Acting · Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France · Born April 12, 1880
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.
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
as Self (archive footage)
MovieStars Never Die
1957
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSymphonie eines Lebens
1943
as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
MovieSins of Youth
1941
as Monsieur Lacalade
MovieWho Killed Santa Claus?
1941
as Gaspard Cornusse
MovieVolpone
1941
as Volpone
MovieAfrican Diary
1940
as Docteur Bourdet
MoviePresident Haudecoeur
1940
as President Haudecoeur
MovieThe Patriot
1938
as Tsar Paul 1st
MovieThe Postmaster's Daughter
1938
as Virine, le maitre de poste
MovieThe Rebel Son
1938
as Taras Bulba
MovieRasputin
1938
as Rasputin
MovieHatred
1938
as le capitaine Mollenard
MovieLife Dances On
1937
as Alain Regnault
MovieThe Secrets of the Red Sea
1937
MovieSarati the Terrible
1937
as Cesar Sarati
MovieParis
1937
MovieThe Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937
as Ludwig van Beethoven
MovieNitchevo
1936
Taras Bulba
1936
as Tarass Boulba
MovieSamson
1936
as Jacques Brachart
MovieThe New Men
1936
as Bourron
MovieThe Golem
1936
as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
MovieDark Eyes
1935
as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
MovieCrime and Punishment
1935
as Porphyre
MovieGolgotha
1935
as Hérode
MovieMoscow Nights
1934
as Peter Brioukow
MovieMoscow Nights
1934
as Piotr Brioukow
MovieA Man and His Woman
1934
as Papon
MovieRothchild
1934
as Rothchild
MovieLes Misérables
1934
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
MovieA Man's Head
1933
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
MovieCriminal
1933
as Warden Brady
MovieThe Old Devil
1933
as Guillaume Vautier
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1932
as M. de Tréville
MovieThe Red Head
1932
as Mr. Lepic
MovieMoon over Morocco
1931
as M. de Marouvelle
MoviePolish Jew
1931
as Mathias
MovieThe Lost Course
1931
as Le Capitaine Kell
MovieDavid Golder
1931
as David Golder
MovieThe Clairvoyant
1924
as Monsieur Detaille
MovieThe Gold Chignon
1916
MovieFlower of Paris
1916
as Harry Podge
Monsieur Lecoq
1914
L'Évasion de Vidocq
1910
as Vidocq
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909
as Vidocq
MovieL'Assommoir
1908
MovieLe Roman de Carpentier
