Harry Baur

Harry Baur

Known For:Acting
Gender:Male
Birthday:1880-04-12
Place of Birth:Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
Also Known As: Henri-Marie Baur / Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur / Henri-Marie "Harry" Baur /
Known For: Acting Gender: Male Birthday: 1880-04-12 More

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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.
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The Rebel Son
History Adventure
Rasputin
History Drama
Life Dances On
Drama Romance
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Drama Music History Romance
Taras Bulba
History Drama
Samson
Romance Drama
The Golem
Fantasy Drama Horror
Moscow Nights
Romance War Drama
Behold the Man
History Adventure Drama
A Man's Neck
Crime Mystery Thriller
L'Évasion de Vidocq
Mystery Crime History
  • name:Harry Baur
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1880-04-12
  • Place of Birth:Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
  • Also Known As: Henri-Marie Baur · Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur · Henri-Marie "Harry" Baur ·
  • 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 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.
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