https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Bois

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 performed in theatre, cabaret, musicals, silent films, and "talkies" over his long acting career. In 1934, the Jewish Bois was forced to leave his home in Nazi Germany 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 films, the best-known being Casablanca (1942), in which he warns a befuddled English gentleman to be on guard again pickpockets ("vultures everywhere") while stealing the man's wallet. 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 then in the West. Bois' acting career spanned eighty years. His final performance was in Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire, 1987).

Bois died in Berlin, the city of his birth, at the age of ninety.

Partial filmography[edit] Baurernhaus und Grafenschloss (1907) Der kleine Detektiv (1909) Das Geschenk des Inders (1914) as Kind Streichhölzer, kauft Streichhölzer! (1916) BZ-Maxe & Co. (1916) Tante Röschen will heiraten (1916) Die Spinne (1917) Bobby als Amor (de) (1917) Das Klima am Vaucourt (de) (1917) Das Unruhige Hotel (1917) Der Dieb (1918) as Hellmuth Der goldene Pol (de) (1918) Der Gast aus der vierten Dimension (1918) The Oyster Princess (1919) as Conductor Sie und die Drei (1922) as Der Hilfsregisseur When She Starts, Look Out (1926) as Ali ben Mokka The Golden Butterfly (1926) as André Dubois, Ballettmeister The Young Man from the Ragtrade (1926) as Moritz Spiegel Gräfin Plättmamsell (1926) The Prince of Pappenheim (1927) as Egon Fürst The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927) as Simche Regierer Majestät schneidet Bubiköpfe (1928) Anschluß um Mitternacht (1929) as Emil Der Schlemihl (1931) as Hartwig A Tremendously Rich Man (1932) as Curt Hollywood Hotel (1937) as Dress Designer Tovarich (1937)1as Alfonso Romance in the Dark (1938) as Von Hemisch Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) as Padrinsky The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) as Rabbit Boy Meets Girl (1938) as Dance Director (uncredited) Garden of the Moon (1938) as Maharajah of Sund The Great Waltz (1938) as Kienzl Hotel Imperial (1939) as Anton The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) as Student The Lady in Question (1940) as Henri Lurette Boom Town (1940) as Ferdie He Stayed for Breakfast (1940) as Comrade Tronavich Hullabaloo (1940) as Armand Francois Bitter Sweet (1940) as Ernst That Night in Rio (1941) as Salles Hold Back the Dawn (1941) as Bonbois Blue, White and Perfect (1942) as Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) as Jensen My Gal Sal (1942) as De Rochemont Pacific Rendezvous (1942) as Kestrin Casablanca (1942) as Pickpocket Destroyer (1943) as Yasha (uncredited) Paris After Dark (1943) as Max (uncredited) Princess O'Rourke (1943) as Count Peter de Candome Swing Fever (1943) as Nick Sirocco The Desert Song (1943) as François Cover Girl (1944) as Chef at Danny McGuire's Gypsy Wildcat (1944) as Valdi Blonde Fever (1944) as Brillon The Spanish Main (1945) as Paree Saratoga Trunk (1945) as Augustin Haussy Jungle Flight (1947) as Pepe The Woman from Tangier (1948) as Parquit Arch of Triumph (1948) as Tattooed Waiter French Leave (1948) as Marcel The Woman in White (1948) as Louis Up in Central Park (1948) as Maitre d' (uncredited) Let's Live a Little (1948) as Chemist (uncredited) Caught (1949) as Franzi Kartos Kiss in the Dark (1949) as Hugo Schloss The Lovable Cheat (1949) as Count de la Brive The Great Sinner (1949) as Jeweler / Money Lender Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949) as Zaltz (uncredited) Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950) as Pierre Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950) as King Charles II Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1955/1960) as Johannes Puntila The Haunted Castle (1960) as Hugo Ganovenehre (1966) as Emil The Boat Is Full (1981) as Lazar Ostrowskij The Roaring Fifties (1983) Wings of Desire (1987) as Homer

N.B. Born BOAS.

cf. Information on uncle Dr. med. Ismar BOAS and also ...

BOAS BOIS Curt: New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G58M-SKYB?cc=1923888&w...

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Curt Boas Bois Immigration 1934 New York, New York, United States Male 33 1901 Germany Champlain

Hedi Boas Bois Immigration 1934 New York, New York, United States Female 31 1903 Germany Champlain

Grave in Berlin:
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