Acting
Curt Bois
DE, EN cinema · 92 credits
Born
5 April 1901
Died
25 December 1991 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Berlin, Germany
Also known as Курт Буа
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
Filmography
Faraway, So Close!
In Memory Of
Wings of Desire
as Homer
The Boat Is Full
as Lazar Ostrowskij
Flächenbrand
as Bühler
Bühne frei für Kolowitz
1980
Bühne frei für Kolowitz
as Benjamin Weiß
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
1979
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
as Friedrich Schlick
Der Pott
1971
Der Pott
as Simon Norton
Der trojanische Sessel
1971
Der trojanische Sessel
as Franz Seider
Ganovenehre
as Seiden-Emil
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
as Johannes Puntila
Ein Polterabend
Screenplay, Director
Fortunes of Captain Blood
as King Charles II
Caught
as Franzi Kartos
A Kiss in the Dark
as Hugo Schloss
The Great Sinner
as Jeweler / Money Lender
The Lovable Cheat
as Count de la Brive
Arch of Triumph
as Tattooed Waiter
The Woman in White
as Louis
The Woman from Tangier
as Parquit
French Leave
as Marcel
Jungle Flight
as Pepe
The Spanish Main
as Paree
Saratoga Trunk
as Augustin Haussy
Cover Girl
as Chef at Danny McGuire's
The Desert Song
as François
Blonde Fever
as Brillon
Gypsy Wildcat
as Valdi
Casablanca
as Pickpocket
Swing Fever
as Nick Sirocco
Destroyer
as Swab with large nose
Princess O'Rourke
as Count Peter de Candome
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Jensen
Blue, White and Perfect
as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
Pacific Rendezvous
as Kestrin
Hold Back the Dawn
as Bonbois
That Night in Rio
as Felicio Salles
The Lady in Question
as Henri Lurette
Bitter Sweet
as Ernst
Boom Town
as Ferdie the Tailor
The Eternal Jew
as Self (archive footage)
Hullabaloo
as Armand Francois
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade Tronavich
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Student
Hotel Imperial
as Anton
Hollywood Hotel
as Butch, Dress Designer
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Padrinsky
The Great Waltz
as Kienzl
Boy Meets Girl
as Dance Director
Garden of the Moon
as Maharajah of Sund
Romance in the Dark
as Von Hemisch
Tovarich
as Alfonso
A Tremendously Rich Man
as Curt Nickel
Scherben bringen Glück
Actor, Director, Writer
The Schlemihl
as Hartwig
The Masked Mannequin
as Egun Fürst
The Fugitive Lover
as Simche Regierer
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
as Ali ben Mokka
Sie und die Drei
1922
She and the Three
as Der Hilfsregisseur
The Oyster Princess
as Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
The Minister's Daughter
as Young Hans
