Harry Baur

Harry Baur

Actor Apr 12 (died age 62) Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France 1908–1978 (70 year career)

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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…

Known For

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

Life Dances On

Life Dances On

Alain Regnault

Who Killed Santa Claus?

Who Killed Santa Claus?

Gaspard Cornusse

A Man's Neck

A Man's Neck

Commissaire Jules Maigret

The Red Head

The Red Head

Mr. Lepic

David Golder

David Golder

David Golder

Hatred

Hatred

le capitaine Mollenard

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Filmography

Acting (48)

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Movies (47)

Stars Never Die

as Self (archive footage)

Symphonie eines Lebens

Symphonie eines Lebens

as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor

Sins of Youth

Sins of Youth

as Monsieur Lacalade

Volpone

Volpone

as Volpone

Who Killed Santa Claus?

Who Killed Santa Claus?

as Gaspard Cornusse

African Diary

African Diary

as Docteur Bourdet

President Haudecoeur

President Haudecoeur

as President Haudecoeur

Le Patriote

Le Patriote

as Tsar Paul 1st

Hatred

Hatred

as le capitaine Mollenard

The Postmaster's Daughter

The Postmaster's Daughter

as Virine, le maitre de poste

Rasputin

Rasputin

as Rasputin

The Rebel Son

as Taras Bulba

Paris

Paris

The Secrets of the Red Sea

The Secrets of the Red Sea

Life Dances On

Life Dances On

as Alain Regnault

Sarati the Terrible

Sarati the Terrible

as Cesar Sarati

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

as Ludwig van Beethoven

Nitchevo

Nitchevo

Taras Bulba

as Tarass Boulba

Samson

Samson

as Jacques Brachart

The New Men

The New Men

as Bourron

The Golem

The Golem

as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème

Dark Eyes

Dark Eyes

as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff

Behold the Man

Behold the Man

as Hérode

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

as Porphyre

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

Rothchild

Rothchild

as Rothchild

Moscow Nights

Moscow Nights

as Piotr Brioukow

Moscow Nights

Moscow Nights

as Peter Brioukow

A Man and His Woman

A Man and His Woman

Criminal

Criminal

as Warden Brady

A Man's Neck

A Man's Neck

as Commissaire Jules Maigret

The Old Devil

The Old Devil

as Guillaume Vautier

The Red Head

The Red Head

as Mr. Lepic

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

as M. de Tréville

David Golder

David Golder

as David Golder

The Lost Course

The Lost Course

as Le Capitaine Kell

Polish Jew

Polish Jew

as Mathias

Moon over Morocco

Moon over Morocco

as M. de Marouvelle

The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant

as Monsieur Detaille

Flower of Paris

Flower of Paris

as Harry Podge

The Gold Chignon

The Gold Chignon

Monsieur Lecoq

L'Évasion de Vidocq

as Vidocq

La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier

as Vidocq

L'Assommoir

L'Assommoir

Le Roman de Carpentier

Le Roman de Carpentier

Television (1)

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

as Self (archive footage)