10.0
10.0
Dark Eyes
1935
as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Harry Baur
Acting
Born:April 12, 1880
Died:April 8, 1943(aged 62)
Birthplace:Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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CommunityBiography
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 (47 movies)
7.9
7.9
Les Misérables
1934
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
7.4
7.4
Hatred
1938
as le capitaine Mollenard
7.3
7.3
Behold the Man
1935
as Hérode
6.9
6.9
Life Dances On
1937
as Alain Regnault
6.8
6.8
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Porphyre
6.8
6.8
Sarati the Terrible
1937
as Cesar Sarati
6.7
6.7
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937
as Ludwig van Beethoven
6.7
6.7
Volpone
1941
as Volpone
6.6
6.6
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941
as Gaspard Cornusse
6.6
6.6
The Red Head
1932
as Mr. Lepic
6.3
6.3
David Golder
1931
as David Golder
6.0
6.0
Rothchild
1934
as Rothchild
6.0
6.0
President Haudecoeur
1940
as President Haudecoeur
6.0
6.0
The Three Musketeers
1932
as M. de Tréville
6.0
6.0
The New Men
1936
as Bourron
5.9
5.9
A Man's Neck
1933
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
5.8
5.8
African Diary
1940
as Docteur Bourdet
5.7
5.7
Moon over Morocco
1931
as M. de Marouvelle
5.6
5.6
L'Assommoir
1908
5.5
5.5
Sins of Youth
1941
as Monsieur Lacalade
5.2
5.2
The Old Devil
1933
as Guillaume Vautier
5.2
5.2
Moscow Nights
1934
as Peter Brioukow
5.0
5.0
Rasputin
1938
as Rasputin
5.0
5.0
Samson
1936
as Jacques Brachart
4.8
4.8
The Golem
1936
as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
4.0
4.0
Moscow Nights
1934
as Piotr Brioukow
Le Patriote
1938
as Tsar Paul 1st
The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937
Nitchevo
1936
A Man and His Woman
1934
Paris
1937
The Gold Chignon
1916
The Clairvoyant
1924
as Monsieur Detaille
The Lost Course
1931
as Le Capitaine Kell
Polish Jew
1931
as Mathias
Criminal
1933
as Warden Brady
Monsieur Lecoq
1914
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909
as Vidocq
L'Évasion de Vidocq
1910
as Vidocq
The Postmaster's Daughter
1938
as Virine, le maitre de poste
Le Roman de Carpentier
TBA
Symphonie eines Lebens
1943
as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
Stars Never Die
1957
as Self (archive footage)
The Rebel Son
1938
as Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba
1936
as Tarass Boulba
Flower of Paris
1916
as Harry Podge
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