Harry Baur
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| Born | Henri-Marie Baur 12 April 1880 |
| Died | 8 April 1943 (aged 62) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Radifé Baher (m 1936-1943) Rose Cremer (known as Rose Grane) (m 1910-1930) |
| Children | 3 |
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.[1] He was released in April 1943, but died in Paris shortly after in mysterious circumstances.[2]
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.[3]
Partial filmography
- Flower of Paris (1916)
- The Gold Chignon (1916)
- La voyante (1923)
- The Clairvoyant (1924)
- David Golder (1931)
- Moon Over Morocco (1931)
- Poil de Carotte (1932)
- The Three Musketeers (1932)
- A Man's Neck (1933)
- Les Misérables (1934)
- Golgotha (1935)
- Moscow Nights (1935)
- Les yeux noirs (1935)
- Le Golem (1936)
- Samson (1936)
- Taras Bulba (1936)
- Un grand amour de Beethoven (1936)
- Les Hommes nouveaux (1936)
- Nitchevo (1936)
- Life Dances On (1937)
- Paris (1937)
- Sarati the Terrible (1937)
- The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
- Mollenard (1938)
- The Patriot (1938)
- Rasputin (1938)
- President Haudecoeur (1940)
- Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
- Volpone (1941)
References
- ^ Dictionnaire universelle de la Franc-Maçonnerie, page 121 (Marc de Jode, Monique Cara and Jean-Marc Cara, ed. Larousse , 2011)
- ^ Patricia Roc, p. 31, at Google Books
- ^ Dennis, Charles. "Remembering Rod Steiger". Paid to Dream. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
External links
- Harry Baur at IMDb
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