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.
Filmography
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Movies 51
self 2
TV Shows 1
Maurice Tourneur: Weaver of Dreams (2024)
The Greven Mystery (2017)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978)
Stars Never Die (1957)
Symphonie eines Lebens (1943)
Sins of Youth (1941)
Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
Volpone (1941)
African Diary (1940)
President Haudecoeur (1940)
Le Patriote (1938)
The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
The Rebel Son (1938)
Rasputin (1938)
Hatred (1938)
Life Dances On (1937)
Sarati the Terrible (1937)
The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1937)
Paris (1937)
Nitchevo (1936)
Taras Bulba (1936)
Samson (1936)
The New Men (1936)
The Golem (1936)
Moscow Nights (1935)
Dark Eyes (1935)
Crime and Punishment (1935)
Moscow Nights (1934)
Rothchild (1934)
Les Misérables (1934)
A Man's Neck (1933)
Criminal (1933)
The Old Devil (1933)
The Three Musketeers (1932)
The Red Head (1932)
Moon over Morocco (1931)
Polish Jew (1931)
The Lost Course (1931)
David Golder (1931)
The Clairvoyant (1924)
48 Opera Avenue (1917)
The Gold Chignon (1916)
Flower of Paris (1916)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1880-04-12
Deathday1943-04-08 (62 years old)
Birth NameHenri Marie Rodolphe Baur
Birth Place11th arrondissement of Paris, France
RelationshipsRose Grane (1910 - 1931), Rika Radifé (1936 - 1943)
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsHenri-Marie Baur, Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur, Henri-Marie "Harry" Baur
AwardsOfficer of the Legion of Honour
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