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Curt Bois
Actor, Director, Writer
Born April 5, 1901Died December 25, 1991 (90 years)
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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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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Known For
Filmography
| 2016 | |
| 1993 | Faraway, So Close! · as Der Sterbene Homer |
| 1987 | Wings of Desire · as Homer |
| 1986 | Kir Royal (TV Series) · as Friedrich Danziger |
| 1986 | Detektivbüro Roth (TV Series) · as Robert Maschenberg |
| 1984 | Mensch Bachmann (TV Series) · as Herr Koller |
| 1983 | The Roaring Fifties · as Cast |
| 1981 | The Boat Is Full · as Lazar Ostrowskij |
| 1977 | The Old Fox (TV Series) · as Herr Nathan |
| 1969 | The Commissioner (TV Series) · as Ohlers |
| 1966 | Crook's Honor · as Seiden-Emil |
| 1960 | The Haunted Castle · as Hugo |
| 1960 | Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti · as Johannes Puntila |
| 1957 | |
| 1950 | Fortunes of Captain Blood · as King Charles Ii |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey · as Pierre |
| 1949 | Oh, You Beautiful Doll · as Zaltz |
| 1949 | The Great Sinner · as Jeweler / Money Lender |
| 1949 | The Lovable Cheat · as Count De La Brive |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1949 | A Kiss in the Dark · as Hugo Schloss |
| 1949 | Caught · as Franzi Kartos |
| 1948 | Let's Live a Little · as Chemist |
| 1948 | Up in Central Park · as Maitre D' |
| 1948 | The Woman in White · as Louis |
| 1948 | Arch of Triumph · as Tattooed Waiter |
| 1948 | The Woman from Tangier · as Parquit |
| 1947 | Jungle Flight · as Pepe |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk · as Augustin Haussy |
| 1945 | The Spanish Main · as Paree |
| 1944 | Blonde Fever · as Brillon |
| 1944 | Gypsy Wildcat · as Valdi |
| 1944 | Cover Girl · as Chef At Danny Mcguire's |
| 1943 | The Desert Song · as François |
| 1943 | Swing Fever · as Nick Sirocco |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke · as Count Peter De Candome |
| 1943 | Paris After Dark · as Max |
| 1943 | Destroyer · as Swab With Large Nose |
| 1942 | Casablanca · as Pickpocket |
| 1942 | My Gal Sal · as De Rochemont |
| 1942 | Pacific Rendezvous · as Kestrin |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti · as Jensen |
| 1942 | Blue, White and Perfect · as Friedrich Gerber, Alias Nappy Dubois |
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn · as Bonbois |
| 1941 | That Night in Rio · as Felicio Salles |
| 1940 | Bitter Sweet · as Ernst |
| 1940 | Hullabaloo · as Armand Francois |
| 1940 | He Stayed for Breakfast · as Comrade Tronavich |
| 1940 | Boom Town · as Ferdie The Tailor |
| 1940 | The Lady in Question · as Henri Lurette |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Student |
| 1939 | Hotel Imperial · as Anton |
| 1938 | The Great Waltz · as Kienzl |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon · as Maharajah Of Sund |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl · as Dance Director |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse · as Rabbit |
| 1938 | Gold Diggers in Paris · as Padrinsky |
| 1938 | Romance in the Dark · as Von Hemisch |
| 1937 | Tovarich · as Alfonso |
| 1937 | Hollywood Hotel · as Butch, Dress Designer |
| 1928 | |
| 1919 | The Oyster Princess · as Conductor (as Kurt Bois) |
| 1918 | Der goldene Pol · as Cast |
| 1917 | Das Klima von Vancourt · as Cast |
| 1917 | Das unruhige Hotel · as Cast |
| 1915 | Fräulein Barbier · as Cast |
| 1914 | Ein Abenteuer im Eisenbahnzug · as Cast |