Cast & creator
Curt Bois
Best known for The Old Fox, The Old Fox, NDR Talk Show
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.
Also known as: Курт Буа
95
film credits
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television credits
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1909–1993 · acting roles
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Filmography (107)
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The Old Fox
Herr Nathan
1977The Old Fox
Karl Brunner
1977
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979German Film Award
Self
1951
The Commissioner
Ohlers
1969The Commissioner
Vater Klinger
1969
Aktuelle Schaubude
Self
1957
Casablanca
Pickpocket
1943
Wings of Desire
Homer
1987
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Student
1939Detektivbüro Roth
Robert Maschenberg
1986
Kir Royal
Friedrich Danziger
1986
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self (archive footage)
1975
Faraway, So Close!
In Memory Of
1993
Cover Girl
Chef at Danny McGuire's
1944
Arch of Triumph
Tattooed Waiter
1948
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Rabbit
1938
The Haunted Castle
Hugo
1960
Swing Fever
Nick Sirocco
1943
Caught
Franzi Kartos
1949
The Spanish Main
Paree
1945
Hold Back the Dawn
Bonbois
1941
The Lady in Question
Henri Lurette
1940
That Night in Rio
Felicio Salles
1941
Fortunes of Captain Blood
King Charles II
1950
He Stayed for Breakfast
Comrade Tronavich
1940War was, Rickie?
Onkel Erwin
1985
Garden of the Moon
Maharajah of Sund
1938
Der Dieb
1918
The Great Sinner
Jeweler / Money Lender
1949
Blue, White and Perfect
Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
1942Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich
Theo Kleber
1985Bühne frei für Kolowitz
Benjamin Weiß
1980
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Jensen
1942
The Woman in White
Louis
1948
Destroyer
Swab with large nose
1943
Gold Diggers in Paris
Padrinsky
1938
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Pierre
1950
The Eternal Jew
Self (archive footage)
1940
The Oyster Princess
Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
1919
Boom Town
Ferdie the Tailor
1940
The Schlemihl
Hartwig
1931
Flächenbrand
Bühler
1981
Princess O'Rourke
Count Peter de Candome
1943
The Star of Africa
1957
The Great Waltz
Kienzl
1938
Saratoga Trunk
Augustin Haussy
1945
Bitter Sweet
Ernst
1940
Hollywood Hotel
Butch, Dress Designer
1938
A Kiss in the Dark
Hugo Schloss
1949
The Desert Song
François
1944
Die Spinne
1917
The Roaring Fifties
1983
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Self
1973Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
Friedrich Schlick
1979Androcles and the Lion
1958
Pacific Rendezvous
Kestrin
1942
Tovarich
Alfonso
1937
Ganovenehre
Seiden-Emil
1966Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
1980
The Boat Is Full
Lazar Ostrowskij
1981
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
Johannes Puntila
1960Der Schützling
1981
Romance in the Dark
Von Hemisch
1938
The Woman from Tangier
Parquit
1948
The Fugitive Lover
Simche Regierer
1927
The Lovable Cheat
Count de la Brive
1949
Boy Meets Girl
Dance Director
1938Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
1981Strychnin und saure Drops
1974
Hotel Imperial
Anton
1939Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Self
1982
Das Idol von Mordassow
Fürst
1979Amerika oder der Verschollene
Vater
1969
The Masked Mannequin
Egun Fürst
1927
Hullabaloo
Armand Francois
1940The Indian's Gift
Kind
1914She and the Three
Der Hilfsregisseur
1922
Blonde Fever
Brillon
1944Der eingebildete Kranke
Argan
1964Mother Love
1909
A Tremendously Rich Man
Curt Nickel
1932
French Leave
Marcel
1948
The Minister's Daughter
Young Hans
1913Der Jüngling aus der Konfektion
Moritz Spiegel
1926
Jungle Flight
Pepe
1947
Gypsy Wildcat
Valdi
1944Die hundertste Nacht
Iwakichi
1966Klebolin Sticks to Everything
1909
Paris After Dark
Max
1943
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
Ali ben Mokka
1926Die Alten kommen
1980Anschluß um Mitternacht
Emil
1929Das Rentenspiel
1977
Scherben bringen Glück
1932Scherben bringen Glück
Director
1932Scherben bringen Glück
Writer
1932Wochenendgeschichten
1980
The Golden Butterfly
1926
Gräfin Plättmamsell
1926
Ein Polterabend
Screenplay
1955Ein Polterabend
Director
1955Haus Vaterland
1983Der Pott
Simon Norton
1971Der trojanische Sessel
Franz Seider
1971
Ein neuer Erwerbszweig
1912