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Harry Baur
Actor
Died April 8, 1943 (62 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Maurice Tourneur, tisseur de rêve · as Cast |
| 2017 | La Continental: Le mystère Greven · as Monsieur Lacalade |
| 1943 | Symphonie eines Lebens · as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor |
| 1941 | Sins of Youth · as Monsieur Lacalade |
| 1941 | Who Killed Santa Claus? · as Gaspard Cornusse |
| 1941 | Volpone · as Volpone |
| 1940 | Forbidden Love · as Docteur Bourdet |
| 1938 | Le patriote · as Le Tsar |
| 1938 | Rasputin · as Rasputin |
| 1938 | Hatred · as Le Capitaine Mollenard |
| 1937 | Un carnet de bal · as Alain Regnault |
| 1937 | The Terrible Sarati · as Cesar Sarati |
| 1936 | |
| 1936 | The Life and Loves of Beethoven · as Ludwig Van Beethoven |
| 1936 | Samson · as Jacques Brachart |
| 1936 | Les hommes nouveaux · as Bourron |
| 1936 | The Golem: The Legend of Prague · as L'empereur Rodolphe Ii, Roi De Bohème |
| 1935 | I Stand Condemned · as Peter Brioukow |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment · as Porphyre |
| 1935 | Behold the Man · as Hérode |
| 1934 | Moscow Nights · as Piotr Brioukow |
| 1934 | Les Misérables · as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu |
| 1933 | Cette vieille canaille · as Guillaume Vautier |
| 1933 | A Man's Head · as Commissaire Jules Maigret |
| 1932 | Three Musketeers · as M. De Tréville |
| 1932 | Poil de carotte · as Mr. Lepic |
| 1931 | Moon Over Morocco · as M. De Marouvelle |
| 1931 | David Golder · as David Golder |