Cast
Harry Baur
Acting
Cast
Harry Baur
Known for
Acting
Born
1880-04-12
From
Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Ăle-de-France, France
Died
1943-04-08
Also known as Henri-Marie Baur, Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur, Henri-Marie "Harry" Baur
Biography
Harry Baur (12 April 1880 â 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 MisĂ©rables (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.
Volpone
as Volpone
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Samson
as Jacques Brachart
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
as Ludwig van Beethoven
A Man's Head
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
Who Killed Santa Claus?
as Gaspard Cornusse
The Red Head
as Mr. Lepic
Golgotha
as HĂ©rode
Taras Bulba
as Tarass Boulba
The Golem
as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de BohĂšme
Life Dances On
as Alain Regnault
The New Men
as Bourron
Hatred
as le capitaine Mollenard
Rasputin
as Rasputin
The Postmaster's Daughter
as Virine, le maitre de poste
African Diary
as Docteur Bourdet
The Clairvoyant
as Monsieur Detaille
Moscow Nights
as Peter Brioukow
President Haudecoeur
as President Haudecoeur
Moscow Nights
as Piotr Brioukow
L'Assommoir
Dark Eyes
as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Crime and Punishment
as Porphyre
The Old Devil
as Guillaume Vautier
Flower of Paris
as Harry Podge
David Golder
as David Golder
Nitchevo
Rothchild
as Rothchild
Sins of Youth
as Monsieur Lacalade
Paris
The Secrets of the Red Sea
The Three Musketeers
as M. de Tréville
The Lost Course
as Le Capitaine Kell
The Gold Chignon
L'Ăvasion de Vidocq
as Vidocq
The Rebel Son
as Taras Bulba
Sarati the Terrible
as Cesar Sarati
Stars Never Die
as Self (archive footage)
Symphonie eines Lebens
as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
The Patriot
as Tsar Paul 1st
A Man and His Woman
as Papon
Monsieur Lecoq
Criminal
as Warden Brady
Polish Jew
as Mathias
Moon over Morocco
as M. de Marouvelle
Le Roman de Carpentier
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
as Vidocq