George Beranger
Born
March 27, 1893
Died
March 8, 1973 (79 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
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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
Dancing in the Dark
Waiter
1949
You're My Everything
Waiter (uncredited)
1949
Road House
Lefty
1948
Nightmare Alley
The Geek (uncredited)
1947
Saratoga Trunk
Leon (uncredited)
1945
Over My Dead Body
Salesman
1942
Our Wife
Waiter (uncredited)
1941
She Knew All the Answers
Head Waiter
1941
He Stayed for Breakfast
Maitre d'hotel
1940
Beauty for the Asking
Cyril
1939
I'll Take Romance
Male Dressmaker
1937
Hollywood Round-Up
Hotel Clerk
1937
Fight for Your Lady
Florist (uncredited)
1937
San Quentin
Lorenz Review Headwaiter
1937
Café Metropole
Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
1937
Ready, Willing and Able
Tenant
1937
King of Hockey
Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
1936
Walking on Air
Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
1936
China Clipper
Waiter (uncredited)
1936
Hot Money
Ed Biddle
1936
The Big Noise
Mr. Rosewater
1936
Bullets or Ballots
Waiter (uncredited)
1936
The Singing Kid
Designer (uncredited)
1936
Snowed Under
Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
1936
Colleen
Jeweler (uncredited)
1936
Love Before Breakfast
Charles (uncredited)
1936
The Walking Dead
Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
1936
King of the Islands
The Witch Doctor
1936
Dangerous
1935
Stars Over Broadway
Man Wanting Testimonial
1935
Ship Cafe
Tailor (uncredited)
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
1935
Once in a Blue Moon
Kolia
1935
One New York Night
Matthews
1935
Clive of India
Mr. St. Aubin
1935
The Payoff
Reporter (uncredited)
1935
Mama Loves Papa
Basil Pew
1933
Ex-Lady
Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
1933
Ladies of the Jury
Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
1932
Surrender
Fichet
1931
The Age for Love
The Poet
1931
Annabelle's Affairs
Archie
1931
Three Girls Lost
Andre (uncredited)
1931
The Boudoir Diplomat
Potz
1930
Lilies of the Field
Barber
1930
Darkened Rooms
Madame Silvara's Customer
1929
Glad Rag Doll
Barry (an actor)
1929
Strange Cargo
First Stranger (as André Beranger)
1929
Stark Mad
Simpson - Guide
1929
Beware of Bachelors
Claude de Brie
1928
Powder My Back
Claude
1928
The Garden of Eden
Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited)
1928
If I Were Single
Claude (as André Beranger)
1927
The Small Bachelor
George Finch
1927
Altars of Desire
Count André D'Orville
1927
Paradise for Two
Maurice
1927
The Popular Sin
Alphonse Martin
1926
The Lady of the Harem
Selim
1926
The Eagle of the Sea
John Jarvis
1926
Fig Leaves
Josef André (als André de Beranger)
1926
So This Is Paris
M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband (as André Beranger)
1926
Miss Brewster's Millions
Mr. Brent
1926
The Bat
Gideon Bell
1926
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
The Grand Duke Paul
1926
Hot Cakes for Two
J. Percy Sappington - Drama Coach
1926
Grounds for Divorce
Guido
1925
Are Parents People?
Maurice Mansfield
1925
The Man in Blue
Pat Malone
1925
Confessions of a Queen
Lewin
1925
His Hour
1924
Beau Brummel
Lord Byron
1924
Poisoned Paradise
Krantz (as André Beranger)
1924
The Man Life Passed By
Leo Friend (as André de Beranger)
1923
Tiger Rose
Pierre
1923
The Extra Girl
Actor in Wardrobe Line
1923
Dulcy
Vincent Leach
1923
Ashes of Vengeance
Charles IX (as Andre de Beranger)
1923
The Bright Shawl
Andre Escobar
1923
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
The Spying One
1919
The Spotted Lily
Captain Franz
1917
A Daughter of the Poor
Rudolph Creig
1917
A Love Sublime
Her Husband
1917
Those Without Sin
Chester Wallace
1917
Mixed Blood
Carlos
1916
Manhattan Madness
The Butler
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
1916
Pillars of Society
Johan Tonnesen
1916
The Half-Breed
Jack Brace
1916
The Good Bad-Man
Thomas Stuart
1916
The She-Devil
Renard
1916
Flirting with Fate
Automatic Joe
1916
Bred in the Bone
Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe
1915
The Birth of a Nation
Wade Cameron
1915
The Avenging Conscience
1914
Home, Sweet Home
The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
1914
The Adopted Brother
The Employer
1913
When Love Forgives
The Bartender
1913
The Switchtower
A Tramp
1913
The Well
The Accomplice
1913