Curt Bois

Personal Info

Birthday

April 5, 1901

Day of Death

1991-12-25

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Also Known As

Курт Буа

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').

Known For

Der Alte

Der Kommissar

Casablanca

Wings of Desire

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Cover Girl

Kir Royal

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Filmography

1987
Wings of Desire
as Homer
1982
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
as Self
1981
Flächenbrand
as Bühler
The Boat Is Full
as Lazar Ostrowskij
1980
Bühne frei für Kolowitz
as Benjamin Weiß
1979
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
as Friedrich Schlick
Das Idol von Mordassow
as Fürst
1973
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
as Self
1971
Der trojanische Sessel
as Franz Seider
Der Pott
as Simon Norton
1969
Amerika oder der Verschollene
as Vater
1966
Die hundertste Nacht
as Iwakichi
Ganovenehre
as Seiden-Emil
1964
Der eingebildete Kranke
as Argan
1960
The Haunted Castle
as Hugo
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
as Johannes Puntila
1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
as King Charles II
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Pierre
1949
The Great Sinner
as Jeweler / Money Lender
A Kiss in the Dark
as Hugo Schloss
Caught
as Franzi Kartos
1948
The Woman in White
as Louis
French Leave
as Marcel
Arch of Triumph
as Tattooed Waiter
The Woman from Tangier
as Parquit
1947
Jungle Flight
as Pepe
1945
Saratoga Trunk
as Augustin Haussy
The Spanish Main
as Paree
1944
Blonde Fever
as Brillon
Gypsy Wildcat
as Valdi
Cover Girl
as Chef at Danny McGuire's
1943
The Desert Song
as François
Swing Fever
as Nick Sirocco
Princess O'Rourke
as Count Peter de Candome
Paris After Dark
as Max
Destroyer
as Swab with large nose
Casablanca
as Pickpocket
1942
Pacific Rendezvous
as Kestrin
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Jensen
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
as Bonbois
That Night in Rio
as Felicio Salles
1940
The Eternal Jew
as Self (archive footage)
Bitter Sweet
as Ernst
Hullabaloo
as Armand Francois
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade Tronavich
Boom Town
as Ferdie the Tailor
The Lady in Question
as Henri Lurette
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Student
Hotel Imperial
as Anton
1938
The Great Waltz
as Kienzl
Garden of the Moon
as Maharajah of Sund
Boy Meets Girl
as Dance Director
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Rabbit
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Padrinsky
Romance in the Dark
as Von Hemisch
Hollywood Hotel
as Butch, Dress Designer
1937
Tovarich
as Alfonso
1932
A Tremendously Rich Man
as Curt Nickel
1931
The Schlemihl
as Hartwig
1929
Anschluß um Mitternacht
as Emil
1927
The Masked Mannequin
as Egun Fürst
1926
Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
as Moritz Spiegel
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
as Ali ben Mokka
1922
She and the Three
as Der Hilfsregisseur
1919
The Oyster Princess
as Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
1914
The Indian's Gift
as Kind
1913
The Minister's Daughter
as Young Hans