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