Harry Baur
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1880
- Died
- April 8, 1943
- Birthplace
- 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
Stars Never Die 1957
as Self (archive footage)
Symphonie eines Lebens 1943
as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
Sins of Youth 1941
as Monsieur Lacalade
Who Killed Santa Claus? 1941
as Gaspard Cornusse
Volpone 1941
as Volpone
African Diary 1940
as Docteur Bourdet
President Haudecoeur 1940
as President Haudecoeur
The Mad Empress 1939
Actor
The Patriot 1938
as Tsar Paul 1st
The Postmaster's Daughter 1938
as Virine, le maitre de poste
The Rebel Son 1938
as Taras Bulba
Rasputin 1938
as Rasputin
Hatred 1938
as le capitaine Mollenard
Life Dances On 1937
as Alain Regnault
The Secrets of the Red Sea 1937
Actor
Sarati the Terrible 1937
as Cesar Sarati
The Life and Loves of Beethoven 1937
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Paris 1937
Actor
Nitchevo 1936
Actor
- Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba 1936
as Tarass Boulba
The New Men 1936
as Bourron
Samson 1936
as Jacques Brachart
The Golem 1936
as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
Dark Eyes 1935
as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Crime and Punishment 1935
as Porphyre
Golgotha 1935
as Hérode
Moscow Nights 1934
as Peter Brioukow
Moscow Nights 1934
as Piotr Brioukow
A Man and His Woman 1934
as Papon
Rothchild 1934
as Rothchild
Les Misérables 1934
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
A Man's Head 1933
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
Criminal 1933
as Warden Brady
The Old Devil 1933
as Guillaume Vautier
The Three Musketeers 1932
as M. de Tréville
The Red Head 1932
as Mr. Lepic
Moon over Morocco 1931
as M. de Marouvelle
Polish Jew 1931
as Mathias
The Lost Course 1931
as Le Capitaine Kell
David Golder 1931
as David Golder
- The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant 1924
as Monsieur Detaille
- Flower of Paris
Flower of Paris 1916
as Harry Podge
- Monsieur Lecoq
Monsieur Lecoq 1914
Actor
Le Roman de Carpentier 1914
Actor
- L'Évasion de Vidocq
L'Évasion de Vidocq 1910
as Vidocq
- La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier 1909
as Vidocq
L'Assommoir 1909
Actor
Credits from TMDB.