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- Birth nameHenri-Marie Baur
- Harry Baur was born on April 12, 1880 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Life Dances On (1937), The Golem: The Legend of Prague (1936) and Les Misérables (1934). He was married to Rika Radifé and Rose Grane. He died on April 8, 1943 in Paris, France.
- SpousesRika Radifé(1936 - April 8, 1943) (his death)Rose Grane(1910 - 1930) (her death, 3 children)
- Journeyed to Germany to make a movie, but after completing it he was arrested by the Nazi authorities - apparently because his wife was Jewish and suspected of engaging in anti-Nazi activities in France - and tortured for information. He was eventually released, but was found dead shortly afterwards.
- French leading actor, popular in pre-World War II costume dramas. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1942, after attempting to forge papers showing him to be Aryan origin, hoping to fool German authorities into letting him star in a two million Reichsmark production, Symphonie eines Lebens (1943). After being jailed and tortured, he was eventually released but died mysteriously two days later.
- Buried in the exclusive "St.Vincent" cemetery Paris, France.
- He had been cited by Rod Steiger as one of his favorite actors who had exerted a major influence on his craft and career.
- Harry Baur played Russian characters so often that he was called "The most Slavic of French actors.".
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