
Harry Baur
Acting
Born: 1880-04-12 · Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
Died: 1943-04-08
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 Bernha
🎬 Movies (30)

Stars Never Die
1957
Self (archive footage)

Symphonie eines Lebens
1943
Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor

Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941
Gaspard Cornusse

Volpone
1941
Volpone

Sins of Youth
1941
Monsieur Lacalade

African Diary
1940
Docteur Bourdet

President Haudecoeur
1940
President Haudecoeur

Hatred
1938
le capitaine Mollenard

The Rebel Son
1938
Taras Bulba

The Postmaster's Daughter
1938
Virine, le maitre de poste

Rasputin
1938
Rasputin

The Patriot
1938
Tsar Paul 1st

The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937

Paris
1937

Life Dances On
1937
Alain Regnault

The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937
Ludwig van Beethoven

Sarati the Terrible
1937
Cesar Sarati

Nitchevo
1936

Samson
1936
Jacques Brachart

The Golem
1936
L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
Taras Bulba
1936
Tarass Boulba

The New Men
1936
Bourron

Crime and Punishment
1935
Porphyre

Golgotha
1935
Hérode

Dark Eyes
1935
Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff

Les Misérables
1934
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

A Man and His Woman
1934
Papon

Moscow Nights
1934
Peter Brioukow

Rothchild
1934
Rothchild

Moscow Nights
1934
Piotr Brioukow