Curt Bois
89 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 5, 1901
- Died
- Dec 25, 1991 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- Курт Буа
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').
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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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Curt Bois: movies and TV shows
Acting (93)
- 1987 Wings of Desire
as Homer
- 1986
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985
- 1983
- 1983
- 1981
- 1981 Flächenbrand
as Bühler
- 1981 The Boat Is Full
as Lazar Ostrowskij
- 1981
- 1980
- 1980 Bühne frei für Kolowitz
as Benjamin Weiß
- 1980
- 1980
- 1979 Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
as Friedrich Schlick
- 1979 Das Idol von Mordassow
as Fürst
- 1977
- 1977
- 1974
- 1971 Der trojanische Sessel
as Franz Seider
- 1971 Der Pott
as Simon Norton
- 1969 Amerika oder der Verschollene
as Vater
- 1969
- 1966 Die hundertste Nacht
as Iwakichi
- 1966 Ganovenehre
as Seiden-Emil
- 1964 Der eingebildete Kranke
as Argan
- 1960 The Haunted Castle
as Hugo
- 1960 Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
as Johannes Puntila
- 1958
- 1957
- 1950 Fortunes of Captain Blood
as King Charles II
- 1950 Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Pierre
- 1949 The Great Sinner
as Jeweler / Money Lender
- 1949 The Lovable Cheat
as Count de la Brive
- 1949 A Kiss in the Dark
as Hugo Schloss
- 1949 Caught
as Franzi Kartos
- 1948 The Woman in White
as Louis
- 1948 French Leave
as Marcel
- 1948 Arch of Triumph
as Tattooed Waiter
- 1948 The Woman from Tangier
as Parquit
- 1947 Jungle Flight
as Pepe
- 1945 Saratoga Trunk
as Augustin Haussy
- 1945 The Spanish Main
as Paree
- 1944 Blonde Fever
as Brillon
- 1944 Gypsy Wildcat
as Valdi
- 1944 Cover Girl
as Chef at Danny McGuire's
- 1944 The Desert Song
as François
- 1943 Swing Fever
as Nick Sirocco
- 1943 Princess O'Rourke
as Count Peter de Candome
- 1943 Paris After Dark
as Max
- 1943 Destroyer
as Swab with large nose
- 1943 Casablanca
as Pickpocket
- 1942 Pacific Rendezvous
as Kestrin
- 1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Jensen
- 1942 Blue, White and Perfect
as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
- 1941 Hold Back the Dawn
as Bonbois
- 1941 That Night in Rio
as Felicio Salles
- 1940 Bitter Sweet
as Ernst
- 1940 Hullabaloo
as Armand Francois
- 1940 He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade Tronavich
- 1940 Boom Town
as Ferdie the Tailor
- 1940 The Lady in Question
as Henri Lurette
- 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Student
- 1939 Hotel Imperial
as Anton
- 1938 The Great Waltz
as Kienzl
- 1938 Garden of the Moon
as Maharajah of Sund
- 1938 Boy Meets Girl
as Dance Director
- 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Rabbit
- 1938 Gold Diggers in Paris
as Padrinsky
- 1938 Romance in the Dark
as Von Hemisch
- 1938 Hollywood Hotel
as Butch, Dress Designer
- 1937 Tovarich
as Alfonso
- 1932
- 1932 A Tremendously Rich Man
as Curt Nickel
- 1931 The Schlemihl
as Hartwig
- 1929 Anschluß um Mitternacht
as Emil
- 1928
- 1927 The Fugitive Lover
as Simche Regierer
- 1927 The Masked Mannequin
as Egun Fürst
- 1926
- 1926 Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
as Moritz Spiegel
- 1926
- 1926 Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
as Ali ben Mokka
- 1922 She and the Three
as Der Hilfsregisseur
- 1919 The Oyster Princess
as Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
- 1918
- 1917
- 1914 The Indian's Gift
as Kind
- 1913 The Minister's Daughter
as Young Hans
- 1912
- 1909
- 1909
Behind the camera (3)
- 1993 Faraway, So Close!
In Memory Of
- 1955 Ein Polterabend
Screenplay, Director
- 1932 Scherben bringen Glück
Director, Writer
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 1982
- 1979 NDR Talk Show
1 episode
- 1975 Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
5 episodes
- 1973
- 1957 Aktuelle Schaubude
1 episode
- 1951 German Film Award
1 episode
- 1940