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