Personal Info
Birth date
1893-03-27 (132 Years)
Day of death
1973-03-08
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as
George Berringer
André Beranger
George A. Beranger
J.A. Beringer
George Andre
Andred Beranger
George Augustus Beringer
George Alexandre Beranger
André de Beranger
George André de Beranger
George Andre Beranger
Andre Berenger
George A. Berranger
André DeBeranger
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.
Filmography
The Half-Breed
6.125
Overview:
In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starred in THE HALF-BREED (1916), a Western melodrama written by Anita Loos and directed with flair by Allan Dwan. Fairbanks stars as Lo Dorman, who has been ostracized from society because of this mixed ethnicity - his Native American mother was abandoned by his white father. When Lo catches the eye of the rich white debutante Nellie (Jewel Carmen), he becomes a target for the racist Sheriff Dunn (Sam De Grasse), who wants to break them up and take Nelli for his own. This love triangle becomes a quadrangle with the arrival of Teresa (Alma Rubens), who is on the run from the law. Through fire and fury Lo must decide who and what he truly loves.The Birth of a Nation
6.008
Overview:
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.The Big Parade
7.5
Overview:
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.09
Overview:
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
6.897
Overview:
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.The Bat
6.4
Overview:
A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.Ready, Willing and Able
5.1
Overview:
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.The Avenging Conscience
6.097
Overview:
Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man's thoughts turn dark as he dwells on ways to deal with his uncle. Becoming convinced that murder is merely a natural part of life, he kills his uncle and hides the body. However, the man's conscience awakens; paranoia sets in and nightmarish visions begin to haunt him.Nightmare Alley
7.153
Overview:
Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.Road House
6.8
Overview:
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.Dangerous
6.7
Overview:
Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play.San Quentin
6.5
Overview:
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.One New York Night
NYR
Overview:
Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, and with the aid of Phoebe, the hotel telephone operator who takes a liking to him, and also Countess Louise Browssiloff, who innocently had left some personal belongings in the murdered man's room and is most anxious to recover the incriminating evidence, Foxhall solves the murder mystery.Love Before Breakfast
5.8
Overview:
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.Dancing in the Dark
5
Overview:
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.So This Is Paris
6.333
Overview:
Paul and Suzanne Giraud are happily married and living in a quiet neighborhood. When Suzanne notices that their new neighbors are expressive dancers in revealing outfits, she demands Paul speak to them about their lack of morality. Paul discovers that the woman is Georgette Lalle, an old flame.The Walking Dead
6.2
Overview:
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.Lilies of the Field
3.5
Overview:
Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in disgrace, Mildred heads to New York, where after a crash course in the school of hard knocks she joins the chorus of a Ziegfeld-like musical revue. Now a full-fledged gold-digger, she enjoys the favors of backstage johnnies and elderly sugar daddies, but finally finds true love in the form of Park Avenue socialite Ted Willing.I'll Take Romance
5
Overview:
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.Beau Brummel
6.8
Overview:
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry.Saratoga Trunk
5.7
Overview:
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.Beauty for the Asking
5.7
Overview:
Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls give him an office at the factory. The business takes off, but Jean finds that she is still in love with Denny and Denny seems to forget he is married to Flora.Colleen
5.3
Overview:
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employeesBullets or Ballots
6.583
Overview:
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.Ex-Lady
6.3
Overview:
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.China Clipper
5.6
Overview:
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.The Big Noise
5
Overview:
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.The Extra Girl
5.9
Overview:
Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio instead of her picture. When she arrives in Hollywood, the mistake is discovered and she starts working in the props department of the studio instead. Her parents then come out to California and invest some money with a very shifty individual.Acting
1949Dancing in the Dark as Waiter
1949You're My Everything as Waiter (uncredited)
1948Road House as Lefty
1947Nightmare Alley as The Geek (uncredited)
1945Saratoga Trunk as Leon (uncredited)
1942Over My Dead Body as Salesman
1941Our Wife as Waiter (uncredited)
1941She Knew All the Answers as Head Waiter
1940He Stayed for Breakfast as Maitre d'hotel
1939Beauty for the Asking as Cyril
1937I'll Take Romance as Male Dressmaker
1937Hollywood Round-Up as Hotel Clerk
1937Fight for Your Lady as Florist (uncredited)
1937San Quentin as Lorenz Review Headwaiter
1937Café Metropole as Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
1937Ready, Willing and Able as Tenant
1936King of Hockey as Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
1936Walking on Air as Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
1936China Clipper as Waiter (uncredited)
1936Hot Money as Ed Biddle
1936The Big Noise as Mr. Rosewater
1936Bullets or Ballots as Waiter (uncredited)
1936The Singing Kid as Designer (uncredited)
1936Snowed Under as Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
1936Colleen as Jeweler (uncredited)
1936Love Before Breakfast as Charles (uncredited)
1936The Walking Dead as Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
1936King of the Islands as The Witch Doctor
1935Dangerous as Unknown
1935Stars Over Broadway as Man Wanting Testimonial
1935Ship Cafe as Tailor (uncredited)
1935Don't Bet on Blondes as Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
1935Once in a Blue Moon as Kolia
1935One New York Night as Matthews
1935Clive of India as Mr. St. Aubin
1935The Payoff as Reporter (uncredited)
1933Mama Loves Papa as Basil Pew
1933Ex-Lady as Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
1932Ladies of the Jury as Alonzo Beal (uncredited)
1931Surrender as Fichet
1931The Age for Love as The Poet
1931Annabelle's Affairs as Archie
1931Three Girls Lost as Andre (uncredited)
1930The Boudoir Diplomat as Potz
1930Lilies of the Field as Barber
1929Darkened Rooms as Madame Silvara's Customer
1929Glad Rag Doll as Barry (an actor)
1929Strange Cargo as First Stranger (as André Beranger)
1929Stark Mad as Simpson - Guide
1928Beware of Bachelors as Claude de Brie
1928Powder My Back as Claude
1928The Garden of Eden as Palais de Paris Refuse Man (uncredited)
1927If I Were Single as Claude (as André Beranger)
1927The Small Bachelor as George Finch
1927Altars of Desire as Count André D'Orville
1927Paradise for Two as Maurice
1926The Popular Sin as Alphonse Martin
1926The Lady of the Harem as Selim
1926The Eagle of the Sea as John Jarvis
1926Fig Leaves as Josef André (als André de Beranger)
1926So This Is Paris as M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband (as André Beranger)
1926Miss Brewster's Millions as Mr. Brent
1926The Bat as Gideon Bell
1926The Grand Duchess and the Waiter as The Grand Duke Paul
1926Hot Cakes for Two as J. Percy Sappington - Drama Coach
1925The Big Parade as Patriotic Letter Reader
1925Grounds for Divorce as Guido
1925Are Parents People? as Maurice Mansfield
1925The Man in Blue as Pat Malone
1925Confessions of a Queen as Lewin
1924His Hour as Unknown
1924Beau Brummel as Lord Byron
1924Poisoned Paradise as Krantz (as André Beranger)
1923The Man Life Passed By as Leo Friend (as André de Beranger)
1923Tiger Rose as Pierre
1923The Extra Girl as Actor in Wardrobe Line
1923Dulcy as Vincent Leach
1923Ashes of Vengeance as Charles IX (as Andre de Beranger)
1923The Bright Shawl as Andre Escobar
1919Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl as The Spying One
1917The Spotted Lily as Captain Franz
1917A Daughter of the Poor as Rudolph Creig
1917A Love Sublime as Her Husband
1917Those Without Sin as Chester Wallace
1916Mixed Blood as Carlos
1916Manhattan Madness as The Butler
1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
1916Pillars of Society as Johan Tonnesen
1916The Half-Breed as Jack Brace
1916The Good Bad-Man as Thomas Stuart
1916Let Katie Do it as Witness to Accident
1916The She-Devil as Renard
1916Flirting with Fate as Automatic Joe
1915Bred in the Bone as Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe
1915The Birth of a Nation as Wade Cameron
1914The Avenging Conscience as Unknown
1914Home, Sweet Home as The Accordian Player (as George Berringer)
1913The Adopted Brother as The Employer
1913When Love Forgives as The Bartender
1913The Switchtower as A Tramp
1913The Well as The Accomplice
Directing
1924Western Luck ... Director
1921Burn 'Em Up Barnes ... Director
1921Number 17 ... Director
1914Baby's Ride ... Director
Writing
1921Number 17 ... Screenplay