George Beranger
Acting • Born 1893-03-27 – Died 1973-03-08
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Beranger licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
106 credits
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Movie • 1919
The Spying One
The Birth of a Nation
Movie • 1915
Wade Cameron
Road House
Movie • 1948
Lefty
The Bat
Movie • 1926
Gideon Bell
Café Metropole
Movie • 1937
Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
The Avenging Conscience
Movie • 1914
The Switchtower
Movie • 1913
A Tramp
Paradise for Two
Movie • 1927
Maurice
His Hour
Movie • 1924
Dulcy
Movie • 1923
Vincent Leach
Miss Brewster's Millions
Movie • 1926
Mr. Brent
The Lady of the Harem
Movie • 1926
Selim
You're My Everything
Movie • 1949
Waiter (uncredited)
Stark Mad
Movie • 1929
Simpson - Guide
The Well
Movie • 1913
The Accomplice
When Love Forgives
Movie • 1913
The Bartender
Poisoned Paradise
Movie • 1924
Krantz (as André Beranger)
Those Without Sin
Movie • 1917
Chester Wallace
Saratoga Trunk
Movie • 1945
Leon (uncredited)
Hot Cakes for Two
Movie • 1926
J. Percy Sappington - Drama Coach
Are Parents People?
Movie • 1925
Maurice Mansfield
Beau Brummel
Movie • 1924
Lord Byron
Fig Leaves
Movie • 1926
Josef André (als André de Beranger)
Fight for Your Lady
Movie • 1937
Florist (uncredited)
Hollywood Round-Up
Movie • 1937
Hotel Clerk
The Bright Shawl
Movie • 1923
Andre Escobar
The Age for Love
Movie • 1931
The Poet
The Good Bad-Man
Movie • 1916
Thomas Stuart
Three Girls Lost
Movie • 1931
Andre (uncredited)
The Half-Breed
Movie • 1916
Jack Brace
Bred in the Bone
Movie • 1915
Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe
The Small Bachelor
Movie • 1927
George Finch
Altars of Desire
Movie • 1927
Count André D'Orville
Mama Loves Papa
Movie • 1933
Basil Pew
So This Is Paris
Movie • 1926
M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband (as André Beranger)
The Extra Girl
Movie • 1923
Actor in Wardrobe Line
One New York Night
Movie • 1935
Matthews
The Eagle of the Sea
Movie • 1926
John Jarvis
Darkened Rooms
Movie • 1929
Madame Silvara's Customer
Annabelle's Affairs
Movie • 1931
Archie
The Adopted Brother
Movie • 1913
The Employer
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie • 1937
Tenant
Walking on Air
Movie • 1936
Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
I'll Take Romance
Movie • 1937
Male Dressmaker
Colleen
Movie • 1936
Jeweler (uncredited)
Dangerous
Movie • 1935
Stars Over Broadway
Movie • 1935
Man Wanting Testimonial
The Big Noise
Movie • 1936
Mr. Rosewater
King of Hockey
Movie • 1936
Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
Surrender
Movie • 1931
Fichet
Confessions of a Queen
Movie • 1925
Lewin
The Man in Blue
Movie • 1925
Pat Malone
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie • 1916
Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
The Payoff
Movie • 1935
Reporter (uncredited)
Beauty for the Asking
Movie • 1939
Cyril
San Quentin
Movie • 1937
Lorenz Review Headwaiter
The Singing Kid
Movie • 1936
Designer (uncredited)
He Stayed for Breakfast
Movie • 1940
Maitre d'hotel
The Garden of Eden
Movie • 1928
Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited)
The She-Devil
Movie • 1916
Renard
King of the Islands
Movie • 1936
The Witch Doctor
Tiger Rose
Movie • 1923
Pierre
Ashes of Vengeance
Movie • 1923
Charles IX (as Andre de Beranger)
A Daughter of the Poor
Movie • 1917
Rudolph Creig
A Love Sublime
Movie • 1917
Her Husband
Pillars of Society
Movie • 1916
Johan Tonnesen
Home, Sweet Home
Movie • 1914
The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
Beware of Bachelors
Movie • 1928
Claude de Brie
Glad Rag Doll
Movie • 1929
Barry (an actor)
Love Before Breakfast
Movie • 1936
Charles (uncredited)
Ladies of the Jury
Movie • 1932
Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
Over My Dead Body
Movie • 1942
Salesman
The Boudoir Diplomat
Movie • 1930
Potz
The Man Life Passed By
Movie • 1923
Leo Friend (as André de Beranger)
She Knew All the Answers
Movie • 1941
Head Waiter
Strange Cargo
Movie • 1929
First Stranger (as André Beranger)
The Walking Dead
Movie • 1936
Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
Movie • 1926
The Grand Duke Paul
The Spotted Lily
Movie • 1917
Captain Franz
Manhattan Madness
Movie • 1916
The Butler
If I Were Single
Movie • 1927
Claude (as André Beranger)
Dancing in the Dark
Movie • 1949
Waiter
Ex-Lady
Movie • 1933
Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
Our Wife
Movie • 1941
Waiter (uncredited)
China Clipper
Movie • 1936
Waiter (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
Movie • 1936
Waiter (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
Movie • 1935
Tailor (uncredited)
Grounds for Divorce
Movie • 1925
Guido
Mixed Blood
Movie • 1916
Carlos
Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie • 1935
Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
Once in a Blue Moon
Movie • 1935
Kolia
Lilies of the Field
Movie • 1930
Barber
Flirting with Fate
Movie • 1916
Automatic Joe
Snowed Under
Movie • 1936
Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
Hot Money
Movie • 1936
Ed Biddle
The Popular Sin
Movie • 1926
Alphonse Martin
Nightmare Alley
Movie • 1947
The Geek (uncredited)
Powder My Back
Movie • 1928
Claude
Clive of India
Movie • 1935
Mr. St. Aubin
The Big Parade
Movie • 1925
Patriotic Letter Reader
Let Katie Do it
Movie • 1916
Witness to Accident
Jimmy the Gent
Movie • 1934
Steamship Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Sandy
Movie • 1918
Carter Nelson
Beauty and the Bad Man
Movie • 1925
L.I.B. Bell
The Leopardess
Movie • 1923
Pepe
A Woman's Faith
Movie • 1925
Leandre Turcott