Harry Baur
Known for Acting · 48 credits
- Born
- 1880-04-12
- Died
- 1943-04-08
- Place of birth
- Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
- Also known as
- Henri-Marie Baur · Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur · Henri-Marie "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
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Volpone
1941
as Volpone
Les Misérables
1934
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Samson
1936
as Jacques Brachart
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937
as Ludwig van Beethoven
A Man's Head
1933
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
TV Shows (1)
Movies (47)
Volpone
1941
as Volpone
Les Misérables
1934
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Samson
1936
as Jacques Brachart
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937
as Ludwig van Beethoven
A Man's Head
1933
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941
as Gaspard Cornusse
The Red Head
1932
as Mr. Lepic
Golgotha
1935
as Hérode
Taras Bulba
1936
as Tarass Boulba
The Golem
1936
as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
Life Dances On
1937
as Alain Regnault
The New Men
1936
as Bourron
Hatred
1938
as le capitaine Mollenard
Rasputin
1938
as Rasputin
The Postmaster's Daughter
1938
as Virine, le maitre de poste
African Diary
1940
as Docteur Bourdet
The Clairvoyant
1924
as Monsieur Detaille
Moscow Nights
1934
as Peter Brioukow
President Haudecoeur
1940
as President Haudecoeur
Moscow Nights
1934
as Piotr Brioukow
L'Assommoir
1908
Dark Eyes
1935
as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Porphyre
The Old Devil
1933
as Guillaume Vautier
Flower of Paris
1916
as Harry Podge
David Golder
1931
as David Golder
Nitchevo
1936
Rothchild
1934
as Rothchild
Sins of Youth
1941
as Monsieur Lacalade
Paris
1937
The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937
The Three Musketeers
1932
as M. de Tréville
The Lost Course
1931
as Le Capitaine Kell
The Gold Chignon
1916
L'Évasion de Vidocq
1910
as Vidocq
The Rebel Son
1938
as Taras Bulba
Sarati the Terrible
1937
as Cesar Sarati
Stars Never Die
1957
as Self (archive footage)
Symphonie eines Lebens
1943
as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
The Patriot
1938
as Tsar Paul 1st
A Man and His Woman
1934
as Papon
Monsieur Lecoq
1914
Criminal
1933
as Warden Brady
Polish Jew
1931
as Mathias
Moon over Morocco
1931
as M. de Marouvelle
Le Roman de Carpentier
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909
as Vidocq
About 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… With 48 credits spanning from 1908 to 1978, Harry Baur has appeared in 47 films and 1 TV show.
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- Volpone (1941) — as Volpone
- Les Misérables (1934) — as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
- Samson (1936) — as Jacques Brachart
- The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1937) — as Ludwig van Beethoven
- A Man's Head (1933) — as Commissaire Jules Maigret
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