
Acting
Born April 12, 1880 · Montrouge, 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.
Stars Never Die
1957

Symphonie eines Lebens
1943

Sins of Youth
1941

Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941

Volpone
1941

African Diary
1940

President Haudecoeur
1940

The Patriot
1938

The Postmaster's Daughter
1938
The Rebel Son
1938

Rasputin
1938

Hatred
1938

Life Dances On
1937

The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937

Sarati the Terrible
1937

Paris
1937

The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937

Nitchevo
1936
Taras Bulba
1936

Samson
1936

The New Men
1936

The Golem
1936

Dark Eyes
1935

Crime and Punishment
1935

Golgotha
1935

Moscow Nights
1934

Moscow Nights
1934
A Man and His Woman
1934

Rothchild
1934

Les Misérables
1934

A Man's Neck
1933

Criminal
1933

The Old Devil
1933

The Three Musketeers
1932

The Red Head
1932

Moon over Morocco
1931

Polish Jew
1931

The Lost Course
1931

David Golder
1931

The Clairvoyant
1924

The Gold Chignon
1916

Flower of Paris
1916
Monsieur Lecoq
1914
L'Évasion de Vidocq
1910
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
1909

L'Assommoir
1908