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