Curt Bois
- Birthday
- Apr 5, 1901
Bio: German actor Curt Bois took to the stage at age seven. After experience as a cabaret performer, Bois worked with the legendary impresario Max Reinhardt and appeared in 25 German films. He left Germany to escape Hitler in 1933, then re-established himself on the Broadway stage. His first film, in which he was seen in his standard characterization of a slick,… More Bio: German actor Curt Bois took to the stage at age seven. After experience as a cabaret performer, Bois worked with the legendary impresario Max Reinhardt and appeared in 25 German films. He left Germany to escape Hitler in 1933, then re-established himself on the Broadway stage. His first film, in which he was seen in his standard characterization of a slick, self-important European, was 1937's Tovarich. Bois' best-known film appearance was brief: he played the obsequious pickpocket ("There are vultures everywhere) in the 1942 classic Casablanca. As a result, he spent many of his last years being interviewed on the subject of that film, his stories improving with each telling. Bois went on to work with such directors as Lubitsch and Ophuls before returning to Germany in 1950. Here he continued to appear in films, and in 1955 directed the feature Ein Polterabend. One of Curt Bois' last performances was as the wizened historian who endlessly wanders Berlin in hopes of properly capturing the city on paper in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (1988). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
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The Boat Is Full (Das Boot Ist Voll) (2005)
- Actor
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Wings of Desire (1987)
- Homer
- 98%
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Das Boot ist Voll (The Boat is Full) (1981)
- Lazar Ostrowskij
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Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
- Charles II
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The Great Sinner (1949)
- Jeweler
- See all 37 films
Curt Bois Videos
Casablanca
2 minutes 15 seconds
Cover Girl
19 seconds
Princess O'rourke
3 minutes 47 seconds
Saratoga Trunk
29 seconds
Gold Diggers In Paris
2 minutes 50 seconds
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