Curt Bois

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

99

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-04-05

Day of death

1991-12-25 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Curt Bois

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Curt Bois, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Known For

  • Der Alte

    Der Alte

  • Der Alte

    Der Alte

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • Der Kommissar

    Der Kommissar

  • Der Kommissar

    Der Kommissar

  • Amerika oder der Verschollene

    Amerika oder der Verschollene

  • Der Schützling

    Der Schützling

  • Gypsy Wildcat

    Gypsy Wildcat

  • Flächenbrand

    Flächenbrand

  • Pacific Rendezvous

    Pacific Rendezvous

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • Aktuelle Schaubude

    Aktuelle Schaubude

  • Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet

  • Tovarich

    Tovarich

  • Wings of Desire

    Wings of Desire

  • Hollywood Hotel

    Hollywood Hotel

  • Swing Fever

    Swing Fever

  • Hotel Imperial

    Hotel Imperial

  • Destroyer

    Destroyer

  • Hullabaloo

    Hullabaloo

  • French Leave

    French Leave

  • The Lady in Question

    The Lady in Question

  • The Great Waltz

    The Great Waltz

  • Caught

    Caught

  • Ganovenehre

    Ganovenehre

  • Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

  • Cover Girl

    Cover Girl

  • Arch of Triumph

    Arch of Triumph

  • The Star of Africa

    The Star of Africa

  • Jungle Flight

    Jungle Flight

  • Detektivbüro Roth

    Detektivbüro Roth

  • The Golden Butterfly

    The Golden Butterfly

  • Blonde Fever

    Blonde Fever

  • Gold Diggers in Paris

    Gold Diggers in Paris

  • The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

  • Garden of the Moon

    Garden of the Moon

  • The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

    The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

  • The Eternal Jew

    The Eternal Jew

  • The Boat Is Full

    The Boat Is Full

  • The Great Sinner

    The Great Sinner

  • Strychnin und saure Drops

    Strychnin und saure Drops

  • The Desert Song

    The Desert Song

  • Fortunes of Captain Blood

    Fortunes of Captain Blood

  • Princess O'Rourke

    Princess O'Rourke

  • Blue, White, and Perfect

    Blue, White, and Perfect

  • War was, Rickie?

    War was, Rickie?

  • Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

    Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

  • The Tuttles of Tahiti

    The Tuttles of Tahiti

  • The Woman from Tangier

    The Woman from Tangier

  • Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

  • The Masked Mannequin

    The Masked Mannequin

  • Romance in the Dark

    Romance in the Dark

  • The Woman in White

    The Woman in White

  • Bühne frei für Kolowitz

    Bühne frei für Kolowitz

  • Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

    Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

  • Kir Royal

    Kir Royal

  • A Kiss in the Dark

    A Kiss in the Dark

  • The Schlemihl

    The Schlemihl

  • He Stayed for Breakfast

    He Stayed for Breakfast

  • Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

    Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

  • Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen

    Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen

  • Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti

    Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti

  • The Minister's Daughter

    The Minister's Daughter

  • Paris After Dark

    Paris After Dark

  • The Spanish Main

    The Spanish Main

  • His Majesty the Barber

    His Majesty the Barber

  • Boom Town

    Boom Town

  • Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren

    Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Boy Meets Girl

  • Die hundertste Nacht

    Die hundertste Nacht

  • Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich

    Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich

  • That Night in Rio

    That Night in Rio

  • Saratoga Trunk

    Saratoga Trunk

  • Die Spinne

    Die Spinne

  • Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion

    Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion

  • A Tremendously Rich Man

    A Tremendously Rich Man

  • Wehe wenn sie losgelassen

    Wehe wenn sie losgelassen

  • She and the Three

    She and the Three

  • Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe

    Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe

  • Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

    Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

  • Das Rentenspiel

    Das Rentenspiel

  • Der Pott

    Der Pott

  • Wochenendgeschichten

    Wochenendgeschichten

  • Die Alten kommen

    Die Alten kommen

  • Haus Vaterland

    Haus Vaterland

  • Gräfin Plättmamsell

    Gräfin Plättmamsell

  • Anschluß um Mitternacht

    Anschluß um Mitternacht

  • Das Idol von Mordassow

    Das Idol von Mordassow

  • The Oyster Princess

    The Oyster Princess

  • The Indian's Gift

    The Indian's Gift

  • Der trojanische Sessel

    Der trojanische Sessel

  • Ein neuer Erwerbszweig

    Ein neuer Erwerbszweig

  • Der Dieb

    Der Dieb

  • Der eingebildete Kranke

    Der eingebildete Kranke

  • Scherben bringen Glück

    Scherben bringen Glück

  • Mother Love

    Mother Love

  • Klebolin Sticks to Everything

    Klebolin Sticks to Everything