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
Nitchevo
Gaspard Cornusse
L'Assassinat du Père Noël
Volpone
Volpone
Porphyre
Crime et Châtiment
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Les Misérables
Hérode
Golgotha
Jacques Brachart
Samson
Warden Brady
Criminel
Un homme en or
Les Secrets de la mer Rouge
Paris
Commissaire Jules Maigret
La Tête d'un homme
Alain Regnault
Un carnet de bal
le capitaine Mollenard
Mollenard
Mr. Lepic
Poil de carotte
Monsieur Detaille
La Voyante
David Golder
David Golder
M. de Marouvelle
Les Cinq Gentlemen maudits
Peter Brioukow
Moscow Nights
L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
Le Golem
Taras Bulba
The Rebel Son
Ludwig van Beethoven
Un grand amour de Beethoven
Docteur Bourdet
L'Homme du Niger
Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
Symphonie eines Lebens
Harry Podge
Fleur de Paris
Virine, le maitre de poste
Nostalgie
L'Assommoir
Self (archive footage)
Les étoiles ne meurent jamais
Rasputin
La Tragédie impériale
Cesar Sarati
Sarati, le terrible
Tarass Boulba
Tarass Boulba
Monsieur Lacalade
Péchés de jeunesse
Le Roman de Carpentier
Guillaume Vautier
Cette vieille canaille
M. de Tréville
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Bourron
Les Hommes nouveaux
Tsar Paul 1st
Le Patriote
Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Les Yeux Noirs
President Haudecoeur
Le Président Haudecœur
Monsieur Lecoq
Chignon d'or
Rothchild
Rothchild
Mathias
Le Juif polonais
Piotr Brioukow
Les Nuits moscovites
Le Capitaine Kell
Le Cap perdu
Vidocq
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
Vidocq
L'Évasion de Vidocq
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
47
Gender
Male
Birthday
1880-04-12
Place of Birth
Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
Also Known As
Henri-Marie Baur