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Curt Bois

Apr 05, 1901 - Dec 25, 1991 (90 years old) in 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.

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Known For

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Der Alte
Herr Nathan
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Der Kommissar
Ohlers
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Detektivbüro Roth
Robert Maschenberg
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Casablanca
Pickpocket
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Student
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Boom Town
Ferdie the Tailor
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The Spanish Main
Paree
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Rabbit
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Cover Girl
Chef at Danny McGuire's
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Wings of Desire
Homer

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