Harry Baur [48997] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.2947 Birthplace: Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France Birthday: 1880-04-12 Deathday: 1943-04-08 Age: 63 years Movies: 47 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. Stars Never Die1957-05-07 Symphonie eines 1943-04-21 Sins of Youth1941-11-16 Who Killed Santa1941-10-16 Volpone1941-05-10 African Diary1940-06-25 President Haudec1940-04-11 Le Patriote1938-06-05 The Postmaster's1938-03-03 The Rebel Son1938-02-02 Rasputin1938-01-28 Hatred1938-01-26 Life Dances On1937-09-09 The Secrets of t1937-09-08 Sarati the Terri1937-07-30 Paris1937-01-15 Nitchevo1936-12-18 The Life and Lov1937-01-15 Taras Bulba1936-03-05 The New Men1936-03-04 Samson1936-03-04 The Golem1936-02-06 Dark Eyes1935-09-05 Crime and Punish1935-05-17 Behold the Man1935-01-01 Moscow Nights1934-12-23 Moscow Nights1934-11-21 A Man and His Wo1934-11-09 Rothchild1934-05-04 Les Misérables1934-02-09 A Man's Neck1933-02-18 Criminal1933-01-06 The Old Devil1933-01-01 The Three Musket1932-12-09 The Red Head1932-11-04 Moon over Morocc1931-10-29 Polish Jew1931-09-18 The Lost Course1931-04-03 David Golder1931-03-06 The Clairvoyant1924-10-31 The Gold Chignon1916-05-15 Flower of Paris1916-03-11 Monsieur Lecoq1914-05-15 L'Évasion de Vi1910-01-10 La Jeunesse de V1909-08-13 L'Assommoir1908-12-21 Le Roman de Carp