George Beranger
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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 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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As Actor/Actress
Our Wife
Waiter (uncredited)
El Callejon de las Almas Perdidas
The Geek (uncredited)
The Birth of a Nation
Wade Cameron
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
The Spying One
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
Tailor (uncredited)
Ex-Lady
Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
The Fan
Alphonse - Philippe's Assistant (uncredited)
The Big Parade
Patriotic Letter Reader
Bullets or Ballots
Waiter (uncredited)
The Bat
Gideon Bell
Strange Cargo
First Stranger (as André Beranger)
Hot Money
Ed Biddle
Fig Leaves
Josef André (als André de Beranger)
Beau Brummel
Lord Byron
San Quentin
Lorenz Review Headwaiter
Jimmy the Gent
Steamship Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Mama Loves Papa
Basil Pew
Darkened Rooms
Madame Silvara's Customer
A Love Sublime
Her Husband
Dangerous
Road House
Lefty
Snowed Under
Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
China Clipper
Waiter (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes
Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
La exótica
Leon (uncredited)
The Good Bad-Man
Thomas Stuart
A Daughter of the Poor
Rudolph Creig
His Hour