Harry Baur
Born
April 12, 1880
Died
April 8, 1943 (62 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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.
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1978
Stars Never Die
Self (archive footage)
1957

Symphonie eines Lebens
Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
1943

Sins of Youth
Monsieur Lacalade
1941

Who Killed Santa Claus?
Gaspard Cornusse
1941

Volpone
Volpone
1941

African Diary
Docteur Bourdet
1940

President Haudecoeur
President Haudecoeur
1940

Le Patriote
Tsar Paul 1st
1938

The Postmaster's Daughter
Virine, le maitre de poste
1938
The Rebel Son
Taras Bulba
1938

Rasputin
Rasputin
1938

Hatred
le capitaine Mollenard
1938

Life Dances On
Alain Regnault
1937

The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937

Sarati the Terrible
Cesar Sarati
1937

Paris
1937

The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
1937

Nitchevo
1936
Taras Bulba
Tarass Boulba
1936

Samson
Jacques Brachart
1936

The New Men
Bourron
1936

The Golem
L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
1936

Dark Eyes
Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
1935

Crime and Punishment
Porphyre
1935

Behold the Man
Hérode
1935

Moscow Nights
Peter Brioukow
1934

Moscow Nights
Piotr Brioukow
1934
A Man and His Woman
1934

Rothchild
Rothchild
1934

Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
1934

A Man's Neck
Commissaire Jules Maigret
1933

Criminal
Warden Brady
1933

The Old Devil
Guillaume Vautier
1933

The Three Musketeers
M. de Tréville
1932

The Red Head
Mr. Lepic
1932

Moon over Morocco
M. de Marouvelle
1931

Polish Jew
Mathias
1931

The Lost Course
Le Capitaine Kell
1931

David Golder
David Golder
1931

The Clairvoyant
Monsieur Detaille
1924

The Gold Chignon
1916

Flower of Paris
Harry Podge
1916
Monsieur Lecoq
1914
L'Évasion de Vidocq
Vidocq
1910
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
Vidocq
1909

L'Assommoir
1908
