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person_profile-Harry Baur

Harry Baur Died at age: 62

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Harry Baur

Date of Birth:

Apr 12, 1880

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Apr 08, 1943

Biography of

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.

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Harry Baur

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Filmography of

Harry Baur

Found 36 Movies in total

Warlock Moon

Hunter ( Actor )

... 1973

Who Killed Santa Claus?

Gaspard Cornusse ( Actor )

... 1941

Volpone

Volpone ( Actor )

... 1941

African Diary

Docteur Bourdet ( Actor )

... 1940

President Haudecoeur

President Haudecoeur ( Actor )

... 1940

Le Patriote

Le Tsar ( Actor )

... 1938

The Postmaster's Daughter

Virine, le maitre de poste ( Actor )

... 1938

... 1938

Hatred

le capitaine Mollenard ( Actor )

... 1938

Life Dances On

Alain Regnault ( Actor )

... 1937

Sarati the Terrible

Cesar Sarati ( Actor )

... 1937

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven ( Actor )

... 1937

Paris

Actor

... 1937

... 1936

Samson

Jacques Brachart ( Actor )

... 1936

The New Men

Bourron ( Actor )

... 1936

The Golem

L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème ( Actor )

... 1936

Moscow Nights

Peter Brioukow ( Actor )

... 1935

Dark Eyes

Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff ( Actor )

... 1935

Crime and Punishment

Porphyre ( Actor )

... 1935

Behold the Man

Hérode ( Actor )

... 1935

Moscow Nights

Piotr Brioukow ( Actor )

... 1934

Rothchild

Rothchild ( Actor )

... 1934

Les Misérables

Jean Valjean / Champmathieu ( Actor )

... 1934

A Man's Neck

Commissaire Jules Maigret ( Actor )

... 1933

Criminal

Warden Brady ( Actor )

... 1933

The Old Devil

Guillaume Vautier ( Actor )

... 1933

The Three Musketeers

M. de Tréville ( Actor )

... 1932

The Red Head

Mr. Lepic ( Actor )

... 1932

Moon over Morocco

M. de Marouvelle ( Actor )

... 1931

Polish Jew

Mathias ( Actor )

... 1931

The Lost Course

Le Capitaine Kell ( Actor )

... 1931

David Golder

David Golder ( Actor )

... 1931

... 1916

... 1916