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Portrait of Harry Baur

Acting

Harry Baur

Career

Active from 1909 to 1943, busiest in 1934 and 1938 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
37
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Les Misérables
Les Misérables
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Harry Baur Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.6, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Physical Comedy
    0.8, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Melodrama 2
  • Historical Romance 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Romantic Intrigue 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Classic French Drama 2
  • Melancholic Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

6 titles · average score 69
Symphonie eines Lebens
Symphonie eines Lebens (1943)

as Stefan Melchior, Dorfkantor

Volpone
Volpone (1941)
GoodWatch score 69

as Volpone

Who Killed Santa Claus?
Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
GoodWatch score 69

as Gaspard Cornusse

Sins of Youth
Sins of Youth (1941)

as Monsieur Lacalade

President Haudecoeur
President Haudecoeur (1940)

as President Haudecoeur

African Diary
African Diary (1940)

as Docteur Bourdet

1930s

29 titles · average score 69
Hatred
Hatred (1938)
GoodWatch score 73

as le capitaine Mollenard

Rasputin
Rasputin (1938)

as Rasputin

The Postmaster's Daughter
The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)

as Virine, le maitre de poste

The Life and Loves of Beethoven
The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1937)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ludwig van Beethoven

Life Dances On
Life Dances On (1937)
GoodWatch score 72

as Alain Regnault

The New Men
The New Men (1936)

as Bourron

Samson
Samson (1936)

as Jacques Brachart

Golgotha
Golgotha (1935)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hérode

Les Misérables
Les Misérables (1934)
GoodWatch score 81

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

Moscow Nights
Moscow Nights (1934)

as Piotr Brioukow

A Man's Head
A Man's Head (1933)
GoodWatch score 66

as Commissaire Jules Maigret

The Red Head
The Red Head (1932)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mr. Lepic

1920s

1 title
The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant (1924)

as Monsieur Detaille

1910s

2 titles
Flower of Paris
Flower of Paris (1916)

as Harry Podge

L'Évasion de Vidocq
L'Évasion de Vidocq (1910)

as Vidocq

1900s

1 title
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
La Jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier (1909)

as Vidocq