Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 27, 1893
Died
Mar 08, 1973
Place of Birth
Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
114 titles
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
Filmography
Dancing in the Dark
Waiter
You're My Everything
Waiter (uncredited)
The Fan
Alphonse - Philippe's Assistant (uncredited)
Road House
Lefty
Nightmare Alley
The Geek (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
Leon (uncredited)
Over My Dead Body
Salesman
Our Wife
Waiter (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
Head Waiter
He Stayed for Breakfast
Maitre d'hotel
Beauty for the Asking
Cyril
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
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
Bullets or Ballots
Waiter (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
Designer (uncredited)
Snowed Under
Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
Colleen
Jeweler (uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast
Charles (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
King of the Islands
The Witch Doctor
Dangerous
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)
Jimmy the Gent
Steamship Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Mama Loves Papa
Basil Pew
Ex-Lady
Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
Olsen’s Big Moment
Partygoer (Uncredited)
Ladies of the Jury
Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
Surrender
Fichet
The Age for Love
The Poet
Annabelle's Affairs
Archie
Three Girls Lost
Andre (uncredited)
The Boudoir Diplomat
Potz
Lilies of the Field
Barber
Darkened Rooms
Madame Silvara's Customer
Glad Rag Doll
Barry (an actor)