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Curt Bois

Born · April 5, 1901

Died · December 25, 1991 (90 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Bio

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

Casablanca

Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Caught

Caught

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