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.
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Movies (50)
Dancing in the Dark
as Waiter
1949
You're My Everything
as Waiter (uncredited)
1949
Road House
as Lefty
1948
Nightmare Alley
as The Geek (uncredited)
1947
Saratoga Trunk
as Leon (uncredited)
1945
Over My Dead Body
as Salesman
1942
Our Wife
as Waiter (uncredited)
1941
She Knew All the Answers
as Head Waiter
1941
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Maitre d'hotel
1940
Beauty for the Asking
as Cyril
1939
I'll Take Romance
as Male Dressmaker
1937
Hollywood Round-Up
as Hotel Clerk
1937
Fight for Your Lady
as Florist (uncredited)
1937
San Quentin
as Lorenz Review Headwaiter
1937
Café Metropole
as Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
1937
Ready, Willing and Able
as Tenant
1937
King of Hockey
as Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
1936
Walking on Air
as Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
1936
China Clipper
as Waiter (uncredited)
1936
Hot Money
as Ed Biddle
1936
The Big Noise
as Mr. Rosewater
1936
Bullets or Ballots
as Waiter (uncredited)
1936
The Singing Kid
as Designer (uncredited)
1936
Snowed Under
as Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
1936
Colleen
as Jeweler (uncredited)
1936
Love Before Breakfast
as Charles (uncredited)
1936
The Walking Dead
as Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
1936
King of the Islands
as The Witch Doctor
1936
Dangerous
1935
Stars Over Broadway
as Man Wanting Testimonial
1935
Ship Cafe
as Tailor (uncredited)
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
1935
Once in a Blue Moon
as Kolia
1935
One New York Night
as Matthews
1935
Clive of India
as Mr. St. Aubin
1935
The Payoff
as Reporter (uncredited)
1935
Jimmy the Gent
as Steamship Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1934
Mama Loves Papa
as Basil Pew
1933
Ex-Lady
as Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
1933
Ladies of the Jury
as Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
1932
Surrender
as Fichet
1931
The Age for Love
as The Poet
1931
Annabelle's Affairs
as Archie
1931
Three Girls Lost
as Andre (uncredited)
1931
The Boudoir Diplomat
as Potz
1930
Lilies of the Field
as Barber
1930
Darkened Rooms
as Madame Silvara's Customer
1929
Glad Rag Doll
as Barry (an actor)
1929
Strange Cargo
as First Stranger (as André Beranger)
1929
Stark Mad
as Simpson - Guide
1929