About

Known credits:
95
Birthday:
1901-04-05
Place of birth:
Berlin, Germany
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Curt Bois

Overview

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

Acting
1987 Wings of Desire Actor Homer 72
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1985 Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich Actor Theo Kleber N/A
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1985 War was, Rickie? Actor Onkel Erwin N/A
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1983 Haus Vaterland Actor N/A
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1982 Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti Actor Self 59
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1981 Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren Actor N/A
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1981 Flächenbrand Actor Bühler N/A
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1981 The Boat Is Full Actor Lazar Ostrowskij 59
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1981 Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe Actor N/A
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1981 Der Schützling Actor N/A
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1980 Bühne frei für Kolowitz Actor Benjamin Weiß N/A
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1980 Wochenendgeschichten Actor N/A
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1980 Die Alten kommen Actor N/A
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1979 Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen Actor Friedrich Schlick N/A
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1979 Das Idol von Mordassow Actor Fürst N/A
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1977 Das Rentenspiel Actor N/A
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1975 Film Emigration from Nazi Germany Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1974 Strychnin und saure Drops Actor N/A
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1973 Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt Actor Self N/A
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1971 Der trojanische Sessel Actor Franz Seider N/A
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1971 Der Pott Actor Simon Norton N/A
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1969 Amerika oder der Verschollene Actor Vater N/A
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1966 Die hundertste Nacht Actor Iwakichi N/A
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1966 Ganovenehre Actor Seiden-Emil 58
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1964 Der eingebildete Kranke Actor Argan N/A
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1960 The Haunted Castle Actor Hugo 59
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1960 Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti Actor Johannes Puntila N/A
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1958 Androcles and the Lion Actor N/A
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1957 Der Stern von Afrika Actor 59
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1950 Fortunes of Captain Blood Actor King Charles II 59
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1950 Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey Actor Pierre 58
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1949 The Great Sinner Actor Jeweler / Money Lender 59
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1949 A Kiss in the Dark Actor Hugo Schloss 58
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1949 Caught Actor Franzi Kartos 59
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1948 The Woman in White Actor Louis 58
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1948 French Leave Actor Marcel N/A
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1948 Arch of Triumph Actor Tattooed Waiter 58
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1948 The Woman from Tangier Actor Parquit 58
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1947 Jungle Flight Actor Pepe 59
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1945 Saratoga Trunk Actor Augustin Haussy 58
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1945 The Spanish Main Actor Paree 59
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1944 Blonde Fever Actor Brillon 58
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1944 Gypsy Wildcat Actor Valdi 59
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1944 Cover Girl Actor Chef at Danny McGuire's 59
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1943 The Desert Song Actor François 59
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1943 Swing Fever Actor Nick Sirocco 58
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1943 Princess O'Rourke Actor Count Peter de Candome 59
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1943 Paris After Dark Actor Max 59
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1943 Destroyer Actor Swab with large nose 59
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1943 Casablanca Actor Pickpocket 79
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1942 Pacific Rendezvous Actor Kestrin 59
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1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti Actor Jensen 59
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1942 Blue, White, and Perfect Actor Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois 59
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1941 Hold Back the Dawn Actor Bonbois 59
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1941 That Night in Rio Actor Felicio Salles 59
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1940 The Eternal Jew Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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1940 Bitter Sweet Actor Ernst 59
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1940 Hullabaloo Actor Armand Francois 59
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1940 He Stayed for Breakfast Actor Comrade Tronavich N/A
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1940 Boom Town Actor Ferdie the Tailor 60
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1940 The Lady in Question Actor Henri Lurette 59
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1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Actor Student 62
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1939 Hotel Imperial Actor Anton 59
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1938 The Great Waltz Actor Kienzl 58
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1938 Garden of the Moon Actor Maharajah of Sund 59
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1938 Boy Meets Girl Actor Dance Director 59
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1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Actor Rabbit 60
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1938 Gold Diggers in Paris Actor Padrinsky 59
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1938 Romance in the Dark Actor Von Hemisch 58
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1938 Hollywood Hotel Actor Butch, Dress Designer 58
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1937 Tovarich Actor Alfonso 58
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1932 Scherben bringen Glück Actor N/A
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1932 A Tremendously Rich Man Actor Curt Nickel N/A
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1931 The Schlemihl Actor Hartwig N/A
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1929 Anschluß um Mitternacht Actor Emil N/A
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1928 His Majesty the Barber Actor 59
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1927 The Masked Mannequin Actor Egun Fürst N/A
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1926 Gräfin Plättmamsell Actor N/A
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1926 Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion Actor Moritz Spiegel N/A
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1926 The Golden Butterfly Actor N/A
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1926 Wehe wenn sie losgelassen Actor Ali ben Mokka N/A
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1922 She and the Three Actor Der Hilfsregisseur N/A
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1919 The Oyster Princess Actor Conductor (as Kurt Bois) 60
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1918 Der Dieb Actor N/A
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1917 Die Spinne Actor N/A
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1914 The Indian's Gift Actor Kind N/A
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1913 The Minister's Daughter Actor Young Hans N/A
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1912 Ein neuer Erwerbszweig Actor N/A
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1909 Klebolin Sticks to Everything Actor 58
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1909 Mother Love Actor N/A
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Directing
1955 Ein Polterabend Directing Director N/A
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1932 Scherben bringen Glück Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1955 Ein Polterabend Writing Screenplay N/A
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1932 Scherben bringen Glück Writing Writer N/A
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Crew
1993 Faraway, So Close! Crew In Memory Of 61
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