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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 12, 1880
Died
April 8, 1943
Place of Birth
Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
Also Known As
- Henri-Marie Baur
- Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur
- Henri-Marie "Harry" Baur
Harry Baur
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
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Self (archive footage)
Stars Never Die
1957
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Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
Symphonie eines Lebens
1943
5.5
Monsieur Lacalade
Sins of Youth
1941
6.6
Gaspard Cornusse
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941
6.7
Volpone
Volpone
1941
5.8
Docteur Bourdet
African Diary
1940
6.0
President Haudecoeur
President Haudecoeur
1940
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Tsar Paul 1st
Le Patriote
1938
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Virine, le maitre de poste
The Postmaster's Daughter
1938
Credits
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Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1978
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Stars Never Die
as Self (archive footage)
1957
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Symphonie eines Lebens
as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
1943
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Sins of Youth
as Monsieur Lacalade
1941
5.5
Who Killed Santa Claus?
as Gaspard Cornusse
1941
6.6
Volpone
as Volpone
1941
6.7
African Diary
as Docteur Bourdet
1940
5.8
President Haudecoeur
as President Haudecoeur
1940
6.0
Le Patriote
as Tsar Paul 1st
1938
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The Postmaster's Daughter
as Virine, le maitre de poste
1938
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The Rebel Son
as Taras Bulba
1938
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Rasputin
as Rasputin
1938
5.0
Hatred
as le capitaine Mollenard
1938
7.4
Life Dances On
as Alain Regnault
1937
7.0
The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937
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Sarati the Terrible
as Cesar Sarati
1937
7.0
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
as Ludwig van Beethoven
1937
6.9
Paris
1937
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Nitchevo
1936
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Taras Bulba
as Tarass Boulba
1936
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Samson
as Jacques Brachart
1936
5.0
The New Men
as Bourron
1936
6.0
The Golem
as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
1936
4.8
Dark Eyes
as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
1935
10.0
Crime and Punishment
as Porphyre
1935
7.0
Behold the Man
as Hérode
1935
7.3
Moscow Nights
as Peter Brioukow
1934
5.2
Moscow Nights
as Piotr Brioukow
1934
4.0
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A Man and His Woman
1934
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Rothchild
as Rothchild
1934
6.0
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
1934
7.9
A Man's Neck
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
1933
6.2
Criminal
as Warden Brady
1933
0.0
The Old Devil
as Guillaume Vautier
1933
5.2
The Three Musketeers
as M. de Tréville
1932
6.0
The Red Head
as Mr. Lepic
1932
6.7
Moon over Morocco
as M. de Marouvelle
1931
5.7
Polish Jew
as Mathias
1931
0.0
The Lost Course
as Le Capitaine Kell
1931
0.0
David Golder
as David Golder
1931
6.2
The Clairvoyant
as Monsieur Detaille
1924
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The Gold Chignon
1916
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Flower of Paris
as Harry Podge
1916
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Monsieur Lecoq
1914
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L'Évasion de Vidocq
as Vidocq
1910
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La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
as Vidocq
1909
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L'Assommoir
1908
5.6
Le Roman de Carpentier
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