbüro Roth
1986
as Robert Maschenberg
Kir Royal
1986
as Friedrich Danziger
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich
1985
as Theo Kleber
War was, Rickie?
1985
as Onkel Erwin
Movies (88)
Casablanca
1943
as Pickpocket
Wings of Desire
1987
as Homer
The Minister's Daughter
1913
as Young Hans
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Student
Swing Fever
1943
as Nick Sirocco
Der Dieb
1918
The Lady in Question
1940
as Henri Lurette
The Oyster Princess
1919
as Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
Flächenbrand
1981
as Bühler
The Schlemihl
1931
as Hartwig
Die Spinne
1917
Caught
1949
as Franzi Kartos
Cover Girl
1944
as Chef at Danny McGuire's
Der Schützling
1981
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Rabbit
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
as King Charles II
The Eternal Jew
1940
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Waltz
1938
as Kienzl
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Count Peter de Candome
The Haunted Castle
1960
as Hugo
Arch of Triumph
1948
as Tattooed Waiter
The Great Sinner
1949
as Jeweler / Money Lender
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
1979
as Friedrich Schlick
The Spanish Main
1945
as Paree
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960
as Johannes Puntila
Bühne frei für Kolowitz
1980
as Benjamin Weiß
Ganovenehre
1966
as Seiden-Emil
Boom Town
1940
as Ferdie the Tailor
Destroyer
1943
as Swab with large nose
Scherben bringen Glück
1932
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Bonbois
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Augustin Haussy
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
as Comrade Tronavich
Bitter Sweet
1940
as Ernst
Blonde Fever
1944
as Brillon
Boy Meets Girl
1938
as Dance Director
A Kiss in the Dark
1949
as Hugo Schloss
Der eingebildete Kranke
1964
as Argan
That Night in Rio
1941
as Felicio Salles
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
His Majesty the Barber
1928
Tovarich
1937
as Alfonso
Pacific Rendezvous
1942
as Kestrin
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
as Padrinsky
A Tremendously Rich Man
1932
as Curt Nickel
The Desert Song
1943
as François
Anschluß um Mitternacht
1929
as Emil
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as Butch, Dress Designer
The Woman in White
1948
as Louis
The Star of Africa
1957
The Indian's Gift
1914
as Kind
The Lovable Cheat
1949
as Count de la Brive
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
1980
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Anton
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
as Valdi
Der Pott
1971
as Simon Norton
Paris After Dark
1943
as Max
French Leave
1948
as Marcel
Garden of the Moon
1938
as Maharajah of Sund
Jungle Flight
1947
as Pepe
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
as Jensen
The Masked Mannequin
1927
as Egun Fürst
Hullabaloo
1940
as Armand Francois
Klebolin Sticks to Everything
1909
Das Idol von Mordassow
1979
as Fürst
Romance in the Dark
1938
as Von Hemisch
Wochenendgeschichten
1980
Ein neuer Erwerbszweig
1912
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982
as Self
The Woman from Tangier
1948
as Parquit
The Golden Butterfly
1926
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
1926
as Moritz Spiegel
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
1926
as Ali ben Mokka
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
1973
as Self
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
1981
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950
as Pierre
Androcles and the Lion
1958
Die Alten kommen
1980
She and the Three
1922
as Der Hilfsregisseur
Amerika oder der Verschollene
1969
as Vater
Das Rentenspiel
1977
The Boat Is Full
1981
as Lazar Ostrowskij
Die hundertste Nacht
1966
as Iwakichi
Haus Vaterland
1983
Der trojanische Sessel
1971
as Franz Seider
Strychnin und saure Drops
1974
Mother Love
1909
Gräfin Plättmamsell
1926
About Curt Bois
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 D… With 98 credits spanning from 1909 to 1987, Curt Bois has appeared in 88 films and 10 TV shows.
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- Casablanca (1943) — as Pickpocket
- Wings of Desire (1987) — as Homer
- The Minister's Daughter (1913) — as Young Hans
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as Student
- Swing Fever (1943) — as Nick Sirocco
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