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Harry Baur

Born
Apr 12, 1880 · Aged 62
Died
Apr 8, 1943
Place of birth
Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France
Gender
Male
Movie credits
47
TV credits
1
Also known as (3)
  • Henri-Marie Baur
  • Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur
  • Henri-Marie "Harry" Baur

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…