Harry Baur
Age: N/A | From: Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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Aliases: Henri-Marie Baur , Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur , Henri-Marie "Harry" Baur
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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Movie Involvements: 36
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Un carnet de bal
(1937) Alain Regnault
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
(1978) Self (archive footage)
The Red Head
(1932) Mr. Lepic
Crime and Punishment
(1935) Porphyre
Les Misérables
(1934) Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Dark Eyes
(1935) Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Who Killed Santa Claus?
(1941) Gaspard Cornusse
Stars Never Die
(1957) Self (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1957 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1943 | Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor | |
| 1941 | Monsieur Lacalade | |
| Gaspard Cornusse | ||
| Volpone | ||
| 1940 | Docteur Bourdet | |
| President Haudecoeur | ||
| 1938 | Le Tsar | |
| Virine, le maitre de poste | ||
| Taras Bulba | ||
| Rasputin | ||
| le capitaine Mollenard | ||
| 1937 | Alain Regnault | |
| N/A | ||
| Cesar Sarati | ||
| Ludwig van Beethoven | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1936 | N/A | |
| Tarass Boulba | ||
| Jacques Brachart | ||
| Bourron | ||
| L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème | ||
| 1935 | Peter Brioukow | |
| Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff | ||
| Porphyre | ||
| Hérode | ||
| 1934 | Piotr Brioukow | |
| N/A | ||
| Rothchild | ||
| Jean Valjean / Champmathieu | ||
| 1933 | Commissaire Jules Maigret | |
| Warden Brady | ||
| Guillaume Vautier | ||
| 1932 | M. de Tréville | |
| Mr. Lepic | ||
| 1931 | M. de Marouvelle | |
| Mathias | ||
| Le Capitaine Kell | ||
| David Golder | ||
| 1924 | Monsieur Detaille | |
| 1916 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1914 | N/A | |
| 1910 | Vidocq | |
| 1909 | Vidocq | |
| 1908 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
