Curt Bois
Born
April 5, 1901
Died
December 25, 1991 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
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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Wings of Desire
Homer
1987

Kir Royal
Friedrich Danziger · (1 episode)
1986
Detektivbüro Roth
Robert Maschenberg · (1 episode)
1986
Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich
Theo Kleber · (6 episodes)
1985
War was, Rickie?
Onkel Erwin · (12 episodes)
1985
Haus Vaterland
1983
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Self
1982
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
1981
Flächenbrand
Bühler
1981

The Boat Is Full
Lazar Ostrowskij
1981
Der Schützling
1981
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
1980
Bühne frei für Kolowitz
Benjamin Weiß
1980
Wochenendgeschichten
1980
Die Alten kommen
1980
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
Friedrich Schlick
1979

Das Idol von Mordassow
Fürst
1979

NDR Talk Show
Self · (1 episode)
1979

Der Alte
Herr Nathan · (1 episode)
1977

Der Alte
Karl Brunner · (1 episode)
1977
Das Rentenspiel
1977

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self (archive footage) · (5 episodes)
1975
Strychnin und saure Drops
1974

Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Self
1973
Der trojanische Sessel
Franz Seider
1971
Der Pott
Simon Norton
1971
Amerika oder der Verschollene
Vater
1969

Der Kommissar
Ohlers · (1 episode)
1969

Der Kommissar
Vater Klinger · (1 episode)
1969
Die hundertste Nacht
Iwakichi
1966

Ganovenehre
Seiden-Emil
1966
Der eingebildete Kranke
Argan
1964

The Haunted Castle
Hugo
1960

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
Johannes Puntila
1960
Androcles and the Lion
1958
Aktuelle Schaubude
Self · (1 episode)
1957

Der Stern von Afrika
1957
Deutscher Filmpreis
Self · (1 episode)
1951

Fortunes of Captain Blood
King Charles II
1950

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Pierre
1950

The Great Sinner
Jeweler / Money Lender
1949

A Kiss in the Dark
Hugo Schloss
1949

Caught
Franzi Kartos
1949

The Woman in White
Louis
1948

French Leave
Marcel
1948

Arch of Triumph
Tattooed Waiter
1948

The Woman from Tangier
Parquit
1948

Jungle Flight
Pepe
1947

Saratoga Trunk
Augustin Haussy
1945

The Spanish Main
Paree
1945

Blonde Fever
Brillon
1944

Gypsy Wildcat
Valdi
1944

Cover Girl
Chef at Danny McGuire's
1944

The Desert Song
François
1943

Swing Fever
Nick Sirocco
1943

Princess O'Rourke
Count Peter de Candome
1943

Paris After Dark
Max
1943

Destroyer
Swab with large nose
1943

Casablanca
Pickpocket
1943

Pacific Rendezvous
Kestrin
1942

The Tuttles of Tahiti
Jensen
1942

Blue, White, and Perfect
Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
1942

Hold Back the Dawn
Bonbois
1941

That Night in Rio
Felicio Salles
1941

The Eternal Jew
Self (archive footage)
1940

Bitter Sweet
Ernst
1940

Hullabaloo
Armand Francois
1940

He Stayed for Breakfast
Comrade Tronavich
1940

Boom Town
Ferdie the Tailor
1940

The Lady in Question
Henri Lurette
1940

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Student
1939

Hotel Imperial
Anton
1939

The Great Waltz
Kienzl
1938

Garden of the Moon
Maharajah of Sund
1938

Boy Meets Girl
Dance Director
1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Rabbit
1938

Gold Diggers in Paris
Padrinsky
1938

Romance in the Dark
Von Hemisch
1938

Hollywood Hotel
Butch, Dress Designer
1938

Tovarich
Alfonso
1937

Scherben bringen Glück
1932

A Tremendously Rich Man
Curt Nickel
1932

The Schlemihl
Hartwig
1931
Anschluß um Mitternacht
Emil
1929

His Majesty the Barber
1928

The Masked Mannequin
Egun Fürst
1927

Gräfin Plättmamsell
1926
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
Moritz Spiegel
1926

The Golden Butterfly
1926

Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
Ali ben Mokka
1926
She and the Three
Der Hilfsregisseur
1922

The Oyster Princess
Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
1919

Der Dieb
1918

Die Spinne
1917
The Indian's Gift
Kind
1914

The Minister's Daughter
Young Hans
1913

Ein neuer Erwerbszweig
1912
Klebolin Sticks to Everything
1909
Mother Love
1909