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