Harry Baur

Harry Baur

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...

Known For

A Man's Neck

as Commissaire Jules Maigret

Les Misérables

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

Life Dances On

as Alain Regnault

Cast Credits

Symphonie eines Lebens

as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor

Sins of Youth

as Monsieur Lacalade

Who Killed Santa Claus?

as Gaspard Cornusse

Volpone

as Volpone

African Diary

as Docteur Bourdet

President Haudecoeur

as President Haudecoeur

The Patriot

as Tsar Paul 1st

The Postmaster's Daughter

as Virine, le maitre de poste

The Rebel Son

as Taras Bulba

Rasputin

as Rasputin

Hatred

as le capitaine Mollenard

Life Dances On

as Alain Regnault

Sarati the Terrible

as Cesar Sarati

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

as Ludwig van Beethoven

Taras Bulba

as Tarass Boulba

The New Men

as Bourron

Samson

as Jacques Brachart

The Golem

as L'empereur Rodolphe II, roi de Bohème

Dark Eyes

as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff

Golgotha

as Hérode

Moscow Nights

as Peter Brioukow

Moscow Nights

as Piotr Brioukow

Rothchild

as Rothchild

Les Misérables

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

A Man's Neck

as Commissaire Jules Maigret