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Harry Baur
Acting
12 Apr 1880
† 08 Apr 1943
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 Bernha...
Also Known As
Henri-Marie Baur, Henri Marie Rodolphe Baur, Henri-Marie "Harry" Baur





















