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George Beranger

Acting

0.5 Popularity Mar 27, 1893 (79 years old) Enmore, New South Wales, Australia

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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 ...

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.

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Filmography 106

1949
Dancing in the Dark Movie

as Waiter

1949
You're My Everything Movie

as Waiter (uncredited)

1948
Road House Movie

as Lefty

1947
Nightmare Alley Movie

as The Geek (uncredited)

1945
Saratoga Trunk Movie

as Leon (uncredited)

1942
Over My Dead Body Movie

as Salesman

1941
Our Wife Movie

as Waiter (uncredited)

1941
She Knew All the Answers Movie

as Head Waiter

1940
He Stayed for Breakfast Movie

as Maitre d'hotel

1939
1937
I'll Take Romance Movie

as Male Dressmaker

1937
Hollywood Round-Up Movie

as Hotel Clerk

1937
Fight for Your Lady Movie

as Florist (uncredited)

1937
San Quentin Movie

as Lorenz Review Headwaiter

1937
Café Metropole Movie

as Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)

1937
1936
King of Hockey Movie

as Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur

1936
Walking on Air Movie

as Albert, the Valet (uncredited)

1936
China Clipper Movie

as Waiter (uncredited)

1936
Hot Money Movie

as Ed Biddle

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Male
Birthday March 27, 1893 (79 years old)
Died March 08, 1973
Place of Birth Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As George Berringer, André Beranger , George A. Beranger and 11 more
Years Active 1913 - 1949
Popularity 0.5
Career Stats
106 Total Credits
101 Movie Roles
4 Photos