Curt Bois
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvKir Royal
1986
Friedrich Danziger
Detektivbüro Roth
1986
Robert Maschenberg
War was, Rickie?
1985
Onkel Erwin
movieFlächenbrand
1981
Bühler
movieThe Boat Is Full
1981
Lazar Ostrowskij
tvThe Old Fox
1977
Herr Nathan / Karl Brunner
tvFilm Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975
Self (archive footage)
Der Pott
1971
Simon Norton
tvThe Commissioner
1969
Ohlers / Vater Klinger
movieGanovenehre
1966
Seiden-Emil
movieHerr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960
Johannes Puntila
movieFortunes of Captain Blood
1950
King Charles II
movieThe Great Sinner
1949
Jeweler / Money Lender
movieThe Lovable Cheat
1949
Count de la Brive
movieA Kiss in the Dark
1949
Hugo Schloss
movieCaught
1949
Franzi Kartos
movieFrench Leave
1948
Marcel
movieArch of Triumph
1948
Tattooed Waiter
movieSaratoga Trunk
1945
Augustin Haussy
movieBlonde Fever
1944
Brillon
movieCover Girl
1944
Chef at Danny McGuire's
movieThe Desert Song
1943
François
movieSwing Fever
1943
Nick Sirocco
moviePrincess O'Rourke
1943
Count Peter de Candome
movieDestroyer
1943
Swab with large nose
movieCasablanca
1943
Pickpocket
moviePacific Rendezvous
1942
Kestrin
movieBlue, White and Perfect
1942
Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
movieHold Back the Dawn
1941
Bonbois
movieThat Night in Rio
1941
Felicio Salles
movieThe Eternal Jew
1940
Self (archive footage)
movieHullabaloo
1940
Armand Francois
movieHe Stayed for Breakfast
1940
Comrade Tronavich
movieBoom Town
1940
Ferdie the Tailor
movieThe Lady in Question
1940
Henri Lurette
movieThe Great Waltz
1938
Kienzl
movieGarden of the Moon
1938
Maharajah of Sund
movieBoy Meets Girl
1938
Dance Director
movieGold Diggers in Paris
1938
Padrinsky
movieRomance in the Dark
1938
Von Hemisch
movieHollywood Hotel
1938
Butch, Dress Designer
movieTovarich
1937
Alfonso
movieA Tremendously Rich Man
1932
Curt Nickel
movieThe Schlemihl
1931
Hartwig
movieThe Masked Mannequin
1927
Egun Fürst
movieWehe wenn sie losgelassen
1926
Ali ben Mokka
She and the Three
1922
Der Hilfsregisseur
movieThe Oyster Princess
1919
Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
movieThe Minister's Daughter
1913
Young Hans
Directing2
movieEin Polterabend
1955
Director
movieScherben bringen Glück
1932
Director
Writing2
movieEin Polterabend
1955
Screenplay
Crew1
movieFaraway, So Close!
1993
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