Curt Bois
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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Known for
Der Alte
Herr Nathan
Der Alte
Karl Brunner
German Film Award
Self
Der Kommissar
Ohlers
Der Kommissar
Vater Klinger
Casablanca
Pickpocket
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Student
Swing Fever
Nick Sirocco
Caught
Franzi Kartos
The Schlemihl
Hartwig
Detektivbüro Roth
Robert Maschenberg
Kir Royal
Friedrich Danziger
Wings of Desire
Homer
Cover Girl
Chef at Danny McGuire's
War was, Rickie?
Onkel Erwin
Boom Town
Ferdie the Tailor
Flächenbrand
Bühler
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self (archive footage)
Ganovenehre
Seiden-Emil
Der Schützling
The Spanish Main
Paree
Fortunes of Captain Blood
King Charles II
Destroyer
Swab with large nose
Hold Back the Dawn
Bonbois
That Night in Rio
Felicio Salles
The Great Sinner
Jeweler / Money Lender
Bitter Sweet
Ernst
Die Spinne
Pacific Rendezvous
Kestrin
The Eternal Jew
Self (archive footage)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Rabbit
Arch of Triumph
Tattooed Waiter
Saratoga Trunk
Augustin Haussy
The Boat Is Full
Lazar Ostrowskij
Blonde Fever
Brillon
Paris After Dark
Max
The Oyster Princess
Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
A Kiss in the Dark
Hugo Schloss
Tovarich
Alfonso
The Woman in White
Louis
Hotel Imperial
Anton
Hollywood Hotel
Butch, Dress Designer
The Great Waltz
Kienzl
The Lady in Question
Henri Lurette
Garden of the Moon
Maharajah of Sund
The Haunted Castle
Hugo
Gold Diggers in Paris
Padrinsky
Princess O'Rourke
Count Peter de Candome
The Woman from Tangier
Parquit
Der Dieb
Boy Meets Girl
Dance Director
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Jensen
The Star of Africa
He Stayed for Breakfast
Comrade Tronavich
Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich
Theo Kleber
Mother Love
The Desert Song
François
Blue, White, and Perfect
Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
Gypsy Wildcat
Valdi
His Majesty the Barber
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Pierre
The Golden Butterfly
Androcles and the Lion
Scherben bringen Glück
The Minister's Daughter
Young Hans
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Self
Hullabaloo
Armand Francois
French Leave
Marcel
Gräfin Plättmamsell
Klebolin Sticks to Everything
Jungle Flight
Pepe
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
Johannes Puntila
Romance in the Dark
Von Hemisch
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
Moritz Spiegel
The Masked Mannequin
Egun Fürst
Wochenendgeschichten
Der Pott
Simon Norton
Der eingebildete Kranke
Argan
Haus Vaterland
Der trojanische Sessel
Franz Seider
Das Rentenspiel
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
Das Idol von Mordassow
Fürst
Die hundertste Nacht
Iwakichi
Strychnin und saure Drops
Die Alten kommen
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Self
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
Anschluß um Mitternacht
Emil
Ein neuer Erwerbszweig
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
Ali ben Mokka
She and the Three
Der Hilfsregisseur
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
Friedrich Schlick
Bühne frei für Kolowitz
Benjamin Weiß
Amerika oder der Verschollene
Vater
The Indian's Gift
Kind
A Tremendously Rich Man
Curt Nickel
NDR Talk Show
Self
Aktuelle Schaubude
Self