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.
Movie | Dancing in the Dark | Waiter | 1949-12-02 |
Movie | You're My Everything | Waiter (uncredited) | 1949-07-22 |
Movie | Road House | Lefty | 1948-09-22 |
Movie | Nightmare Alley | The Geek (uncredited) | 1947-10-09 |
Movie | Saratoga Trunk | Leon (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
Movie | Over My Dead Body | Salesman | 1942-01-15 |
Movie | She Knew All the Answers | Head Waiter | 1941-05-13 |
Movie | Our Wife | Waiter (uncredited) | 1941-08-20 |
Movie | He Stayed for Breakfast | Maitre d'hotel | 1940-08-31 |
Movie | Beauty for the Asking | Cyril | 1939-02-24 |
Movie | Café Metropole | Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger) | 1937-04-28 |
Movie | San Quentin | Lorenz Review Headwaiter | 1937-05-24 |
Movie | Ready, Willing and Able | Tenant | 1937-03-06 |
Movie | I'll Take Romance | Male Dressmaker | 1937-11-17 |
Movie | Fight for Your Lady | Florist (uncredited) | 1937-11-05 |
Movie | Hollywood Round-Up | Hotel Clerk | 1937-11-06 |
Movie | Colleen | Jeweler (uncredited) | 1936-03-21 |
Movie | Snowed Under | Costume Designer Maza (uncredited) | 1936-03-29 |
Movie | The Walking Dead | Nolan's Butler (uncredited) | 1936-03-01 |
Movie | King of the Islands | The Witch Doctor | 1936-02-22 |
Movie | Love Before Breakfast | Charles (uncredited) | 1936-03-09 |
Movie | The Singing Kid | Designer (uncredited) | 1936-04-10 |
Movie | King of Hockey | Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur | 1936-12-19 |
Movie | Bullets or Ballots | Waiter (uncredited) | 1936-06-06 |
Movie | China Clipper | Waiter (uncredited) | 1936-08-11 |
Movie | Walking on Air | Albert, the Valet (uncredited) | 1936-09-11 |
Movie | The Big Noise | Mr. Rosewater | 1936-06-22 |
Movie | Hot Money | Ed Biddle | 1936-07-18 |
Movie | Clive of India | Mr. St. Aubin | 1935-01-25 |
Movie | The Payoff | Reporter (uncredited) | 1935-01-09 |
Movie | Once in a Blue Moon | Kolia | 1935-05-10 |
Movie | One New York Night | Matthews | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Dangerous | 1935-12-25 | |
Movie | Don't Bet on Blondes | Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited) | 1935-07-13 |
Movie | Stars Over Broadway | Man Wanting Testimonial | 1935-11-23 |
Movie | Ship Cafe | Tailor (uncredited) | 1935-11-09 |
Movie | Ex-Lady | Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited) | 1933-05-15 |
Movie | Mama Loves Papa | Basil Pew | 1933-07-14 |
Movie | Ladies of the Jury | Alonzo Beal (uncredited) | 1932-02-02 |
Movie | Surrender | Fichet | 1931-12-06 |
Movie | Annabelle's Affairs | Archie | 1931-06-14 |
Movie | Three Girls Lost | Andre (uncredited) | 1931-04-19 |
Movie | The Age for Love | The Poet | 1931-10-17 |
Movie | Lilies of the Field | Barber | 1930-01-05 |
Movie | The Boudoir Diplomat | Potz | 1930-12-05 |
Movie | Stark Mad | Simpson - Guide | 1929-02-02 |
Movie | Strange Cargo | First Stranger (as André Beranger) | 1929-03-31 |
Movie | Glad Rag Doll | Barry (an actor) | 1929-05-04 |
Movie | Darkened Rooms | Madame Silvara's Customer | 1929-11-23 |
Movie | The Garden of Eden | Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited) | 1928-02-04 |
Movie | Beware of Bachelors | Claude de Brie | 1928-10-27 |
Movie | Altars of Desire | Count André D'Orville | 1927-02-15 |
Movie | If I Were Single | Claude (as André Beranger) | 1927-12-17 |
Movie | The Small Bachelor | George Finch | 1927-11-06 |
Movie | The Grand Duchess and the Waiter | The Grand Duke Paul | 1926-02-21 |
Movie | Miss Brewster's Millions | Mr. Brent | 1926-03-22 |
Movie | Hot Cakes for Two | J. Percy Sappington - Drama Coach | 1926-01-17 |
Movie | The Bat | Gideon Bell | 1926-03-14 |
Movie | The Eagle of the Sea | John Jarvis | 1926-10-17 |
Movie | So This Is Paris | M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband (as André Beranger) | 1926-07-31 |
Movie | Fig Leaves | Josef André (als André de Beranger) | 1926-08-22 |
Movie | The Lady of the Harem | Selim | 1926-11-01 |
Movie | Confessions of a Queen | Lewin | 1925-03-30 |
Movie | The Man in Blue | Pat Malone | 1925-06-21 |
Movie | Are Parents People? | Maurice Mansfield | 1925-07-14 |
Movie | Grounds for Divorce | Guido | 1925-07-27 |
Movie | Poisoned Paradise | Krantz (as André Beranger) | 1924-02-29 |
Movie | Beau Brummel | Lord Byron | 1924-03-30 |
Movie | His Hour | 1924-09-29 | |
Movie | Ashes of Vengeance | Charles IX (as Andre de Beranger) | 1923-08-06 |
Movie | The Bright Shawl | Andre Escobar | 1923-04-22 |
Movie | Dulcy | Vincent Leach | 1923-08-27 |
Movie | Tiger Rose | Pierre | 1923-12-09 |
Movie | The Extra Girl | Actor in Wardrobe Line | 1923-10-28 |
Movie | The Man Life Passed By | Leo Friend (as André de Beranger) | 1923-12-24 |
Movie | Broken Blossoms | The Spying One | 1919-05-13 |
Movie | Those Without Sin | Chester Wallace | 1917-03-01 |
Movie | A Love Sublime | Her Husband | 1917-03-11 |
Movie | The Spotted Lily | Captain Franz | 1917-10-01 |
Movie | A Daughter of the Poor | Rudolph Creig | 1917-03-17 |
Movie | The Good Bad-Man | Thomas Stuart | 1916-04-21 |
Movie | Flirting with Fate | Automatic Joe | 1916-01-01 |
Movie | The Half-Breed | Jack Brace | 1916-07-30 |
Movie | The She-Devil | Renard | 1916-01-06 |
Movie | Pillars of Society | Johan Tonnesen | 1916-08-27 |
Movie | Mixed Blood | Carlos | 1916-12-18 |
Movie | Manhattan Madness | The Butler | 1916-10-01 |
Movie | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Second Priest of Bel (uncredited) | 1916-09-04 |
Movie | The Birth of a Nation | Wade Cameron | 1915-02-08 |
Movie | Bred in the Bone | Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe | 1915-10-07 |
Movie | Home, Sweet Home | The Accordian Player (as George Berringer) | 1914-05-16 |
Movie | The Avenging Conscience | 1914-08-02 | |
Movie | The Switchtower | A Tramp | 1913-06-15 |
Movie | The Adopted Brother | The Employer | 1913-08-29 |
Movie | When Love Forgives | The Bartender | 1913-08-02 |