- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1880
- Place of Birth
- Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
- Died
- April 8, 1943
Harry Baur
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-w…
Filmography
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1978 · Self (archive footage)
movieStars Never Die
1957 · Self (archive footage)
movieSymphonie eines Lebens
1943 · Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
movieSins of Youth
1941 · Monsieur Lacalade
movieWho Killed Santa Claus?
1941 · Gaspard Cornusse
movieVolpone
1941 · Volpone
movieAfrican Diary
1940 · Docteur Bourdet
moviePresident Haudecoeur
1940 · President Haudecoeur
movieThe Patriot
1938 · Tsar Paul 1st
movieThe Postmaster's Daughter
1938 · Virine, le maitre de poste
movieThe Rebel Son
1938 · Taras Bulba
movieRasputin
1938 · Rasputin
movieHatred
1938 · le capitaine Mollenard
movieLife Dances On
1937 · Alain Regnault
movieThe Secrets of the Red Sea
1937
movieSarati the Terrible
1937 · Cesar Sarati
movieParis
1937
movieThe Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937 · Ludwig van Beethoven
movieNitchevo
1936
Taras Bulba
movieTaras Bulba
1936 · Tarass Boulba
movieSamson
1936 · Jacques Brachart
movieThe New Men
1936 · Bourron
movieThe Golem
1936 · L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
movieDark Eyes
1935 · Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
movieCrime and Punishment
1935 · Porphyre
movieGolgotha
1935 · Hérode
movieMoscow Nights
1934 · Peter Brioukow
movieMoscow Nights
1934 · Piotr Brioukow
movieA Man and His Woman
1934 · Papon
movieRothchild
1934 · Rothchild
movieLes Misérables
1934 · Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
movieA Man's Head
1933 · Commissaire Jules Maigret
movieCriminal
1933 · Warden Brady
movieThe Old Devil
1933 · Guillaume Vautier
movieThe Three Musketeers
1932 · M. de Tréville
movieThe Red Head
1932 · Mr. Lepic
movieMoon over Morocco
1931 · M. de Marouvelle
moviePolish Jew
1931 · Mathias
movieThe Lost Course
1931 · Le Capitaine Kell
movieDavid Golder
1931 · David Golder
movieThe Clairvoyant
1924 · Monsieur Detaille
movieThe Gold Chignon
1916
movieFlower of Paris
1916 · Harry Podge
Monsieur Lecoq
movieMonsieur Lecoq
1914
L'Évasion de Vidocq
movieL'Évasion de Vidocq
1910 · Vidocq
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
movieLa Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909 · Vidocq
movieL'Assommoir
1908
movieLe Roman de Carpentier
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