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.
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5.9
MOVIE1908
L'Assommoir
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7.0
MOVIE1935
Crime and Punishment
as Porphyre
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8.0
MOVIE1934
Rothchild
as Rothchild
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7.3
MOVIE1938
Hatred
as le capitaine Mollenard
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7.4
MOVIE1935
Golgotha
as HĂ©rode
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5.8
MOVIE1936
Samson
as Jacques Brachart
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10.0
MOVIE1914
Monsieur Lecoq
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6.8
MOVIE1941
Volpone
as Volpone
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7.9
MOVIE1934
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
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7.5
MOVIE1940
President Haudecoeur
as President Haudecoeur
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6.4
MOVIE1936
The New Men
as Bourron
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6.7
MOVIE1932
The Red Head
as Mr. Lepic
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7.0
MOVIE1937
Sarati the Terrible
as Cesar Sarati
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7.0
MOVIE1938
The Postmaster's Daughter
as Virine, le maitre de poste
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5.8
MOVIE1938
Rasputin
as Rasputin
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7.0
MOVIE1937
Life Dances On
as Alain Regnault
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6.1
MOVIE1933
A Man's Head
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
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8.0
MOVIE1931
The Lost Course
as Le Capitaine Kell
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9.0
MOVIE1910
L'Ăvasion de Vidocq
as Vidocq
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6.7
MOVIE1941
Who Killed Santa Claus?
as Gaspard Cornusse
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9.0
MOVIE1931
Polish Jew
as Mathias
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4.8
MOVIE1934
Moscow Nights
as Piotr Brioukow
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5.2
MOVIE1936
The Golem
as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de BohĂšme
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8.0
MOVIE1936
Taras Bulba
as Tarass Boulba
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10.0
MOVIE1934
A Man and His Woman
as Papon
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6.2
MOVIE1931
Moon over Morocco
as M. de Marouvelle
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7.0
MOVIE1938
The Patriot
as Tsar Paul 1st
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5.9
MOVIE1934
Moscow Nights
as Peter Brioukow
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9.0
MOVIE1916
Flower of Paris
as Harry Podge
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6.4
MOVIE1940
African Diary
as Docteur Bourdet
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6.8
MOVIE1937
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
as Ludwig van Beethoven
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8.0
MOVIE1938
The Rebel Son
as Taras Bulba
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6.5
MOVIE1931
David Golder
as David Golder
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5.7
MOVIE1941
Sins of Youth
as Monsieur Lacalade
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7.0
MOVIE1937
Paris
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6.3
MOVIE1932
The Three Musketeers
as M. de Tréville
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10.0
MOVIE1935
Dark Eyes
as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
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8.0
MOVIE1924
The Clairvoyant
as Monsieur Detaille
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Le Roman de Carpentier
â
9.0
MOVIE1916
The Gold Chignon
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8.0
MOVIE1933
Criminal
as Warden Brady
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10.0
MOVIE1936
Nitchevo
â
5.6
MOVIE1933
The Old Devil
as Guillaume Vautier
â
10.0
MOVIE1909
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
as Vidocq
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10.0
MOVIE1937
The Secrets of the Red Sea
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7.0
MOVIE1943
Symphonie eines Lebens
as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
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9.0
MOVIE1957
Stars Never Die
as Self (archive footage)