George Beranger

Acting

Born Mar 27, 1893

From Enmore, New South Wales, Australia

Died Mar 08, 1973

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.

George Beranger

Known For

The Birth of a Nation

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Dancing in the Dark

Dangerous

The Walking Dead

Nightmare Alley

China Clipper

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

Bullets or Ballots

Clive of India

Filmography — Acting

The Birth of a Nation

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Dancing in the Dark

Dangerous

The Walking Dead

Nightmare Alley

China Clipper

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

Bullets or Ballots

Clive of India

The Big Parade

Road House

Love Before Breakfast

Ex-Lady

Café Metropole

Beau Brummel

Over My Dead Body

He Stayed for Breakfast

I'll Take Romance

The Fan

The Extra Girl

So This Is Paris

The Singing Kid

The Big Noise

Saratoga Trunk

San Quentin

The Payoff

Don't Bet on Blondes

She Knew All the Answers

Jimmy the Gent

Colleen

The Half-Breed

Glad Rag Doll

You're My Everything

Ashes of Vengeance

Stark Mad

Ladies of the Jury

Stars Over Broadway

The Bat

Snowed Under

The Age for Love

Fig Leaves

Strange Cargo

Tiger Rose

Our Wife

Surrender

Let Katie Do it

Ready, Willing and Able

Fight for Your Lady

Hollywood Round-Up

Annabelle's Affairs

The Man Life Passed By

Beauty for the Asking

Ship Cafe

Those Without Sin

The Garden of Eden

Darkened Rooms

The Switchtower

Once in a Blue Moon

A Love Sublime

The Avenging Conscience

King of Hockey

The She-Devil

Mixed Blood

Dulcy

Lilies of the Field

Manhattan Madness