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. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Beranger licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Spying One
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Wade Cameron
The Birth of a Nation
Lefty
Road House
Gideon Bell
The Bat
Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
Café Metropole
The Avenging Conscience
A Tramp
The Switchtower
Maurice
Paradise for Two
His Hour
Vincent Leach
Dulcy
Mr. Brent
Miss Brewster's Millions
Selim
The Lady of the Harem
Waiter (uncredited)
You're My Everything
Simpson - Guide
Stark Mad
The Accomplice
The Well
The Bartender
When Love Forgives
Krantz (as André Beranger)
Poisoned Paradise
Chester Wallace
Those Without Sin
Leon (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
J. Percy Sappington - Drama Coach
Hot Cakes for Two
Maurice Mansfield
Are Parents People?
Lord Byron
Beau Brummel
Josef André (als André de Beranger)
Fig Leaves
Florist (uncredited)
Fight for Your Lady
Hotel Clerk
Hollywood Round-Up
Andre Escobar
The Bright Shawl
The Poet
The Age for Love
Andre (uncredited)
Three Girls Lost
Thomas Stuart
The Good Bad-Man
Jack Brace
The Half-Breed
Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe
Bred in the Bone
George Finch
The Small Bachelor
Count André D'Orville
Altars of Desire
Basil Pew
Mama Loves Papa
M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband (as André Beranger)
So This Is Paris
Actor in Wardrobe Line
The Extra Girl
Matthews
One New York Night
John Jarvis
The Eagle of the Sea
Madame Silvara's Customer
Darkened Rooms
Archie
Annabelle's Affairs
Tenant
Ready, Willing and Able
The Employer
The Adopted Brother
Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
Walking on Air
Male Dressmaker
I'll Take Romance
Jeweler (uncredited)
Colleen
Dangerous
Man Wanting Testimonial
Stars Over Broadway
Mr. Rosewater
The Big Noise
Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
King of Hockey
Fichet
Surrender
Lewin
Confessions of a Queen
Pat Malone
The Man in Blue
Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Reporter (uncredited)
The Payoff
Cyril
Beauty for the Asking
Lorenz Review Headwaiter
San Quentin
Designer (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
Maitre d'hotel
He Stayed for Breakfast
Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited)
The Garden of Eden
Renard
The She-Devil
The Witch Doctor
King of the Islands
Pierre
Tiger Rose
Charles IX (as Andre de Beranger)
Ashes of Vengeance
Rudolph Creig
A Daughter of the Poor
Her Husband
A Love Sublime
The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
Home, Sweet Home
Johan Tonnesen
Pillars of Society
Claude de Brie
Beware of Bachelors
Barry (an actor)
Glad Rag Doll
Charles (uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast
Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
Ladies of the Jury
Salesman
Over My Dead Body
Potz
The Boudoir Diplomat
Leo Friend (as André de Beranger)
The Man Life Passed By
Head Waiter
She Knew All the Answers
First Stranger (as André Beranger)
Strange Cargo
Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
The Grand Duke Paul
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
Captain Franz
The Spotted Lily
The Butler
Manhattan Madness
Claude (as André Beranger)
If I Were Single
Waiter
Dancing in the Dark
Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
Ex-Lady
Waiter (uncredited)
Our Wife
Waiter (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
Waiter (uncredited)
China Clipper
Tailor (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
Guido
Grounds for Divorce
Carlos
Mixed Blood
Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes
Kolia
Once in a Blue Moon
Barber
Lilies of the Field
Automatic Joe
Flirting with Fate
Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
Snowed Under
Ed Biddle
Hot Money
Alphonse Martin
The Popular Sin
The Geek (uncredited)
Nightmare Alley
Claude
Powder My Back
Mr. St. Aubin
Clive of India
Patriotic Letter Reader
The Big Parade
Witness to Accident
Let Katie Do it
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
101
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-03-27
Place of Birth
Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
George Berringer