Harry Baur
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
48
Gender
Male
Birthday
1880-04-12 (145 years old)
Place of Birth
Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
Acting

1978

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma as Self (archive footage)

1957

Stars Never Die as Self (archive footage)

1943

Symphonie eines Lebens as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor

1941

Who Killed Santa Claus? as Gaspard Cornusse

1941

Volpone as Volpone

1941

Sins of Youth as Monsieur Lacalade

1940

African Diary as Docteur Bourdet

1940

President Haudecoeur as President Haudecoeur

1938

Hatred as le capitaine Mollenard

1938

Rasputin as Rasputin

1938

The Postmaster's Daughter as Virine, le maitre de poste

1938

The Rebel Son as Taras Bulba

1938

Le Patriote as Tsar Paul 1st

1937

Life Dances On as Alain Regnault

1937

The Life and Loves of Beethoven as Ludwig van Beethoven

1937

The Secrets of the Red Sea as Not available

1937

Paris as Not available

1937

Sarati the Terrible as Cesar Sarati

1936

The Golem as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème

1936

Taras Bulba as Tarass Boulba

1936

Nitchevo as Not available

1936

Samson as Jacques Brachart

1936

The New Men as Bourron

1935

Behold the Man as Hérode

1935

Crime and Punishment as Porphyre

1935

Dark Eyes as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff

1934

Les Misérables as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

1934

Moscow Nights as Peter Brioukow

1934

Rothchild as Rothchild

1934

Moscow Nights as Piotr Brioukow

1934

A Man and His Woman as Not available

1933

A Man's Neck as Commissaire Jules Maigret

1933

Criminal as Warden Brady

1933

The Old Devil as Guillaume Vautier

1932

The Red Head as Mr. Lepic

1932

The Three Musketeers as M. de Tréville

1931

David Golder as David Golder

1931

Moon over Morocco as M. de Marouvelle

1931

The Lost Course as Le Capitaine Kell

1931

Polish Jew as Mathias

1924

The Clairvoyant as Monsieur Detaille

1916

Flower of Paris as Harry Podge

1916

The Gold Chignon as Not available

1914

Monsieur Lecoq as Not available

1910

L'Évasion de Vidocq as Vidocq

1908

L'Assommoir as Not available

NaN

Le Roman de Carpentier as Not available