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.
Fotos
Películas (46)
Stars Never Die
1957 · Self (archive footage)
Symphonie eines Lebens
1943 · Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
Sins of Youth
1941 · Monsieur Lacalade
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941 · Gaspard Cornusse
Volpone
1941 · Volpone
African Diary
1940 · Docteur Bourdet
President Haudecoeur
1940 · President Haudecoeur
The Patriot
1938 · Tsar Paul 1st
The Postmaster's Daughter
1938 · Virine, le maitre de poste
The Rebel Son
1938 · Taras Bulba
Rasputin
1938 · Rasputin
Hatred
1938 · le capitaine Mollenard
Life Dances On
1937 · Alain Regnault
The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937
Sarati the Terrible
1937 · Cesar Sarati
Paris
1937
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937 · Ludwig van Beethoven
Nitchevo
1936
Taras Bulba
1936 · Tarass Boulba
Samson
1936 · Jacques Brachart
The New Men
1936 · Bourron
The Golem
1936 · L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
Dark Eyes
1935 · Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
Crime and Punishment
1935 · Porphyre
Golgotha
1935 · Hérode
Moscow Nights
1934 · Peter Brioukow
Moscow Nights
1934 · Piotr Brioukow
A Man and His Woman
1934 · Papon
Rothchild
1934 · Rothchild
Les Misérables
1934 · Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
A Man's Head
1933 · Commissaire Jules Maigret
Criminal
1933 · Warden Brady
The Old Devil
1933 · Guillaume Vautier
The Three Musketeers
1932 · M. de Tréville
The Red Head
1932 · Mr. Lepic
Moon over Morocco
1931 · M. de Marouvelle
Polish Jew
1931 · Mathias
The Lost Course
1931 · Le Capitaine Kell
David Golder
1931 · David Golder
The Clairvoyant
1924 · Monsieur Detaille
Flower of Paris
1916 · Harry Podge
Monsieur Lecoq
1914
Le Roman de Carpentier
1914
L'Évasion de Vidocq
1910 · Vidocq
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909 · Vidocq
L'Assommoir
1909