1901-04-05 Berlin, Germany
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.
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Der Himmel über Berlin | Homer | 1987-09-23 |
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Haus Vaterland | 1983-12-12 | |
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Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti | Self | 1982-06-07 |
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Der Schützling | 1981-01-01 | |
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Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren | 1981-06-14 | |
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Das Boot ist voll | Lazar Ostrowskij | 1981-01-15 |
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Flächenbrand | Bühler | 1981-04-12 |
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Wochenendgeschichten | 1980-03-02 | |
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Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe | 1980-07-30 | |
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Die Alten kommen | 1980-01-27 | |
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Bühne frei für Kolowitz | Benjamin Weiß | 1980-05-26 |
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Das Idol von Mordassow | Fürst | 1979-07-21 |
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Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen | Friedrich Schlick | 1979-08-26 |
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Das Rentenspiel | 1977-01-01 | |
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Strychnin und saure Drops | 1974-12-26 | |
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Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt | Self | 1973-10-30 |
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Der trojanische Sessel | Franz Seider | 1971-10-06 |
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Der Pott | Simon Norton | 1971-01-12 |
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Amerika oder der Verschollene | Vater | 1969-10-14 |
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Ganovenehre | Seiden-Emil | 1966-04-13 |
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Die hundertste Nacht | Iwakichi | 1966-04-26 |
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Der eingebildete Kranke | Argan | 1964-12-20 |
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Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti | Johannes Puntila | 1960-10-20 |
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Das Spukschloss im Spessart | Hugo | 1960-12-15 |
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Androklus und der Löwe | 1958-05-14 | |
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Der Stern von Afrika | 1957-08-13 | |
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Fortunes of Captain Blood | King Charles II | 1950-05-19 |
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Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Pierre | 1950-02-05 |
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A Kiss in the Dark | Hugo Schloss | 1949-03-25 |
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Caught | Franzi Kartos | 1949-02-17 |
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The Great Sinner | Jeweler / Money Lender | 1949-06-29 |
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Arch of Triumph | Tattooed Waiter | 1948-02-17 |
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French Leave | Marcel | 1948-04-10 |
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The Woman from Tangier | Parquit | 1948-02-12 |
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The Woman in White | Louis | 1948-05-07 |
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Jungle Flight | Pepe | 1947-08-22 |
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The Spanish Main | Paree | 1945-10-01 |
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Saratoga Trunk | Augustin Haussy | 1945-11-21 |
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Gypsy Wildcat | Valdi | 1944-08-02 |
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Blonde Fever | Brillon | 1944-12-05 |
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Cover Girl | Chef at Danny McGuire's | 1944-03-22 |
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Casablanca | Pickpocket | 1943-01-15 |
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Destroyer | Swab with large nose | 1943-08-19 |
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The Desert Song | François | 1943-12-17 |
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Swing Fever | Nick Sirocco | 1943-11-01 |
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Princess O'Rourke | Count Peter de Candome | 1943-10-23 |
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Paris After Dark | Max | 1943-10-15 |
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Blue, White, and Perfect | Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois | 1942-01-06 |
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Pacific Rendezvous | Kestrin | 1942-05-21 |
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The Tuttles of Tahiti | Jensen | 1942-05-01 |
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That Night in Rio | Felicio Salles | 1941-04-11 |
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Hold Back the Dawn | Bonbois | 1941-09-26 |
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He Stayed for Breakfast | Comrade Tronavich | 1940-08-31 |
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Hullabaloo | Armand Francois | 1940-10-25 |
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Boom Town | Ferdie the Tailor | 1940-08-30 |
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The Lady in Question | Henri Lurette | 1940-08-07 |
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Der ewige Jude | Self (archive footage) | 1940-11-28 |
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Bitter Sweet | Ernst | 1940-11-08 |
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Hotel Imperial | Anton | 1939-05-11 |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Student | 1939-12-29 |
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Romance in the Dark | Von Hemisch | 1938-03-24 |
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Boy Meets Girl | Dance Director | 1938-08-27 |
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The Great Waltz | Kienzl | 1938-11-04 |
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Gold Diggers in Paris | Padrinsky | 1938-06-11 |
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Hollywood Hotel | Butch, Dress Designer | 1938-01-15 |
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Garden of the Moon | Maharajah of Sund | 1938-09-23 |
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Rabbit | 1938-07-20 |
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Tovarich | Alfonso | 1937-12-25 |
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Ein steinreicher Mann | Curt Nickel | 1932-02-13 |
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Scherben bringen Glück | 1932-09-09 | |
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Der Schlemihl | Hartwig | 1931-11-27 |
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Anschluß um Mitternacht | Emil | 1929-05-01 |
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Majestät schneidet Bubiköpfe | 1928-02-13 | |
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Der Fürst von Pappenheim | Egun Fürst | 1927-09-07 |
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Der goldene Schmetterling | 1926-07-31 | |
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Wehe wenn sie losgelassen | Ali ben Mokka | 1926-02-20 |
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Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion | Moritz Spiegel | 1926-11-19 |
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Gräfin Plättmamsell | 1926-11-25 | |
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Sie und die Drei | Der Hilfsregisseur | 1922-06-22 |
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Die Austernprinzessin | Conductor (as Kurt Bois) | 1919-06-26 |
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Der Dieb | 1918-01-01 | |
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Die Spinne | 1917-02-02 | |
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Das Geschenk des Inders | Kind | 1914-01-24 |
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Des Pfarrers Töchterlein | Young Hans | 1913-03-27 |
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Ein neuer Erwerbszweig | 1912-01-01 | |
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Mutterliebe | 1909-01-01 | |
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Klebolin klebt alles | 1909-04-13 |
