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Curt Bois

Curt Bois

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 05, 1901
Died Dec 25, 1991 (90)
Birthplace Berlin, Germany
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 05, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 r ... ole 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

Filmography

Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

1987

as Homer

Fortunes of Captain Blood

Fortunes of Captain Blood

1950

as King Charles II

Caught

Caught

1949

as Franzi Kartos

A Kiss in the Dark

A Kiss in the Dark

1949

as Hugo Schloss

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner

1949

as Jeweler / Money Lender

French Leave

French Leave

1948

as Marcel

The Woman from Tangier

The Woman from Tangier

1948

as Parquit

The Woman in White

The Woman in White

1948

as Louis

Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

1948

as Tattooed Waiter

Jungle Flight

Jungle Flight

1947

as Pepe

Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk

1945

as Augustin Haussy

The Spanish Main

The Spanish Main

1945

as Paree

Blonde Fever

Blonde Fever

1944

as Brillon

Gypsy Wildcat

Gypsy Wildcat

1944

as Valdi

Cover Girl

Cover Girl

1944

as Chef at Danny McGuire's

Swing Fever

Swing Fever

1943

as Nick Sirocco

The Desert Song

The Desert Song

1943

as François

Princess O'Rourke

Princess O'Rourke

1943

as Count Peter de Candome

Destroyer

Destroyer

1943

as Swab with large nose

Paris After Dark

Paris After Dark

1943

as Max

Casablanca

Casablanca

1943

as Pickpocket

The Tuttles of Tahiti

The Tuttles of Tahiti

1942

as Jensen

Blue, White, and Perfect

Blue, White, and Perfect

1942

as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois

Pacific Rendezvous

Pacific Rendezvous

1942

as Kestrin

That Night in Rio

That Night in Rio

1941

as Felicio Salles

Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn

1941

as Bonbois

He Stayed for Breakfast

He Stayed for Breakfast

1940

as Comrade Tronavich

Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet

1940

as Ernst

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question

1940

as Henri Lurette

Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo

1940

as Armand Francois

Boom Town

Boom Town

1940

as Ferdie the Tailor

Hotel Imperial

Hotel Imperial

1939

as Anton

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

as Student

Romance in the Dark

Romance in the Dark

1938

as Von Hemisch

The Great Waltz

The Great Waltz

1938

as Kienzl

Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris

1938

as Padrinsky

Garden of the Moon

Garden of the Moon

1938

as Maharajah of Sund

Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl

1938

as Dance Director

Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

1938

as Butch, Dress Designer

Tovarich

Tovarich

1937

as Alfonso

Scherben bringen Glück

Scherben bringen Glück

1932

Director

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

War was, Rickie?

as Onkel Erwin

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jan 01, 1985

Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich

as Theo Kleber

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 07, 1985

Der Kommissar

as Ohlers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 1969

Der Kommissar

as Vater Klinger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 1969

Kir Royal

as Friedrich Danziger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1986

Der Alte

as Herr Nathan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

Der Alte

as Karl Brunner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

Detektivbüro Roth

as Robert Maschenberg

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 22, 1986

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 11, 1975

Deutscher Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1951

NDR Talk Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 09, 1979

Aktuelle Schaubude

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 07, 1957

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2024 12 2 6 1
2025 1 6 20 1
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2025 5 1 2 1
2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 0 0
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