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Aliases: Курт Буа

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Berlin, Germany

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Movie Involvements: 44

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

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.    

Most Famous Work

Der Alte
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6

Der Alte

(1977) Karl Brunner
Casablanca
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8

Casablanca

(1942) Pickpocket
Deutscher Filmpreis (Lola)
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6
Der Kommissar
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8

Der Kommissar

(1969) Ohlers
Wings of Desire
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8

Wings of Desire

(1987) Homer
Aktuelle Schaubude
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6

Aktuelle Schaubude

(1957) Self
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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7
Detektivbüro Roth
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0

Detektivbüro Roth

(1986) Robert Maschenberg

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1987 Homer
1986 Friedrich Danziger
Robert Maschenberg
1985 Theo Kleber
Onkel Erwin
1983 N/A
1982 Self
1981 N/A
Bühler
Lazar Ostrowskij
N/A
N/A
1980 Benjamin Weiß
N/A
N/A
1979 Friedrich Schlick
Fürst
Self
1977 Herr Nathan
Karl Brunner
N/A
1975 Self (archive footage)
1974 N/A
1973 Self
1971 Franz Seider
Simon Norton
1969 Vater
Vater Klinger
Ohlers
1966 Iwakichi
Seiden-Emil
1964 Argan
1960 Hugo
Johannes Puntila
1958 N/A
1957 Self
N/A
1951 Self
1950 King Charles II
Pierre
1949 Jeweler / Money Lender
Hugo Schloss
Franzi Kartos
1948 Louis
Marcel
Tattooed Waiter
Parquit
1947 Pepe
1945 Augustin Haussy
Paree
1944 Brillon
Valdi
Chef at Danny McGuire's
1943 François
Nick Sirocco
Count Peter de Candome
Max
Swab with large nose
1942 Pickpocket
Kestrin
Jensen
Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
1941 Bonbois
Felicio Salles
1940 Himself (archive footage)
Ernst
Armand Francois
Comrade Tronavich
Ferdie the Tailor
Henri Lurette
1939 Student
Anton
1938 Kienzl
Maharajah of Sund
Dance Director
Rabbit
Padrinsky
Von Hemisch
1937 Alfonso
Butch, Dress Designer
1932 N/A
Curt Nickel
1931 N/A
1929 Emil
1928 N/A
1927 Egun Fürst
1926 N/A
Moritz Spiegel
N/A
Ali ben Mokka
1922 Der Hilfsregisseur
1919 Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
1918 N/A
1917 N/A
1914 Kind
1913 Young Hans
1912 N/A
1909 N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1993 In Memory Of
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1955 Director
1932 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1955 Screenplay
1932 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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