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

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in the biopic ''

Beethoven's Great Love ''Beethoven's Great Love'' (French: ''Un grand amour de Beethoven'' is a 1936 French historical musical drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux and Jany Holt. It portrays the career of the composer Ludwig van B ...

'' (''Un grand amour de Beethoven'', 1936), directed by

Abel Gance Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J ...

, and as

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's version of ''Les Misérables'' (1934). He also acted in ''Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset's'' silent film, ''Beethoven'' (1909), and in ''

La voyante ''The Clairvoyant'' (French: ''La voyante'') is a 1924 French silent drama film directed by Leon Abrams and starring Sarah Bernhardt, Georges Melchior and Harry Baur. It was based on a play by Sacha Guitry. This was the final film of the ce ...

'' (1923),

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's last film. In 1942, while in Berlin, to star in his last film ''Symphone eines Lebens'', Baur's wife, Rika Radifé, 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

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. He was released in April 1943, but died in Paris shortly after in mysterious circumstances. American actor

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cited Baur as one of his favorite actors who had exerted a major influence on his craft and career.

Filmography

* ''Monsieur Lecoq'' (1914) * ''Strass et Compagnie'' (1915) * '' The Gold Chignon'' (1916) as Comte Hector de Nages, aka Bébert * '' Flower of Paris'' (1916, Short) as Harry Podge * ''48, avenue de l'Opéra'' (1917) as Tom Baxler * ''Sous la griffe'' (1917) * ''L'âme du bonze'' (1918) * '' The Clairvoyant'' (1924) as Monsieur Detaille * '' David Golder'' (1931) as David Golder * ''

Le cap perdu ''Le cap perdu'' (''The Lost Cape'') is a 1931 British-made drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Harry Baur, Henri Bosc and Jean-Max. It was a French-language version of the film '' Cape Forlorn'' made by British Internati ...

'' (1937) as Le Capitaine Kell * '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931) as M. de Marouvelle * '' The Polish Jew'' (1931) as Mathias * '' The Red Head'' (1932) as Monsieur Lepic * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

'' (1932) as Tréville * ''

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'' (1933) as Warden Brady * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) as

Commissaire Jules Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created b ...

* '' Rothchild'' (1934) as Rothchild * ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...

'' (1934) as

/ Champmathieu * ''Le greluchon délicat'' (1934) as Michel * ''

A Man of Gold ''A Man of Gold'' or ''A Man and His Wife'' (French: ''Un homme en or'') is a 1934 French drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harry Baur, Suzy Vernon and Josseline Gaël.Goble p.154 The film's sets were designed by the art direct ...

'' (1934) as Capon * ''

Moscow Nights __NOTOC__ "Moscow Nights" ( rus, Подмосковные вечера, r=Podmoskovnyje večera, ), later covered as "Midnight in Moscow", is a Soviet Russian song. Composition and initial success Composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhai ...

'' (1934) as Piotr Brioukow * ''

Golgotha Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early mediev ...

'' (1935) as Hérode * ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' (1935) as Le juge Porphyre * '' Dark Eyes'' (1935) as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff * ''

'' (1935) as Peter Brioukow * ''

Le Golem ''Le Golem'' ( cs, Golem) is a 1936 Czechoslovakian monster movie directed by Julien Duvivier in French language. Plot In a Prague ghetto, poor Jews find themselves oppressed by Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (Harry Baur) which leads to talk am ...

'' (1936) – L'empereur Rodolphe II as roi de Bohème * ''

Samson Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...

'' (1936) as Jacques Brachart * ''

Taras Bulba ''Taras Bulba'' (russian: «Тарас Бульба»; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons And ...

'' (1936) as Tarass Boulba * ''

'' (1936) as Ludwig van Beethoven * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) as Le commandant Robert Cartier * ''

Les Hommes nouveaux ''Les Hommes nouveaux'' ( en, The new Men) is a French drama film from 1936, written and directed by Marcel L'Herbier, starring Harry Baur. The film was based on a novel of Claude Farrère.Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

'' (1937) as Alexandre Lafortune * '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1937) as César Sarati * ''

The Secrets of the Red Sea ''The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (French: ''Les secrets de la Mer Rouge'') is a 1937 French adventure film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Harry Baur, Gaby Basset and Alexandre Mihalesco.Gilles p.191 It was based on the 1931 novel of the s ...

'' (1937) as Saïd Ali * ''

Life Dances On ''Life Dances On'' or ''Christine'' or ''Dance Program'' (French: ''Un carnet de bal'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay and Louis Jouvet. It was partly shot at the Neuilly Studio ...

'' (1937) as Alain Regnault * ''

Mollenard ''Mollenard'' is a 1938 French drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat and Pierre Renoir. It was also known by the alternative titles of ''Hatred'' and ''Capitaine Corsaire''. The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1938) as Captain Mollenard * ''

Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus ga ...

'' (1938) as Raspoutine (Rasputin) * ' (1938) as Virine, le maitre de poste * '' The Patriot'' (1938) as Le tsar Paul 1er * ''

The Rebel Son ''The Rebel Son'' is a 1938 British historical adventure film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell and Roger Livesey. Patricia Roc also appears in her first screen role. It is a re-working by Alexander Korda of Gran ...

'' (1938) as Taras Bulba * ''

The Man from Niger ''The Man from Niger'' or ''Forbidden Love'' (French: ''L'homme du Niger'') is a 1940 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Victor Francen, Jacques Dumesnil and Annie Ducaux. It is set in the French colonial empire.Ken ...

'' (1940) as Le docteur Bourdet * ''

President Haudecoeur ''President Haudecoeur'' (French: ''Le président Haudecoeur'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harry Baur, Betty Stockfeld and Marguerite Deval.Rège p.278 It was shot at the Marseille Studios of Marcel Pagn ...

'' (1940) as Le président Haudecoeur * ''Volpone'' (1941) as Volpone * ''

Who Killed Santa Claus? ''Who Killed Santa Claus?'' (french: L'Assassinat du père Noël) is a 1941 French comedy-drama film by Christian-Jaque. This adaptation of Pierre Véry's novel of the same name was the first film produced by Continental Films. Cast * Harry Ba ...

'' (1941) as Gaspard Cornusse * ''Péchés de jeunesse'' (1941) as Monsieur Lacalade * ''Symphonie eines Lebens'' (1943) as Stephan Melchior (final film role)

References

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* 1880 births 1943 deaths French male film actors French male silent film actors People from Montrouge 20th-century French male actors French Freemasons {{France-film-actor-stub