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 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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6716 |
| Birthday | 1901-04-05 |
| Place of Birth | Berlin, Germany |
| Also Known As | Курт Буа, |
1987
Wings of Desire
7.8/1531
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Wings of Desire
1943
Casablanca
8.138/6209
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1944
Cover Girl
6.4/99
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Cover Girl
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7.3/226
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1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
7.3/5
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Fortunes of Captain Blood
1982
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
4/2
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1948
Arch of Triumph
6/40
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Arch of Triumph
1981
The Boat Is Full
6.067/15
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1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
7/61
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1948
The Woman in White
5.7/22
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The Woman in White
1949
Caught
6.57/101
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1938
Hollywood Hotel
5.8/13
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1919
The Oyster Princess
6.8/65
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1960
The Haunted Castle
6.8/26
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1941
Hold Back the Dawn
6.7/51
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1940
The Lady in Question
6.7/26
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1945
The Spanish Main
6.4/33
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1938
Gold Diggers in Paris
6.75/4
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1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti
5.714/7
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1944
The Desert Song
6/10
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The Desert Song
1943
Swing Fever
6/4
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Swing Fever
1949
A Kiss in the Dark
5.167/9
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A Kiss in the Dark
1947
Jungle Flight
5.9/6
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Jungle Flight
1943
Paris After Dark
6.1/5
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1939
Hotel Imperial
7/3
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1909
Klebolin Sticks to Everything
3.9/5
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1941
That Night in Rio
6.238/21
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1918
Der Dieb
0/0
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1940
Bitter Sweet
6/8
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Bitter Sweet
1966
Ganovenehre
6/2
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Ganovenehre
1940
Boom Town
7/64
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Boom Town
1971
Der Pott
8/1
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Der Pott
1958
Androcles and the Lion
7/1
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Androcles and the Lion
1937
Tovarich
6.4/5
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Tovarich
1938
The Great Waltz
5.9/18
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1960
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
7/1
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1980
Die Alten kommen
7/1
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1980
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
9/1
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1981
Flächenbrand
7/1
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Flächenbrand
1980
Bühne frei für Kolowitz
9/1
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1969
Amerika oder der Verschollene
9/1
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1932
A Tremendously Rich Man
9/1
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1971
Der trojanische Sessel
9/1
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1938
Boy Meets Girl
6.9/7
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1938
Garden of the Moon
6.833/6
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1912
Ein neuer Erwerbszweig
0/0
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1979
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
7/1
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1981
Der Schützling
10/1
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1977
Das Rentenspiel
7/1
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1942
Blue, White and Perfect
6.545/11
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1926
The Golden Butterfly
10/1
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1966
Die hundertste Nacht
8/1
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1940
The Eternal Jew
4.7/54
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1964
Der eingebildete Kranke
7/1
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1932
Scherben bringen Glück
8/1
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1945
Saratoga Trunk
6.1/19
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Saratoga Trunk
1940
Hullabaloo
6.5/2
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Hullabaloo
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
8/1
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1944
Blonde Fever
4.438/8
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Blonde Fever
1914
The Indian's Gift
0/0
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1909
Mother Love
2/1
A short film starring a young Curt Bois.
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1913
The Minister's Daughter
0/0
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The Minister's Daughter
1981
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
0/0
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1980
Wochenendgeschichten
9/1
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Wochenendgeschichten
1922
She and the Three
8/1
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She and the Three
1979
Das Idol von Mordassow
7/1
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Das Idol von Mordassow
1974
Strychnin und saure Drops
7/1
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Strychnin und saure Drops
1926
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
7/1
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1928
His Majesty the Barber
7.75/2
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His Majesty the Barber
1957
The Star of Africa
6.7/11
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The Star of Africa
1926
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
8/1
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1944
Gypsy Wildcat
6/5
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Gypsy Wildcat
1927
The Masked Mannequin
7/1
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The Masked Mannequin
1938
Romance in the Dark
5.25/4
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Romance in the Dark
1949
The Great Sinner
6.783/23
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The Great Sinner
1948
The Woman from Tangier
7.5/2
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The Woman from Tangier
1983
Haus Vaterland
0/0
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Haus Vaterland
1943
Destroyer
6.794/17
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Destroyer
1943
Princess O'Rourke
6.524/21
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Princess O'Rourke
1926
Gräfin Plättmamsell
8/1
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1929
Anschluß um Mitternacht
0/0
German silent film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Marcella Albani, Ralph Arthur Roberts and Curt Bois.
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1942
Pacific Rendezvous
7.5/2
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Pacific Rendezvous
1973
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
9/1
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1950
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
5.333/3
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1931
The Schlemihl
9/1
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The Schlemihl
1917
Die Spinne
0/0
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Die Spinne
1948
French Leave
7/1
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1949
The Lovable Cheat
6/3
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The Lovable Cheat
1983
The Roaring Fifties
3.667/3
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The Roaring Fifties
1927
The Fugitive Lover
10/1
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