Harry Baur
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 12, 1880
- Died
- Apr 8, 1943 (aged 62)
- Place of birth
- Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
- Credits
- 48
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
Les Misérables
1934Movie
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Life Dances On
1937Movie
Alain Regnault
A Man's Head
1933Movie
Commissaire Jules Maigret
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941Movie
Gaspard Cornusse
The Red Head
1932Movie
Mr. Lepic
David Golder
1931Movie
David Golder
Filmography
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978TV
Self (archive footage)
Stars Never Die
1957Movie
Self (archive footage)
Symphonie eines Lebens
1943Movie
Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
Sins of Youth
1941Movie
Monsieur Lacalade
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941Movie
Gaspard Cornusse
Volpone
1941Movie
Volpone
African Diary
1940Movie
Docteur Bourdet
President Haudecoeur
1940Movie
President Haudecoeur
The Patriot
1938Movie
Tsar Paul 1st
The Postmaster's Daughter
1938Movie
Virine, le maitre de poste
The Rebel Son
1938Movie
Taras Bulba
Rasputin
1938Movie
Rasputin
Hatred
1938Movie
le capitaine Mollenard
Life Dances On
1937Movie
Alain Regnault
The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937Movie
Sarati the Terrible
1937Movie
Cesar Sarati
Paris
1937Movie
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937Movie
Ludwig van Beethoven
Nitchevo
1936Movie
Taras Bulba
1936Movie
Tarass Boulba
Samson
1936Movie
Jacques Brachart
The New Men
1936Movie
Bourron
The Golem
1936Movie
L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
Dark Eyes
1935Movie
Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Crime and Punishment
1935Movie
Porphyre
Golgotha
1935Movie
Hérode
Moscow Nights
1934Movie
Peter Brioukow
Moscow Nights
1934Movie
Piotr Brioukow
A Man and His Woman
1934Movie
Papon
Rothchild
1934Movie
Rothchild
Les Misérables
1934Movie
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
A Man's Head
1933Movie
Commissaire Jules Maigret
Criminal
1933Movie
Warden Brady
The Old Devil
1933Movie
Guillaume Vautier
The Three Musketeers
1932Movie
M. de Tréville
The Red Head
1932Movie
Mr. Lepic
Moon over Morocco
1931Movie
M. de Marouvelle
Polish Jew
1931Movie
Mathias
The Lost Course
1931Movie
Le Capitaine Kell
David Golder
1931Movie
David Golder
The Clairvoyant
1924Movie
Monsieur Detaille
The Gold Chignon
1916Movie
Flower of Paris
1916Movie
Harry Podge
Monsieur Lecoq
1914Movie
L'Évasion de Vidocq
1910Movie
Vidocq
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909Movie
Vidocq
L'Assommoir
1908Movie
Le Roman de Carpentier
Movie