Harry Baur

Harry Baur

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Acting

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1880-04-12

  • Day of Death

    1943-04-08 (62 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], Île-de-France, France

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.

Acting