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Curt Bois

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 longer period than can be claimed by any other actor. 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.    


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Born:
Apr 5, 1901 In Berlin, Germany
Movie/TV Credits:
75
First Appeared:
In the movie Mother Love 1909-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Faraway, So Close! 1993-09-01
Known For
Poster of The Haunted Castle
Poster of Arch of Triumph
Poster of The Tuttles of Tahiti
Poster of The Golden Butterfly
Filmography
Movie Faraway, So Close! The Dying Homer (scenes deleted) 1993-09-01
Series Detektivbüro Roth Robert Maschenberg 1986-04-22
Movie Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe 1981-01-01
Movie Der Schützling 1981-01-01
Movie Flächenbrand Bühler 1981-04-12
Movie The Boat Is Full Lazar Ostrowskij 1981-01-15
Movie Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren 1981-06-14
Movie Die Alten kommen 1980-01-27
Movie Wochenendgeschichten 1980-03-02
Movie Bühne frei für Kolowitz Benjamin Weiß 1980-05-26
Movie Das Idol von Mordassow Fürst 1979-07-21
Movie Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen Friedrich Schlick 1979-08-26
Movie Das Rentenspiel 1977-01-01
Movie Strychnin und saure Drops 1974-12-26
Movie Der trojanische Sessel Franz Seider 1971-10-06
Movie Der Pott Simon Norton 1971-01-12
Movie Amerika oder der Verschollene Vater 1969-10-14
Movie Ganovenehre Seiden-Emil 1966-04-13
Movie Die hundertste Nacht Iwakichi 1966-04-26
Movie Der eingebildete Kranke Argan 1964-12-20
Movie Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti Johannes Puntila 1960-10-20
Movie The Haunted Castle Hugo 1960-12-15
Movie Androcles and the Lion 1958-05-14
Movie Der Stern von Afrika 1957-08-13
Movie Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey Pierre 1950-02-05
Movie Fortunes of Captain Blood King Charles II 1950-05-19
Movie A Kiss in the Dark Hugo Schloss 1949-03-25
Movie The Great Sinner Jeweler / Money Lender 1949-06-29
Movie Arch of Triumph Tattooed Waiter 1948-02-17
Movie The Woman from Tangier Parquit 1948-02-12
Movie The Woman in White Louis 1948-05-07
Movie French Leave Marcel 1948-04-10
Movie Jungle Flight Pepe 1947-08-22
Movie Saratoga Trunk Augustin Haussy 1945-11-21
Movie The Spanish Main Paree 1945-10-01
Movie Gypsy Wildcat Valdi 1944-08-02
Movie Cover Girl Chef at Danny McGuire's 1944-03-22
Movie Blonde Fever Brillon 1944-12-05
Movie Destroyer Swab with large nose 1943-08-19
Movie Casablanca Pickpocket 1943-01-15
Movie Paris After Dark Max 1943-10-15
Movie Princess O'Rourke Count Peter de Candome 1943-10-23
Movie The Desert Song François 1943-12-17
Movie Swing Fever Nick Sirocco 1943-11-01
Movie The Tuttles of Tahiti Jensen 1942-05-01
Movie Blue, White, and Perfect Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois 1942-01-06
Movie Pacific Rendezvous Kestrin 1942-05-21
Movie That Night in Rio Felicio Salles 1941-04-11
Movie Hold Back the Dawn Bonbois 1941-09-26
Movie Boom Town Ferdie the Tailor 1940-08-30
Movie The Lady in Question Henri Lurette 1940-08-07
Movie He Stayed for Breakfast Comrade Tronavich 1940-08-31
Movie Bitter Sweet Ernst 1940-11-08
Movie Hullabaloo Armand Francois 1940-10-25
Movie The Eternal Jew Self (archive footage) 1940-11-28
Movie Hotel Imperial Anton 1939-05-11
Movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame Student 1939-12-29
Movie Gold Diggers in Paris Padrinsky 1938-06-11
Movie Hollywood Hotel Butch, Dress Designer 1938-01-15
Movie The Great Waltz Kienzl 1938-11-04
Movie The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Rabbit 1938-07-20
Movie Boy Meets Girl Dance Director 1938-08-27
Movie Garden of the Moon Maharajah of Sund 1938-09-23
Movie Tovarich Alfonso 1937-12-25
Movie A Tremendously Rich Man Curt Nickel 1932-02-13
Movie Scherben bringen Glück 1932-09-09
Movie Wehe wenn sie losgelassen Ali ben Mokka 1926-02-20
Movie The Golden Butterfly 1926-07-31
Movie She and the Three Der Hilfsregisseur 1922-06-22
Movie The Oyster Princess Conductor (as Kurt Bois) 1919-06-26
Movie The Indian's Gift Kind 1914-01-24
Movie The Minister's Daughter Young Hans 1913-03-27
Movie Ein neuer Erwerbszweig 1912-01-01
Movie Mother Love 1909-01-01
Movie Klebolin Sticks to Everything 1909-04-13
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