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Curt Bois
Actor

Curt Bois

5 Apr 1901Born
25 Dec 1991Died
90Age at death
94Credits

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).

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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

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 94 credits.

  1. 1987Wings of DesireFilm: Homer
  2. 1986Kir RoyalSeries: Friedrich Danziger (1 episode)
  3. 1986Detektivbüro RothSeries: Robert Maschenberg (1 episode)
  4. 1985Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dichSeries: Theo Kleber (6 episodes)
  5. 1985War was, Rickie?Series: Onkel Erwin (12 episodes)
  6. 1983Haus VaterlandFilm
  7. 1983The Roaring FiftiesFilm
  8. 1981Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte HerrenFilm
  9. 1981FlächenbrandFilm: Bühler
  10. 1981The Boat Is FullFilm: Lazar Ostrowskij
  11. 1981Der SchützlingFilm
  12. 1980Der Mond scheint auf KylenamoeFilm
  13. 1980Bühne frei für KolowitzFilm: Benjamin Weiß
  14. 1980WochenendgeschichtenFilm
  15. 1980Die Alten kommenFilm
  16. 1979Liebe, Tod und HeringshäppchenFilm: Friedrich Schlick
  17. 1979Das Idol von MordassowFilm: Fürst
  18. 1977The Old FoxSeries: Herr Nathan, Karl Brunner (1 episode)
  19. 1977Das RentenspielFilm
  20. 1974Strychnin und saure DropsFilm
  21. 1971Der trojanische SesselFilm: Franz Seider
  22. 1971Der PottFilm: Simon Norton
  23. 1969Amerika oder der VerscholleneFilm: Vater
  24. 1969The CommissionerSeries: Ohlers, Vater Klinger (1 episode)
  25. 1966Die hundertste NachtFilm: Iwakichi
  26. 1966GanovenehreFilm: Seiden-Emil
  27. 1964Der eingebildete KrankeFilm: Argan
  28. 1960The Haunted CastleFilm: Hugo
  29. 1960Herr Puntila and His Servant MattiFilm: Johannes Puntila
  30. 1958Androcles and the LionFilm
  31. 1957The Star of AfricaFilm
  32. 1955Ein PolterabendFilm: Screenplay, Director
  33. 1950Fortunes of Captain BloodFilm: King Charles II
  34. 1950Joe Palooka Meets HumphreyFilm: Pierre
  35. 1949The Great SinnerFilm: Jeweler / Money Lender
  36. 1949The Lovable CheatFilm: Count de la Brive
  37. 1949A Kiss in the DarkFilm: Hugo Schloss
  38. 1949CaughtFilm: Franzi Kartos
  39. 1948The Woman in WhiteFilm: Louis
  40. 1948French LeaveFilm: Marcel
  41. 1948Arch of TriumphFilm: Tattooed Waiter
  42. 1948The Woman from TangierFilm: Parquit
  43. 1947Jungle FlightFilm: Pepe
  44. 1945Saratoga TrunkFilm: Augustin Haussy
  45. 1945The Spanish MainFilm: Paree
  46. 1944Blonde FeverFilm: Brillon
  47. 1944Gypsy WildcatFilm: Valdi
  48. 1944Cover GirlFilm: Chef at Danny McGuire's
  49. 1944The Desert SongFilm: François
  50. 1943Swing FeverFilm: Nick Sirocco
  51. 1943Princess O'RourkeFilm: Count Peter de Candome
  52. 1943Paris After DarkFilm: Max
  53. 1943DestroyerFilm: Swab with large nose
  54. 1943CasablancaFilm: Pickpocket
  55. 1942Pacific RendezvousFilm: Kestrin
  56. 1942The Tuttles of TahitiFilm: Jensen
  57. 1942Blue, White and PerfectFilm: Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
  58. 1941Hold Back the DawnFilm: Bonbois
  59. 1941That Night in RioFilm: Felicio Salles
  60. 1940Bitter SweetFilm: Ernst
  61. 1940HullabalooFilm: Armand Francois
  62. 1940He Stayed for BreakfastFilm: Comrade Tronavich
  63. 1940Boom TownFilm: Ferdie the Tailor
  64. 1940The Lady in QuestionFilm: Henri Lurette
  65. 1939The Hunchback of Notre DameFilm: Student
  66. 1939Hotel ImperialFilm: Anton
  67. 1938The Great WaltzFilm: Kienzl
  68. 1938Garden of the MoonFilm: Maharajah of Sund
  69. 1938Boy Meets GirlFilm: Dance Director
  70. 1938The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseFilm: Rabbit
  71. 1938Gold Diggers in ParisFilm: Padrinsky
  72. 1938Romance in the DarkFilm: Von Hemisch
  73. 1938Hollywood HotelFilm: Butch, Dress Designer
  74. 1937TovarichFilm: Alfonso
  75. 1932Scherben bringen GlückFilm: Director, Writer
  76. 1932A Tremendously Rich ManFilm: Curt Nickel
  77. 1931The SchlemihlFilm: Hartwig
  78. 1929Anschluß um MitternachtFilm: Emil
  79. 1928His Majesty the BarberFilm
  80. 1927The Fugitive LoverFilm: Simche Regierer

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