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Henri-Marie Baur
Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur
Henri-Marie "Harry" Baur
Harry Baur
Acting
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 w…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Stars Never Die
as Self (archive footage)
Symphonie eines Lebens
as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor
Volpone
as Volpone
Who Killed Santa Claus?
as Gaspard Cornusse
Sins of Youth
as Monsieur Lacalade
African Diary
as Docteur Bourdet
President Haudecoeur
as President Haudecoeur
The Rebel Son
as Taras Bulba
Hatred
as le capitaine Mollenard
The Patriot
as Tsar Paul 1st