Harry Baur
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 (48 titles)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage) · 1978
9.0MovieStars Never Die
Self (archive footage) · 1957
7.0MovieSymphonie eines Lebens
Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor · 1943
5.7MovieSins of Youth
Monsieur Lacalade · 1941
6.7MovieWho Killed Santa Claus?
Gaspard Cornusse · 1941
6.8MovieVolpone
Volpone · 1941
6.4MovieAfrican Diary
Docteur Bourdet · 1940
7.5MoviePresident Haudecoeur
President Haudecoeur · 1940
7.0MovieThe Patriot
Tsar Paul 1st · 1938
7.0MovieThe Postmaster's Daughter
Virine, le maitre de poste · 1938
8.0MovieThe Rebel Son
Taras Bulba · 1938
5.8MovieRasputin
Rasputin · 1938
7.3MovieHatred
le capitaine Mollenard · 1938
7.0MovieLife Dances On
Alain Regnault · 1937
10.0MovieThe Secrets of the Red Sea
1937
7.0MovieSarati the Terrible
Cesar Sarati · 1937
7.0MovieParis
1937
6.8MovieThe Life and Loves of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven · 1937
10.0MovieNitchevo
1936
Taras Bulba
Tarass Boulba · 1936
5.8MovieSamson
Jacques Brachart · 1936
6.4MovieThe New Men
Bourron · 1936
5.2MovieThe Golem
L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème · 1936
10.0MovieDark Eyes
Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff · 1935
7.0MovieCrime and Punishment
Porphyre · 1935
7.4MovieGolgotha
Hérode · 1935
5.9MovieMoscow Nights
Peter Brioukow · 1934
4.8MovieMoscow Nights
Piotr Brioukow · 1934
10.0MovieA Man and His Woman
Papon · 1934
8.0MovieRothchild
Rothchild · 1934