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