Curt Bois
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 5, 1901
- Died
- December 25, 1991
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Curt Bois, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Faraway, So Close! 1993
In Memory Of
Wings of Desire 1987
as Homer
- Haus Vaterland
Haus Vaterland 1983
Actor
The Roaring Fifties 1983
Actor
- Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois 1982
as Self
- Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren 1981
Actor
Flächenbrand 1981
as Bühler
The Boat Is Full 1981
as Lazar Ostrowskij
- Der Schützling
Der Schützling 1981
Actor
- Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe 1980
Actor
- Bühne frei für Kolowitz
Bühne frei für Kolowitz 1980
as Benjamin Weiß
- Wochenendgeschichten
Wochenendgeschichten 1980
Actor
- Die Alten kommen
Die Alten kommen 1980
Actor
- Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen 1979
as Friedrich Schlick
Das Idol von Mordassow 1979
as Fürst
- Das Rentenspiel
Das Rentenspiel 1977
Actor
- Strychnin und saure Drops
Strychnin und saure Drops 1974
Actor
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt 1973
as Self
- Der trojanische Sessel
Der trojanische Sessel 1971
as Franz Seider
- Der Pott
Der Pott 1971
as Simon Norton
- Amerika oder der Verschollene
Amerika oder der Verschollene 1969
as Vater
- Die hundertste Nacht
Die hundertste Nacht 1966
as Iwakichi
Ganovenehre 1966
as Seiden-Emil
- Der eingebildete Kranke
Der eingebildete Kranke 1964
as Argan
The Haunted Castle 1960
as Hugo
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti 1960
as Johannes Puntila
- Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion 1958
Actor
The Star of Africa 1957
Actor
Ein Polterabend 1955
Screenplay, Director
Fortunes of Captain Blood 1950
as King Charles II
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey 1950
as Pierre
The Great Sinner 1949
as Jeweler / Money Lender
The Lovable Cheat 1949
as Count de la Brive
A Kiss in the Dark 1949
as Hugo Schloss
Caught 1949
as Franzi Kartos
The Woman in White 1948
as Louis
French Leave 1948
as Marcel
Arch of Triumph 1948
as Tattooed Waiter
The Woman from Tangier 1948
as Parquit
Jungle Flight 1947
as Pepe
Saratoga Trunk 1945
as Augustin Haussy
The Spanish Main 1945
as Paree
Blonde Fever 1944
as Brillon
Gypsy Wildcat 1944
as Valdi
Cover Girl 1944
as Chef at Danny McGuire's
The Desert Song 1944
as François
Swing Fever 1943
as Nick Sirocco
Princess O'Rourke 1943
as Count Peter de Candome
Paris After Dark 1943
as Max
Destroyer 1943
as Swab with large nose
Casablanca 1943
as Pickpocket
Pacific Rendezvous 1942
as Kestrin
The Tuttles of Tahiti 1942
as Jensen
Blue, White and Perfect 1942
as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
Hold Back the Dawn 1941
as Bonbois
That Night in Rio 1941
as Felicio Salles
The Eternal Jew 1940
as Self (archive footage)
Bitter Sweet 1940
as Ernst
Hullabaloo 1940
as Armand Francois
He Stayed for Breakfast 1940
as Comrade Tronavich
Boom Town 1940
as Ferdie the Tailor
The Lady in Question 1940
as Henri Lurette
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939
as Student
Hotel Imperial 1939
as Anton
The Great Waltz 1938
as Kienzl
Garden of the Moon 1938
as Maharajah of Sund
Boy Meets Girl 1938
as Dance Director
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938
as Rabbit
Gold Diggers in Paris 1938
as Padrinsky
Romance in the Dark 1938
as Von Hemisch
Hollywood Hotel 1938
as Butch, Dress Designer
Tovarich 1937
as Alfonso
Scherben bringen Glück 1932
Actor, Director, Writer
A Tremendously Rich Man 1932
as Curt Nickel
The Schlemihl 1931
as Hartwig
- Anschluß um Mitternacht
Anschluß um Mitternacht 1929
as Emil
His Majesty the Barber 1928
Actor
The Fugitive Lover 1927
as Simche Regierer
The Masked Mannequin 1927
as Egun Fürst
Gräfin Plättmamsell 1926
Actor
- Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion 1926
as Moritz Spiegel
The Golden Butterfly 1926
Actor
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen 1926
as Ali ben Mokka
- She and the Three
She and the Three 1922
as Der Hilfsregisseur
The Oyster Princess 1919
as Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
Der Dieb 1918
Actor
- Ehestiftung mit Hindernissen
Ehestiftung mit Hindernissen 1917
Actor
The Spider 1917
Actor
- The Indian's Gift
The Indian's Gift 1914
as Kind
The Minister's Daughter 1913
as Young Hans
Ein neuer Erwerbszweig 1912
Actor
- Klebolin Sticks to Everything
Klebolin Sticks to Everything 1909
Actor
- Mother Love
Mother Love 1909
Actor
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