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

  • Aktuelle Schaubude

    Aktuelle Schaubude

  • Der Kommissar

    Der Kommissar

  • Der Kommissar

    Der Kommissar

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • The Spanish Main

    The Spanish Main

  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

  • The Great Waltz

    The Great Waltz

  • Gold Diggers in Paris

    Gold Diggers in Paris

  • Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet

  • Strychnin und saure Drops

    Strychnin und saure Drops

  • The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

    The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

  • A Kiss in the Dark

    A Kiss in the Dark

  • Wings of Desire

    Wings of Desire

  • The Great Sinner

    The Great Sinner

  • French Leave

    French Leave

  • The Tuttles of Tahiti

    The Tuttles of Tahiti

  • The Woman in White

    The Woman in White

  • Der Stern von Afrika

    Der Stern von Afrika

  • Detektivbüro Roth

    Detektivbüro Roth

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

    Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

  • The Desert Song

    The Desert Song

  • Der Schützling

    Der Schützling

  • The Minister's Daughter

    The Minister's Daughter

  • Gypsy Wildcat

    Gypsy Wildcat

  • Blue, White, and Perfect

    Blue, White, and Perfect

  • Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

    Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

  • Hullabaloo

    Hullabaloo

  • Destroyer

    Destroyer

  • The Lady in Question

    The Lady in Question

  • Garden of the Moon

    Garden of the Moon

  • Jungle Flight

    Jungle Flight

  • Paris After Dark

    Paris After Dark

  • Romance in the Dark

    Romance in the Dark

  • Swing Fever

    Swing Fever

  • Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

  • Princess O'Rourke

    Princess O'Rourke

  • Hollywood Hotel

    Hollywood Hotel

  • Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

  • The Eternal Jew

    The Eternal Jew

  • Kir Royal

    Kir Royal

  • The Woman from Tangier

    The Woman from Tangier

  • Boom Town

    Boom Town

  • The Golden Butterfly

    The Golden Butterfly

  • The Masked Mannequin

    The Masked Mannequin

  • Hotel Imperial

    Hotel Imperial

  • Amerika oder der Verschollene

    Amerika oder der Verschollene

  • The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

  • Flächenbrand

    Flächenbrand

  • Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen

    Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen

  • He Stayed for Breakfast

    He Stayed for Breakfast

  • Arch of Triumph

    Arch of Triumph

  • Tovarich

    Tovarich

  • Saratoga Trunk

    Saratoga Trunk

  • Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

    Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

  • Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti

    Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti

  • War was, Rickie?

    War was, Rickie?

  • Die Spinne

    Die Spinne

  • Ganovenehre

    Ganovenehre

  • Fortunes of Captain Blood

    Fortunes of Captain Blood

  • Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich

    Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich

  • Cover Girl

    Cover Girl

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

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

  • Blonde Fever

    Blonde Fever

  • Pacific Rendezvous

    Pacific Rendezvous

  • Bühne frei für Kolowitz

    Bühne frei für Kolowitz

  • Caught

    Caught

  • His Majesty the Barber

    His Majesty the Barber

  • The Schlemihl

    The Schlemihl

  • The Boat Is Full

    The Boat Is Full

  • Wehe wenn sie losgelassen

    Wehe wenn sie losgelassen

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Boy Meets Girl

  • A Tremendously Rich Man

    A Tremendously Rich Man

  • Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe

    Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe

  • Die hundertste Nacht

    Die hundertste Nacht

  • Haus Vaterland

    Haus Vaterland

  • Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

    Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

  • Mother Love

    Mother Love

  • Der eingebildete Kranke

    Der eingebildete Kranke

  • Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion

    Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion

  • Anschluß um Mitternacht

    Anschluß um Mitternacht

  • That Night in Rio

    That Night in Rio

  • She and the Three

    She and the Three

  • The Oyster Princess

    The Oyster Princess

  • Der Pott

    Der Pott

  • Der Dieb

    Der Dieb

  • Ein neuer Erwerbszweig

    Ein neuer Erwerbszweig

  • Die Alten kommen

    Die Alten kommen

  • Das Rentenspiel

    Das Rentenspiel

  • Scherben bringen Glück

    Scherben bringen Glück

  • Der trojanische Sessel

    Der trojanische Sessel

  • Das Idol von Mordassow

    Das Idol von Mordassow

  • Countess Ironing-Maid

    Countess Ironing-Maid

  • Klebolin Sticks to Everything

    Klebolin Sticks to Everything

  • The Indian's Gift

    The Indian's Gift

  • Wochenendgeschichten

    Wochenendgeschichten