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
