George Beranger
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
The Birth of a Nation
Wade Cameron
1915
Film
Nightmare Alley
The Geek (uncredited)
1947
Film
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
1916
Film
Our Wife
Waiter (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Big Parade
Patriotic Letter Reader
1925
Film
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
The Spying One
1919
Film
Three Girls Lost
Andre (uncredited)
1931
Film
The Walking Dead
Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
1936
Film
Sandy
Carter Nelson
1918
Film
Road House
Lefty
1948
Film
Manhattan Madness
The Butler
1916
Film
The Leopardess
Pepe
1923
Film
Jimmy the Gent
Steamship Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1934
Film
Bullets or Ballots
Waiter (uncredited)
1936
Film
Mama Loves Papa
Basil Pew
1933
Film
Saratoga Trunk
Leon (uncredited)
1945
Film
Dancing in the Dark
Waiter
1949
Film
The Fan
Alphonse - Philippe's Assistant (uncredited)
1949
Film
She Knew All the Answers
Head Waiter
1941
Film
The Good Bad-Man
Thomas Stuart
1916
Film
San Quentin
Lorenz Review Headwaiter
1937
Film
I'll Take Romance
Male Dressmaker
1937
Film
Dangerous
1935
Film
Fight for Your Lady
Florist (uncredited)
1937
The Well
The Accomplice
1913
Film
You're My Everything
Waiter (uncredited)
1949
Film
Ex-Lady
Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
1933
Film
Time, the Comedian
Art Student (as George Andre Beranger)
1925
Film
Don't Bet on Blondes
Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
1935
Film
Ashes of Vengeance
Charles IX (as Andre de Beranger)
1923
Film
China Clipper
Waiter (uncredited)
1936
Film
Ladies of the Jury
Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
1932
Film
Café Metropole
Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
1937
Film
Beware of Bachelors
Claude de Brie
1928
Film
Ready, Willing and Able
Tenant
1937
Film
One New York Night
Matthews
1935
Film
Home, Sweet Home
The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
1914
Film
Altars of Desire
Count André D'Orville
1927
Film
The Bat
Gideon Bell
1926
Film
Those Without Sin
Chester Wallace
1917
Film
The Bright Shawl
Andre Escobar
1923
Film
Stars Over Broadway
Man Wanting Testimonial
1935
Film
So This Is Paris
M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband (as André Beranger)
1926
Film
A Daughter of the Poor
Rudolph Creig
1917
Film
The Payoff
Reporter (uncredited)
1935
Film
Clive of India
Mr. St. Aubin
1935
Film
The Singing Kid
Designer (uncredited)
1936
Film
The Popular Sin
Alphonse Martin
1926
Film
The Half-Breed
Jack Brace
1916
Film
Beau Brummel
Lord Byron
1924
Film
Walking on Air
Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
1936
Film
Glad Rag Doll
Barry (an actor)
1929
Film
Love Before Breakfast
Charles (uncredited)
1936
Film
Fig Leaves
Josef André (als André de Beranger)
1926
Film
Snowed Under
Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
1936
Film
Lilies of the Field
Barber
1930
When Love Forgives
The Bartender
1913
Film
Over My Dead Body
Salesman
1942
Film
The Extra Girl
Actor in Wardrobe Line
1923
The Man in Blue
Pat Malone
1925
Film
He Stayed for Breakfast
Maitre d'hotel
1940
Film
Olsen’s Big Moment
Partygoer (Uncredited)
1933
Film
The Age for Love
The Poet
1931
A Woman's Faith
Leandre Turcott
1925
Film
The Avenging Conscience
1914
Film
The Garden of Eden
Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited)
1928
Film
King of Hockey
Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
1936
Film
Beauty and the Bad Man
L.I.B. Bell
1925
Film
The Spotted Lily
Captain Franz
1917
Film
Stark Mad
Simpson - Guide
1929
Film
Paradise for Two
Maurice
1927
Film
Colleen
Jeweler (uncredited)
1936
Film
Hollywood Round-Up
Hotel Clerk
1937
Film
The Small Bachelor
George Finch
1927
Film
Ship Cafe
Tailor (uncredited)
1935
Film
Hot Money
Ed Biddle
1936
Film
Strange Cargo
First Stranger (as André Beranger)
1929
Film
Darkened Rooms
Madame Silvara's Customer
1929
Film
The Boudoir Diplomat
Potz
1930
Film
Mixed Blood
Carlos
1916
Film
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
The Grand Duke Paul
1926
Film
Confessions of a Queen
Lewin
1925
Film
The Eagle of the Sea
John Jarvis
1926
The She-Devil
Renard
1916
Film
If I Were Single
Claude (as André Beranger)
1927
Film
Hot Cakes for Two
J. Percy Sappington - Drama Coach
1926
Film
Beauty for the Asking
Cyril
1939
Film
His Hour
1924
Film
The Big Noise
Mr. Rosewater
1936
Bred in the Bone
Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe
1915
Film
King of the Islands
The Witch Doctor
1936
Film
The Lady of the Harem
Selim
1926
Film
Surrender
Fichet
1931
Film
Dulcy
Vincent Leach
1923
Film
The Switchtower
A Tramp
1913
Film
Tiger Rose
Pierre
1923
Let Katie Do it
Witness to Accident
1916
Film
Are Parents People?
Maurice Mansfield
1925
Film
Grounds for Divorce
Guido
1925
Film
Poisoned Paradise
Krantz (as André Beranger)
1924
Film
Annabelle's Affairs
Archie
1931
Film
Miss Brewster's Millions
Mr. Brent
1926
Film
Powder My Back
Claude
1928
Film
The Man Life Passed By
Leo Friend (as André de Beranger)
1923
Film
The Adopted Brother
The Employer
1913
Film
A Love Sublime
Her Husband
1917
Film
Flirting with Fate
Automatic Joe
1916
Film
Pillars of Society
Johan Tonnesen
1916
Film
Once in a Blue Moon
Kolia
1935