Harry Baur (12 April 1880 – 8 April 1943) was a French actor.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Stars Never Die
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/05/1957
Symphonie eines Lebens
Character:Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
Release Date:21/04/1943
Sins of Youth
Character:Monsieur Lacalade
Release Date:16/11/1941
Who Killed Santa Claus?
Character:Gaspard Cornusse
Release Date:16/10/1941
Volpone
Character:Volpone
Release Date:10/05/1941
African Diary
Character:Docteur Bourdet
Release Date:25/06/1940
President Haudecoeur
Character:President Haudecoeur
Release Date:11/04/1940
Le Patriote
Character:Tsar Paul 1st
Release Date:05/06/1938
The Postmaster's Daughter
Character:Virine, le maitre de poste
Release Date:03/03/1938
The Rebel Son
Character:Taras Bulba
Release Date:02/02/1938
Rasputin
Character:Rasputin
Release Date:28/01/1938
Hatred
Character:le capitaine Mollenard
Release Date:26/01/1938
Life Dances On
Character:Alain Regnault
Release Date:09/09/1937
The Secrets of the Red Sea
Character:
Release Date:08/09/1937
Sarati the Terrible
Character:Cesar Sarati
Release Date:30/07/1937
Paris
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1937
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Character:Ludwig van Beethoven
Release Date:15/01/1937
Nitchevo
Character:
Release Date:18/12/1936
Taras Bulba
Character:Tarass Boulba
Release Date:05/03/1936
Samson
Character:Jacques Brachart
Release Date:04/03/1936
The New Men
Character:Bourron
Release Date:04/03/1936
The Golem
Character:L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
Release Date:06/02/1936
Dark Eyes
Character:Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Release Date:05/09/1935
Crime and Punishment
Character:Porphyre
Release Date:17/05/1935
Behold the Man
Character:Hérode
Release Date:01/01/1935
Moscow Nights
Character:Peter Brioukow
Release Date:23/12/1934
Moscow Nights
Character:Piotr Brioukow
Release Date:21/11/1934
A Man and His Woman
Character:
Release Date:09/11/1934
Rothchild
Character:Rothchild
Release Date:04/05/1934
Les Misérables
Character:Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Release Date:09/02/1934
A Man's Neck
Character:Commissaire Jules Maigret
Release Date:18/02/1933
Criminal
Character:Warden Brady
Release Date:06/01/1933
The Old Devil
Character:Guillaume Vautier
Release Date:01/01/1933
The Three Musketeers
Character:M. de Tréville
Release Date:09/12/1932
The Red Head
Character:Mr. Lepic
Release Date:04/11/1932
Moon over Morocco
Character:M. de Marouvelle
Release Date:29/10/1931
Polish Jew
Character:Mathias
Release Date:18/09/1931
The Lost Course
Character:Le Capitaine Kell
Release Date:03/04/1931
David Golder
Character:David Golder
Release Date:06/03/1931
The Clairvoyant
Character:Monsieur Detaille
Release Date:31/10/1924
The Gold Chignon
Character:
Release Date:15/05/1916
Flower of Paris
Character:Harry Podge
Release Date:11/03/1916
Monsieur Lecoq
Character:
Release Date:15/05/1914
L'Évasion de Vidocq
Character:Vidocq
Release Date:10/01/1910
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
Character:Vidocq
Release Date:13/08/1909
L'Assommoir
Character:
Release Date:21/12/1908
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