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 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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Filmography
all 100
Movies 90
TV Shows 10
self 7
Director 2
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Kir Royal (1986)
Detektivbüro Roth (1986)
Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich (1985)
War was, Rickie? (1985)
Haus Vaterland (1983)
Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti (1982)
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren (1981)
Flächenbrand (1981)
The Boat Is Full (1981)
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe (1981)
Der Schützling (1981)
Bühne frei für Kolowitz (1980)
Wochenendgeschichten (1980)
Die Alten kommen (1980)
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen (1979)
Das Idol von Mordassow (1979)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
The Old Fox (1977)
Das Rentenspiel (1977)
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975)
Strychnin und saure Drops (1974)
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt (1973)
Nach meinem letzten Umzug... (1972)
Der trojanische Sessel (1971)
Der Pott (1971)
Amerika oder der Verschollene (1969)
Der Kommissar (1969)
Die hundertste Nacht (1966)
Ganovenehre (1966)
Der eingebildete Kranke (1964)
The Haunted Castle (1960)
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1960)
Androcles and the Lion (1958)
Aktuelle Schaubude (1957)
Der Stern von Afrika (1957)
Ein Polterabend (1955)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
The Great Sinner (1949)
A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
Caught (1949)
The Woman in White (1948)
French Leave (1948)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
The Woman from Tangier (1948)
Jungle Flight (1947)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
The Spanish Main (1945)
Blonde Fever (1944)
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Cover Girl (1944)
The Desert Song (1943)
Swing Fever (1943)
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Paris After Dark (1943)
Destroyer (1943)
Casablanca (1943)
Pacific Rendezvous (1942)
The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
That Night in Rio (1941)
The Eternal Jew (1940)
Bitter Sweet (1940)
Hullabaloo (1940)
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
Boom Town (1940)
The Lady in Question (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Hotel Imperial (1939)
The Great Waltz (1938)
Garden of the Moon (1938)
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Romance in the Dark (1938)
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
Tovarich (1937)
Scherben bringen Glück (1932)
A Tremendously Rich Man (1932)
The Schlemihl (1931)
Anschluß um Mitternacht (1929)
His Majesty the Barber (1928)
The Masked Mannequin (1927)
Gräfin Plättmamsell (1926)
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion (1926)
The Golden Butterfly (1926)
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen (1926)
She and the Three (1922)
The Oyster Princess (1919)
Der Dieb (1918)
Die Spinne (1917)
The Indian's Gift (1914)
The Minister's Daughter (1913)
Ein neuer Erwerbszweig (1912)
Klebolin Sticks to Everything (1909)
Mother Love (1909)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1901-04-05
Deathday1991-12-25 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceBerlin, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
Also Known AsКурт Буа, Kurt Boas
AwardsCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
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