Harry Baur
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1880
- Died
- April 8, 1943 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Stars Never Die
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Symphonie eines Lebens
Movie · as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
Who Killed Santa Claus?
Movie · as Gaspard Cornusse
Volpone
Movie · as Volpone
Sins of Youth
Movie · as Monsieur Lacalade
African Diary
Movie · as Docteur Bourdet
President Haudecoeur
Movie · as President Haudecoeur
The Mad Empress
Movie
Hatred
Movie · as le capitaine Mollenard
The Rebel Son
Movie · as Taras Bulba
The Postmaster's Daughter
Movie · as Virine, le maitre de poste
Rasputin
Movie · as Rasputin
The Patriot
Movie · as Tsar Paul 1st
The Secrets of the Red Sea
Movie
Paris
Movie
Life Dances On
Movie · as Alain Regnault
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Movie · as Ludwig van Beethoven
Sarati the Terrible
Movie · as Cesar Sarati
Nitchevo
Movie
Samson
Movie · as Jacques Brachart
The Golem
Movie · as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
Taras Bulba
Movie · as Tarass Boulba
The New Men
Movie · as Bourron
Crime and Punishment
Movie · as Porphyre
Golgotha
Movie · as Hérode
Dark Eyes
Movie · as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Les Misérables
Movie · as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
A Man and His Woman
Movie · as Papon
Moscow Nights
Movie · as Peter Brioukow
Rothchild
Movie · as Rothchild
Moscow Nights
Movie · as Piotr Brioukow
Criminal
Movie · as Warden Brady
A Man's Head
Movie · as Commissaire Jules Maigret
The Old Devil
Movie · as Guillaume Vautier
The Red Head
Movie · as Mr. Lepic
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as M. de Tréville
David Golder
Movie · as David Golder
Moon over Morocco
Movie · as M. de Marouvelle
Polish Jew
Movie · as Mathias
The Lost Course
Movie · as Le Capitaine Kell
The Clairvoyant
Movie · as Monsieur Detaille
Flower of Paris
Movie · as Harry Podge
Le Roman de Carpentier
Movie
Monsieur Lecoq
Movie
L'Évasion de Vidocq
Movie · as Vidocq
L'Assommoir
Movie
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
Movie · as Vidocq