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Harry Baur

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
48

Gender
Male

Birthday
April 12, 1880 (146 years old)

Place of Birth
Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France

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

Acting

1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaas Self (archive footage)
1957Stars Never Dieas Self (archive footage)
1943Symphonie eines Lebensas Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
1941Sins of Youthas Monsieur Lacalade
1941Who Killed Santa Claus?as Gaspard Cornusse
1941Volponeas Volpone
1940African Diaryas Docteur Bourdet
1940President Haudecoeuras President Haudecoeur
1938The Patriotas Tsar Paul 1st
1938The Postmaster's Daughteras Virine, le maitre de poste
1938The Rebel Sonas Taras Bulba
1938Rasputinas Rasputin
1938Hatredas le capitaine Mollenard
1937Life Dances Onas Alain Regnault
1937The Secrets of the Red Seaas
1937Sarati the Terribleas Cesar Sarati
1937Parisas
1937The Life and Loves of Beethovenas Ludwig van Beethoven
1936Nitchevoas
1936Taras Bulbaas Tarass Boulba
1936Samsonas Jacques Brachart
1936The New Menas Bourron
1936The Golemas L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
1935Dark Eyesas Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
1935Crime and Punishmentas Porphyre
1935Golgothaas Hérode
1934Moscow Nightsas Peter Brioukow
1934Moscow Nightsas Piotr Brioukow
1934A Man and His Womanas Papon
1934Rothchildas Rothchild
1934Les Misérablesas Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
1933A Man's Headas Commissaire Jules Maigret
1933Criminalas Warden Brady
1933The Old Devilas Guillaume Vautier
1932The Three Musketeersas M. de Tréville
1932The Red Headas Mr. Lepic
1931Moon over Moroccoas M. de Marouvelle
1931Polish Jewas Mathias
1931The Lost Courseas Le Capitaine Kell
1931David Golderas David Golder
1924The Clairvoyantas Monsieur Detaille
1916The Gold Chignonas
1916Flower of Parisas Harry Podge
1914Monsieur Lecoqas
1910L'Évasion de Vidocqas Vidocq
1909La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policieras Vidocq
1908L'Assommoiras
Le Roman de Carpentieras

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