George Beranger
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 27, 1893
- Died
- Mar 8, 1973 (aged 79)
- Place of birth
- Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
- Credits
- 110
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George Beranger (27 March 1893 – 8 March 1973), also known as André Beranger, was an Australian actor and Hollywood and stage director.
Beranger began playing Shakespearean roles at the age of sixteen with the Walter Bentley Players. He then emigrated from Australia to California, United States in 1912 and worked in the silent film industry in Hollywood. According to a researcher, he "reinvented himself in Hollywood, claiming French parentage, birth on a French ocean liner off the coast of Australia and a Paris education." Beranger worked under the names George Alexandre Beranger and André de Beranger.
By the 1920s, Beranger had become a star, appearing in the movies of Ernst Lubitsch and D. W. Griffith. He also directed ten films between 1914 and 1924. Beranger owned a large Spanish-style home in Laguna Beach, rented a room at the Hollywood Athletic Club and owned an apartment in Paris, France.
Beranger eventually appeared in more than 140 films between 1913 and 1950. Beranger's career dissipated following the 1930s Great Depression and the advent of sound film, and his roles in later films were small and often uncredited. He supplemented his income as a draftsman for the Los Angeles City Council. He sold his large properties and moved into a modest cottage beside his house in Laguna Beach.
He entered into a "lavender marriage" with a neighbouring widow, but they never shared the same house and he continued his gay lifestyle unabated.
Beranger retired in 1952 and lived his later years in seclusion. He was found dead of natural causes in his home on 8 March 1973.
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Known for
The Birth of a Nation
1915Movie
Wade Cameron
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916Movie
Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919Movie
The Spying One
Nightmare Alley
1947Movie
The Geek (uncredited)
The Big Parade
1925Movie
Patriotic Letter Reader
The Walking Dead
1936Movie
Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
Filmography
Dancing in the Dark
1949Movie
Waiter
You're My Everything
1949Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Fan
1949Movie
Alphonse - Philippe's Assistant (uncredited)
Road House
1948Movie
Lefty
Nightmare Alley
1947Movie
The Geek (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
1945Movie
Leon (uncredited)
Over My Dead Body
1942Movie
Salesman
Our Wife
1941Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
1941Movie
Head Waiter
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940Movie
Maitre d'hotel
Beauty for the Asking
1939Movie
Cyril
I'll Take Romance
1937Movie
Male Dressmaker
Hollywood Round-Up
1937Movie
Hotel Clerk
Fight for Your Lady
1937Movie
Florist (uncredited)
San Quentin
1937Movie
Lorenz Review Headwaiter
Café Metropole
1937Movie
Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
Ready, Willing and Able
1937Movie
Tenant
King of Hockey
1936Movie
Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
Walking on Air
1936Movie
Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
China Clipper
1936Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Hot Money
1936Movie
Ed Biddle
The Big Noise
1936Movie
Mr. Rosewater
Bullets or Ballots
1936Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
1936Movie
Designer (uncredited)
Snowed Under
1936Movie
Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
Colleen
1936Movie
Jeweler (uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast
1936Movie
Charles (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
1936Movie
Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
King of the Islands
1936Movie
The Witch Doctor
Dangerous
1935Movie
Stars Over Broadway
1935Movie
Man Wanting Testimonial
Ship Cafe
1935Movie
Tailor (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935Movie
Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
Once in a Blue Moon
1935Movie
Kolia
One New York Night
1935Movie
Matthews
Clive of India
1935Movie
Mr. St. Aubin
The Payoff
1935Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent
1934Movie
Steamship Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Mama Loves Papa
1933Movie
Basil Pew
Ex-Lady
1933Movie
Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933Movie
Partygoer (Uncredited)
Ladies of the Jury
1932Movie
Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
Surrender
1931Movie
Fichet
The Age for Love
1931Movie
The Poet
Annabelle's Affairs
1931Movie
Archie
Three Girls Lost
1931Movie
Andre (uncredited)
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930Movie
Potz
Lilies of the Field
1930Movie
Barber
Darkened Rooms
1929Movie
Madame Silvara's Customer
Glad Rag Doll
1929Movie
Barry (an actor)
Strange Cargo
1929Movie
First Stranger (as André Beranger)
Stark Mad
1929Movie
Simpson - Guide
Beware of Bachelors
1928Movie
Claude de Brie
Powder My Back
1928Movie
Claude
The Garden of Eden
1928Movie
Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited)
If I Were Single
1927Movie
Claude (as André Beranger)
The Small Bachelor
1927Movie
George Finch
Altars of Desire
1927Movie
Count André D'Orville
Paradise for Two
1927Movie
Maurice
The Popular Sin
1926Movie
Alphonse Martin
The Lady of the Harem
1926Movie
Selim
The Eagle of the Sea
1926Movie
John Jarvis
Fig Leaves
1926Movie
Josef André (als André de Beranger)
So This Is Paris
1926Movie
M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband (as André Beranger)
Miss Brewster's Millions
1926Movie
Mr. Brent
The Bat
1926Movie
Gideon Bell
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
1926Movie
The Grand Duke Paul
Hot Cakes for Two
1926Movie
J. Percy Sappington - Drama Coach
Time, the Comedian
1925Movie
Art Student (as George Andre Beranger)
The Big Parade
1925Movie
Patriotic Letter Reader
A Woman's Faith
1925Movie
Leandre Turcott
Grounds for Divorce
1925Movie
Guido
Are Parents People?
1925Movie
Maurice Mansfield
The Man in Blue
1925Movie
Pat Malone
Confessions of a Queen
1925Movie
Lewin
Beauty and the Bad Man
1925Movie
L.I.B. Bell
His Hour
1924Movie
Beau Brummel
1924Movie
Lord Byron
Poisoned Paradise
1924Movie
Krantz (as André Beranger)
The Man Life Passed By
1923Movie
Leo Friend (as André de Beranger)
Tiger Rose
1923Movie
Pierre
The Extra Girl
1923Movie
Actor in Wardrobe Line
Dulcy
1923Movie
Vincent Leach
Ashes of Vengeance
1923Movie
Charles IX (as Andre de Beranger)
The Bright Shawl
1923Movie
Andre Escobar
The Leopardess
1923Movie
Pepe
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919Movie
The Spying One
Sandy
1918Movie
Carter Nelson
The Spotted Lily
1917Movie
Captain Franz
Time Locks and Diamonds
1917Movie
Ramon Mendoza
A Daughter of the Poor
1917Movie
Rudolph Creig
A Love Sublime
1917Movie
Her Husband
Those Without Sin
1917Movie
Chester Wallace
Mixed Blood
1916Movie
Carlos
Manhattan Madness
1916Movie
The Butler
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916Movie
Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
Pillars of Society
1916Movie
Johan Tonnesen
The Half-Breed
1916Movie
Jack Brace
The Good Bad-Man
1916Movie
Thomas Stuart
Let Katie Do it
1916Movie
Witness to Accident
The She-Devil
1916Movie
Renard
Flirting with Fate
1916Movie
Automatic Joe
Bred in the Bone
1915Movie
Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe
The Birth of a Nation
1915Movie
Wade Cameron
The Avenging Conscience
1914Movie
Home, Sweet Home
1914Movie
The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
The Adopted Brother
1913Movie
The Employer
When Love Forgives
1913Movie
The Bartender
The Switchtower
1913Movie
A Tramp
The Well
1913Movie
The Accomplice