Harry Baur
Acting
Born: 1880-04-12 in Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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
Rothchild
Rothchild
Hatred
le capitaine Mollenard
Golgotha
Hérode
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Samson
Jacques Brachart
Polish Jew
Mathias
The Postmaster's Daughter
Virine, le maitre de poste
Volpone
Volpone
Crime and Punishment
Porphyre
Rasputin
Rasputin
The Golem
L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
L'Assommoir
Monsieur Lecoq
The Old Devil
Guillaume Vautier
The New Men
Bourron
A Man's Head
Commissaire Jules Maigret
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
President Haudecoeur
President Haudecoeur
Who Killed Santa Claus?
Gaspard Cornusse
The Lost Course
Le Capitaine Kell
Life Dances On
Alain Regnault
Moscow Nights
Piotr Brioukow
The Clairvoyant
Monsieur Detaille
A Man and His Woman
Papon
Sarati the Terrible
Cesar Sarati
Moscow Nights
Peter Brioukow
The Red Head
Mr. Lepic
David Golder
David Golder
Dark Eyes
Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
The Three Musketeers
M. de Tréville
The Rebel Son
Taras Bulba
Flower of Paris
Harry Podge
Sins of Youth
Monsieur Lacalade
Paris
Moon over Morocco
M. de Marouvelle
The Secrets of the Red Sea
Symphonie eines Lebens
Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor