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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 12, 1880
Place of Birth:
Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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Harry Baur
Biography
Harry Baur (12 April 1880 – 8 April 1943) was a French actor.
Initially a stage actor, Baur appeared in about 80 films between 1909 and 1942. He gave an acclaimed performance as the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the biopic Beethoven's Great Love (Un grand amour de Beethoven, 1936), directed by Abel Gance, and as Jean Valjean in Raymond Bernard's version of Les Misérables (1934). He also acted in Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset's silent film, Beethoven (1909), and in La voyante (1923), Sarah Bernhardt's last film.
In 1942, while in Berlin, to star in his last film Symphone eines Lebens, Baur's wife was arrested by the Gestapo and charged with espionage. His effort to secure her release led to his own arrest and torture. He was being falsely labelled as a Jew but confirmed freemason. He was released in April 1943, but died in Paris shortly after in mysterious circumstances.
Academy Award-winning American actor Rod Steiger cited Baur as one of his favorite actors who had exerted a major influence on his craft and career.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Stars Never Die | Self (archive footage) |
| 1943 | Symphonie eines Lebens | Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor |
| 1941 | Who Killed Santa Claus? | Gaspard Cornusse |
| 1941 | Volpone | Volpone |
| 1941 | Sins of Youth | Monsieur Lacalade |
| 1940 | African Diary | Docteur Bourdet |
| 1940 | President Haudecoeur | President Haudecoeur |
| 1938 | Hatred | le capitaine Mollenard |
| 1938 | The Rebel Son | Taras Bulba |
| 1938 | The Postmaster's Daughter | Virine, le maitre de poste |
| 1938 | Rasputin | Rasputin |
| 1938 | Le Patriote | Tsar Paul 1st |
| 1937 | The Secrets of the Red Sea | |
| 1937 | Paris | |
| 1937 | Life Dances On | Alain Regnault |
| 1937 | The Life and Loves of Beethoven | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 1937 | Sarati the Terrible | Cesar Sarati |
| 1936 | Nitchevo | |
| 1936 | Samson | Jacques Brachart |
| 1936 | The Golem | L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème |
| 1936 | Taras Bulba | Tarass Boulba |
| 1936 | The New Men | Bourron |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Porphyre |
| 1935 | Behold the Man | Hérode |
| 1935 | Dark Eyes | Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff |
| 1934 | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean / Champmathieu |
| 1934 | A Man and His Woman | |
| 1934 | Moscow Nights | Peter Brioukow |
| 1934 | Rothchild | Rothchild |
| 1934 | Moscow Nights | Piotr Brioukow |
| 1933 | Criminal | Warden Brady |
| 1933 | A Man's Neck | Commissaire Jules Maigret |
| 1933 | The Old Devil | Guillaume Vautier |
| 1932 | The Red Head | Mr. Lepic |
| 1932 | The Three Musketeers | M. de Tréville |
| 1931 | David Golder | David Golder |
| 1931 | Moon over Morocco | M. de Marouvelle |
| 1931 | Polish Jew | Mathias |
| 1931 | The Lost Course | Le Capitaine Kell |
| 1924 | The Clairvoyant | Monsieur Detaille |
| 1916 | Flower of Paris | Harry Podge |
| 1916 | The Gold Chignon | |
| 1914 | Monsieur Lecoq | |
| 1910 | L'Évasion de Vidocq | Vidocq |
| 1909 | La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier | Vidocq |
| 1908 | L'Assommoir | |
| Le Roman de Carpentier |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma | Self (archive footage) |