
Harry Baur
Known for ActingBorn 1880-04-12Died 1943-04-08Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
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.Read more
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The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937 · Movie
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Nitchevo
1936 · Movie
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Dark Eyes
1935 · Movie
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A Man and His Woman
1934 · Movie
Monsieur Lecoq
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Monsieur Lecoq
1914 · Movie
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
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La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909 · Movie
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
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Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978 · Series
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Stars Never Die
1957 · Movie
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Polish Jew
1931 · Movie
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Flower of Paris
1916 · Movie
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The Gold Chignon
1916 · Movie
L'Évasion de Vidocq
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L'Évasion de Vidocq
1910 · Movie
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The Rebel Son
1938 · Movie
Taras Bulba
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Taras Bulba
1936 · Movie
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Rothchild
1934 · Movie
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Criminal
1933 · Movie
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The Lost Course
1931 · Movie
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Les Misérables
1934 · Movie
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The Clairvoyant
1924 · Movie
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President Haudecoeur
1940 · Movie
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Golgotha
1935 · Movie
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Hatred
1938 · Movie
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Symphonie eines Lebens
1943 · Movie
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The Postmaster's Daughter
1938 · Movie
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The Patriot
1938 · Movie
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Paris
1937 · Movie
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Sarati the Terrible
1937 · Movie
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Life Dances On
1937 · Movie
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Crime and Punishment
1935 · Movie
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Volpone
1941 · Movie
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The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937 · Movie
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Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941 · Movie
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The Red Head
1932 · Movie
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African Diary
1940 · Movie
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David Golder
1931 · Movie
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The New Men
1936 · Movie
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The Three Musketeers
1932 · Movie
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Moon over Morocco
1931 · Movie
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A Man's Neck
1933 · Movie
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Moscow Nights
1934 · Movie
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Rasputin
1938 · Movie
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Sins of Youth
1941 · Movie
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Samson
1936 · Movie
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L'Assommoir
1908 · Movie
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The Old Devil
1933 · Movie
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The Golem
1936 · Movie
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Moscow Nights
1934 · Movie

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Le Roman de Carpentier
Movie