
Harry Baur
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.
Acting (39 movies)

Nitchevo
1936

Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941

Volpone
1941

Crime and Punishment
1935

Les Misérables
1934

Behold the Man
1935

Samson
1936

Criminal
1933

The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937

Paris
1937

A Man's Neck
1933

Hatred
1938

Life Dances On
1937

The Red Head
1932

The Clairvoyant
1924

David Golder
1931

Moon over Morocco
1931

Moscow Nights
1934

The Golem
1936

The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937

African Diary
1940

Symphonie eines Lebens
1943

Flower of Paris
1916

The Postmaster's Daughter
1938

L'Assommoir
1908

Rasputin
1938

Sarati the Terrible
1937

Sins of Youth
1941

The Old Devil
1933

The Three Musketeers
1932

The New Men
1936

Le Patriote
1938

Dark Eyes
1935

President Haudecoeur
1940

The Gold Chignon
1916

Rothchild
1934

Polish Jew
1931

Moscow Nights
1934

The Lost Course
1931
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