
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.

Les Yeux Noirs

レ・ミゼラブル

Golgotha

Mollenard

舞踏会の手帖

Crime et Châtiment

Sarati, le terrible

Volpone

Un grand amour de Beethoven

L'Assassinat du Père Noël

Poil de carotte

David Golder

La Tête d'un homme

Les Trois Mousquetaires

Les Hommes nouveaux

Le Président Haudecœur

Rothchild

L'Homme du Niger

Les Cinq Gentlemen maudits

L'Assommoir

Péchés de jeunesse

Moscow Nights

Cette vieille canaille

Samson

La Tragédie impériale

Le Golem

Les Nuits moscovites

Nitchevo

Criminel

Les Secrets de la mer Rouge

Paris

La Voyante

Symphonie eines Lebens

Fleur de Paris

Nostalgie

Le Roman de Carpentier

Le Patriote

Chignon d'or

Le Juif polonais

Le Cap perdu