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Curt Bois(1901-1991)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
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Curt Bois in Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Curt had one of the longest careers in film history appearing in films at the age of 8, In 1933 he fled Germany to seek artistic freedom in New York where he quickly captivated audiences in his many stage appearances. After a few years Hollywood beckoned with the mot productive period of his career taking place in the late 30's and early 40's with such films as The Great Waltz, Hold Back the Dawn and Cover Girl, After WWII he felt it was time to return to Germany where he not only continued to make films but started directing and producing but it was his cabaret performances that earned him a solid reputation as a fine performer. He died in late 1991
BornApril 5, 1901
DiedDecember 25, 1991(90)
BornApril 5, 1901
DiedDecember 25, 1991(90)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 1 nomination

Photos22

Ward Bond, Curt Bois, Bert Hanlon, Allen Jenkins, Maxie Rosenbloom, Vladimir Sokoloff, and Claire Trevor in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Ward Bond, Curt Bois, Bert Hanlon, Allen Jenkins, Maxie Rosenbloom, Vladimir Sokoloff, and Claire Trevor in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Edward G. Robinson, Ward Bond, Curt Bois, Allen Jenkins, Vladimir Sokoloff, and Claire Trevor in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Curt Bois, Bert Hanlon, and Vladimir Sokoloff in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Curt Bois in Arch of Triumph (1948)
Curt Bois and Gerald Oliver Smith in Casablanca (1942)
Curt Bois and Isa Miranda in Hotel Imperial (1939)
Curt Bois in Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Curt Bois, Felix Bressart, and Sig Ruman in Bitter Sweet (1940)
Curt Bois, Gene Lockhart, Isa Miranda, and Henry Victor in Hotel Imperial (1939)
Barbara Bel Geddes and Curt Bois in Caught (1949)
Pat O'Brien, Curt Bois, and John Payne in Garden of the Moon (1938)

Known for

Wings of Desire (1987)
Wings of Desire
8.0
  • Homer
  • 1987
Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca
8.5
  • Pickpocket
  • 1942
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
5.7
  • King Charles II
  • 1950
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1960)
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti
6.5
  • Johannes Puntila
  • 1960

Credits

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Actor

  • Faraway, So Close! (1993)
    Faraway, So Close!
    • Der sterbene Homer (scenes deleted)
    • 1993
  • Mutterliebe
    • Short
    • 1990
  • Klebolin klebt alles
    • Short
    • 1990
  • Das letzte Band
    • Krapp
    • Video
    • 1989
  • Wings of Desire (1987)
    Wings of Desire
    • Homer
    • 1987
  • Ein Stück aus ihrem Leben
    • TV Series
    • 1986
  • Kir Royal (1986)
    Kir Royal
    • Friedrich Danziger
    • TV Series
    • 1986
  • Detektivbüro Roth (1986)
    Detektivbüro Roth
    • Robert Maschenberg
    • TV Series
    • 1986
  • War was, Rickie?
    • Onkel Erwin
    • TV Series
    • 1985
  • Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich
    • Wilhelm
    • Theo Kleber
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1985
  • Mensch Bachmann (1984)
    Mensch Bachmann
    • Herr Koller
    • TV Series
    • 1984
  • Haus Vaterland (1983)
    Haus Vaterland
    • TV Series
    • 1983
  • Dominique Horwitz, Christine Kaufmann, Peter Kern, Juraj Kukura, Sona MacDonald, Eva Mattes, Sunnyi Melles, Freddy Quinn, and Beatrice Richter in The Roaring Fifties (1983)
    The Roaring Fifties
    • (uncredited)
    • 1983
  • Siegfried Lowitz in The Old Fox (1977)
    The Old Fox
    • Karl Brunner
    • Juwelier Nathan
    • TV Series
    • 1977–1983
  • Täglich eine gute Tat
    • TV Movie
    • 1982

Director

  • Ein Polterabend (1955)
    Ein Polterabend
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Curt Bois and J. Fenneker in Scherben bringen Glück (1932)
    Scherben bringen Glück
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1932

Writer

  • Ein Polterabend (1955)
    Ein Polterabend
    • scenario
    • 1955

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Wings of Desire
Interview 3:38
Wings of Desire

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Kurt Bois
  • Born
    • April 5, 1901
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • December 25, 1991
    • Berlin, Germany(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Dagmar? - December 25, 1991 (his death)
  • Other works
    Starred in "Charley's Aunt" in the Josefstad Theater, Vienna, before WW2.

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    Had a career spanning 80 years.

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