Harry Baur

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.

Often works with

Alexandre Rignault
4 titles together
A Man's Head, Volpone, Rasputin
Marcel Dalio
4 titles together
The Golem, The Life and Loves of Beethoven, Hatred
Georges Mauloy
3 titles together
Les Misérables, Hatred, African Diary
Pierre Blanchar
3 titles together
Life Dances On, Crime and Punishment, The Old Devil
Pierre Richard-Willm
3 titles together
Life Dances On, Rasputin, Moscow Nights
Robert Lynen
3 titles together
Life Dances On, The Red Head, Hatred

Full filmography · 46

Le Roman de Carpentier
cast
Upcoming
Symphonie eines Lebens
as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
1943
Sins of Youth
as Monsieur Lacalade
1941
Who Killed Santa Claus?
as Gaspard Cornusse
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Volpone
as Volpone
1941
African Diary
as Docteur Bourdet
1940
President Haudecoeur
as President Haudecoeur
1940
The Patriot
as Tsar Paul 1st
1938
The Postmaster's Daughter
as Virine, le maitre de poste
1938
The Rebel Son
as Taras Bulba
1938
Rasputin
as Rasputin
1938
Hatred
as le capitaine Mollenard
1938