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.
Acted in 103
1940s
- 1949
Dancing in the Dark
Waiter
You're My Everything
Waiter (uncredited)
The Fan
Alphonse - Philippe's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1948
- 1947
- 1945
- 1942
Over My Dead Body
Salesman
- 1941
She Knew All the Answers
Head Waiter
- 1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
Maitre d'hotel
1930s
- 1939
Beauty for the Asking
Cyril
- 1937
I'll Take Romance
Male Dressmaker
Hollywood Round-Up
Hotel Clerk
Fight for Your Lady
Florist (uncredited)
San Quentin
Lorenz Review Headwaiter
Café Metropole
Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
Ready, Willing and Able
Tenant
- 1936
King of Hockey
Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
Walking on Air
Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
China Clipper
Waiter (uncredited)
Hot Money
Ed Biddle
The Big Noise
Mr. Rosewater
The Singing Kid
Designer (uncredited)
Snowed Under
Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
Colleen
Jeweler (uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast
Charles (uncredited)
King of the Islands
The Witch Doctor
- 1935
Dangerous
Movie
Stars Over Broadway
Man Wanting Testimonial
Ship Cafe
Tailor (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes
Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
Once in a Blue Moon
Kolia
One New York Night
Matthews
Clive of India
Mr. St. Aubin
The Payoff
Reporter (uncredited)
- 1934
Jimmy the Gent
Steamship Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
- 1933
Mama Loves Papa
Basil Pew
Olsen’s Big Moment
Partygoer (Uncredited)
- 1932
Ladies of the Jury
Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
- 1931
Surrender
Fichet
The Age for Love
The Poet
Annabelle's Affairs
Archie
Three Girls Lost
Andre (uncredited)
- 1930
The Boudoir Diplomat
Potz
Lilies of the Field
Barber
1920s
- 1929
Darkened Rooms
Madame Silvara's Customer
Glad Rag Doll
Barry (an actor)
Strange Cargo
First Stranger (as André Beranger)
Stark Mad
Simpson - Guide
- 1928
Beware of Bachelors
Claude de Brie
Powder My Back
Claude
The Garden of Eden
Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited)
- 1927
If I Were Single
Claude (as André Beranger)
The Small Bachelor
George Finch
Altars of Desire
Count André D'Orville
Paradise for Two
Maurice
- 1926
The Popular Sin
Alphonse Martin
The Lady of the Harem
Selim
The Eagle of the Sea
John Jarvis
So This Is Paris
M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband (as André Beranger)
Miss Brewster's Millions
Mr. Brent
The Bat
Gideon Bell
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
The Grand Duke Paul
Hot Cakes for Two
J. Percy Sappington - Drama Coach
- 1925
Time, the Comedian
Art Student (as George Andre Beranger)
Grounds for Divorce
Guido
Are Parents People?
Maurice Mansfield
The Man in Blue
Pat Malone
Confessions of a Queen
Lewin
Beauty and the Bad Man
L.I.B. Bell
- 1924
His Hour
Movie
Beau Brummel
Lord Byron
Poisoned Paradise
Krantz (as André Beranger)
- 1923
The Man Life Passed By
Leo Friend (as André de Beranger)
Tiger Rose
Pierre
The Extra Girl
Actor in Wardrobe Line
Dulcy
Vincent Leach
Ashes of Vengeance
Charles IX (as Andre de Beranger)
The Bright Shawl
Andre Escobar
The Leopardess
Pepe
1910s
- 1919
- 1918
- 1917
The Spotted Lily
Captain Franz
A Daughter of the Poor
Rudolph Creig
A Love Sublime
Her Husband
Those Without Sin
Chester Wallace
- 1916
Mixed Blood
Carlos
Manhattan Madness
The Butler
Pillars of Society
Johan Tonnesen
The Half-Breed
Jack Brace
The Good Bad-Man
Thomas Stuart
Flirting with Fate
Automatic Joe
- 1915
- 1914
The Avenging Conscience
Movie
Home, Sweet Home
The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
- 1913
The Adopted Brother
The Employer
The Switchtower
A Tramp
Directed 4
1920s
- 1924
Western Luck
Director
- 1921
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Director
Number 17
Director
- 1920
A Manhattan Knight
Director
Wrote 2
1920s
- 1921
Number 17
Screenplay
- 1920
A Manhattan Knight
Scenario Writer