George Beranger
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-03-27
Day of Death
1973-03-08 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
George Beranger
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Acting
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
as Waiter
(1949)
You're My Everything
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1948)
Road House
as Lefty
(1947)
Nightmare Alley
as The Geek (uncredited)
(1945)
Saratoga Trunk
as Leon (uncredited)
(1942)
Over My Dead Body
as Salesman
(1941)
Our Wife
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1941)
She Knew All the Answers
as Head Waiter
(1940)
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Maitre d'hotel
(1939)
Beauty for the Asking
as Cyril
(1937)
I'll Take Romance
as Male Dressmaker
(1937)
Ready, Willing and Able
as Tenant
(1937)
San Quentin
as Lorenz Review Headwaiter
(1937)
Café Metropole
as Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
(1937)
Fight for Your Lady
as Florist (uncredited)
(1937)
Hollywood Round-Up
as Hotel Clerk
(1936)
The Walking Dead
as Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
(1936)
Love Before Breakfast
as Charles (uncredited)
(1936)
China Clipper
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1936)
The Big Noise
as Mr. Rosewater
(1936)
Colleen
as Jeweler (uncredited)
(1936)
The Singing Kid
as Designer (uncredited)
(1936)
Bullets or Ballots
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1936)
Snowed Under
as Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
(1936)
Walking on Air
as Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
(1936)
King of the Islands
as The Witch Doctor
(1936)
Hot Money
as Ed Biddle
(1936)
King of Hockey
as Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
(1935)
Clive of India
as Mr. St. Aubin
(1935)
(1935)
Stars Over Broadway
as Man Wanting Testimonial
(1935)
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
(1935)
Once in a Blue Moon
as Kolia
(1935)
The Payoff
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1935)
One New York Night
as Matthews
(1935)
Ship Cafe
as Tailor (uncredited)
(1933)
Ex-Lady
as Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
(1933)
Mama Loves Papa
as Basil Pew
(1932)
Ladies of the Jury
as Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
(1931)
The Age for Love
as The Poet
(1931)
Surrender
as Fichet
(1931)
Three Girls Lost
as Andre (uncredited)
(1931)
Annabelle's Affairs
as Archie
(1930)
Lilies of the Field
as Barber
(1930)
The Boudoir Diplomat
as Potz
(1929)
Strange Cargo
as First Stranger (as André Beranger)
(1929)
Stark Mad
as Simpson - Guide
(1929)
Darkened Rooms
as Madame Silvara's Customer
(1929)
Glad Rag Doll
as Barry (an actor)
(1928)
The Garden of Eden
as Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited)
(1928)
Beware of Bachelors
as Claude de Brie
(1928)
Powder My Back
as Claude
(1927)
The Small Bachelor
as George Finch
(1927)
Altars of Desire
as Count André D'Orville
(1927)
If I Were Single
as Claude (as André Beranger)
(1927)
Paradise for Two
as Maurice
(1926)
So This Is Paris
as M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband (as André Beranger)
(1926)
The Bat
as Gideon Bell
(1926)
The Lady of the Harem
as Selim
(1926)
Fig Leaves
as Josef André (als André de Beranger)
(1926)
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
as The Grand Duke Paul
(1926)
Miss Brewster's Millions
as Mr. Brent
(1926)
The Popular Sin
as Alphonse Martin
(1926)
The Eagle of the Sea
as John Jarvis
(1926)
Hot Cakes for Two
as J. Percy Sappington - Drama Coach
(1925)
The Man in Blue
as Pat Malone
(1925)
Confessions of a Queen
as Lewin
(1925)
Are Parents People?
as Maurice Mansfield
(1925)
Grounds for Divorce
as Guido
(1924)
Beau Brummel
as Lord Byron
(1924)
(1924)
Poisoned Paradise
as Krantz (as André Beranger)
(1923)
The Extra Girl
as Actor in Wardrobe Line
(1923)
Ashes of Vengeance
as Charles IX (as Andre de Beranger)
(1923)
Dulcy
as Vincent Leach
(1923)
Tiger Rose
as Pierre
(1923)
The Man Life Passed By
as Leo Friend (as André de Beranger)
(1923)
The Bright Shawl
as Andre Escobar
(1919)
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
as The Spying One
(1917)
A Daughter of the Poor
as Rudolph Creig
(1917)
A Love Sublime
as Her Husband
(1917)
The Spotted Lily
as Captain Franz
(1917)
Those Without Sin
as Chester Wallace
(1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
(1916)
The Half-Breed
as Jack Brace
(1916)
The Good Bad-Man
as Thomas Stuart
(1916)
Flirting with Fate
as Automatic Joe
(1916)
Mixed Blood
as Carlos
(1916)
Pillars of Society
as Johan Tonnesen
(1916)
Manhattan Madness
as The Butler
(1916)
The She-Devil
as Renard
(1915)
The Birth of a Nation
as Wade Cameron
(1915)
Bred in the Bone
as Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe
(1914)
Home, Sweet Home
as The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
(1914)
(1913)
The Adopted Brother
as The Employer
(1913)
The Well
as The Accomplice
(1913)
The Switchtower
as A Tramp
(1913)
When Love Forgives
as The Bartender
Crew
(1924)
Western Luck
Director
(1921)
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Director
(1921)
Number 17
Screenplay, Director
(1914)
Baby's Ride
Director