Harry Baur
Acting
1880-04-12 · Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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.
Filmography
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978 · Series
Stars Never Die
1957 · Movie
Symphonie eines Lebens
1943 · Movie
Sins of Youth
1941 · Movie
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941 · Movie
Volpone
1941 · Movie
African Diary
1940 · Movie
President Haudecoeur
1940 · Movie
The Patriot
1938 · Movie
The Postmaster's Daughter
1938 · Movie
The Rebel Son
1938 · Movie
Rasputin
1938 · Movie
Hatred
1938 · Movie
Life Dances On
1937 · Movie
The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937 · Movie
Sarati the Terrible
1937 · Movie
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937 · Movie
Paris
1937 · Movie
Nitchevo
1936 · Movie
Taras Bulba
1936 · Movie
The New Men
1936 · Movie
Samson
1936 · Movie
The Golem
1936 · Movie
Dark Eyes
1935 · Movie
Crime and Punishment
1935 · Movie
Golgotha
1935 · Movie
Moscow Nights
1934 · Movie
Moscow Nights
1934 · Movie
A Man and His Woman
1934 · Movie
Rothchild
1934 · Movie
Les Misérables
1934 · Movie
A Man's Head
1933 · Movie
Criminal
1933 · Movie
The Old Devil
1933 · Movie
The Three Musketeers
1932 · Movie
The Red Head
1932 · Movie
Moon over Morocco
1931 · Movie
Polish Jew
1931 · Movie
The Lost Course
1931 · Movie
David Golder
1931 · Movie
The Clairvoyant
1924 · Movie
The Gold Chignon
1916 · Movie
Flower of Paris
1916 · Movie
Monsieur Lecoq
1914 · Movie
L'Évasion de Vidocq
1910 · Movie
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909 · Movie
L'Assommoir
1908 · Movie
Le Roman de Carpentier
Movie