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Harry Baur
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…
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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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1978
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TV show Self (archive footage)
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1957
Stars Never Die
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1943
Symphonie eines Lebens
Movie Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
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1941
Sins of Youth
Movie Monsieur Lacalade
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1941
Who Killed Santa Claus?
Movie Gaspard Cornusse
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1941
Volpone
Movie Volpone
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1940
African Diary
Movie Docteur Bourdet
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1940
President Haudecoeur
Movie President Haudecoeur
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1938
The Patriot
Movie Tsar Paul 1st
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1938
The Postmaster's Daughter
Movie Virine, le maitre de poste
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1938
The Rebel Son
Movie Taras Bulba
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1938
Rasputin
Movie Rasputin
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1938
Hatred
Movie le capitaine Mollenard
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1937
Life Dances On
Movie Alain Regnault
- 1937
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1937
Sarati the Terrible
Movie Cesar Sarati
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1937
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Movie Ludwig van Beethoven
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1937
Paris
Movie
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1936
Nitchevo
Movie
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1936
Taras Bulba
Movie Tarass Boulba
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1936
Samson
Movie Jacques Brachart
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1936
The New Men
Movie Bourron
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1936
The Golem
Movie L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème
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1935
Dark Eyes
Movie Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff
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1935
Crime and Punishment
Movie Porphyre
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1935
Golgotha
Movie Hérode
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1934
Moscow Nights
Movie Peter Brioukow
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1934
Moscow Nights
Movie Piotr Brioukow
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1934
A Man and His Woman
Movie Papon
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1934
Rothchild
Movie Rothchild
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1934
Les Misérables
Movie Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
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1933
A Man's Head
Movie Commissaire Jules Maigret
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1933
Criminal
Movie Warden Brady
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1933
The Old Devil
Movie Guillaume Vautier
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1932
The Three Musketeers
Movie M. de Tréville
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1932
The Red Head
Movie Mr. Lepic
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1931
Moon over Morocco
Movie M. de Marouvelle
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1931
Polish Jew
Movie Mathias
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1931
The Lost Course
Movie Le Capitaine Kell
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1931
David Golder
Movie David Golder
