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George Beranger
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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. Ber…
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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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1949
Dancing in the Dark
Movie Waiter
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1949
You're My Everything
Movie Waiter (uncredited)
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1949
The Fan
Movie Alphonse - Philippe's Assistant (uncredited)
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1948
Road House
Movie Lefty
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1947
Nightmare Alley
Movie The Geek (uncredited)
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1945
Saratoga Trunk
Movie Leon (uncredited)
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1942
Over My Dead Body
Movie Salesman
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1941
Our Wife
Movie Waiter (uncredited)
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1941
She Knew All the Answers
Movie Head Waiter
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1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
Movie Maitre d'hotel
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1939
Beauty for the Asking
Movie Cyril
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1937
I'll Take Romance
Movie Male Dressmaker
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1937
Hollywood Round-Up
Movie Hotel Clerk
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1937
Fight for Your Lady
Movie Florist (uncredited)
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1937
San Quentin
Movie Lorenz Review Headwaiter
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1937
Café Metropole
Movie Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)
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1937
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie Tenant
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1936
King of Hockey
Movie Evans, Kathleen's Chauffeur
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1936
Walking on Air
Movie Albert, the Valet (uncredited)
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1936
China Clipper
Movie Waiter (uncredited)
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1936
Hot Money
Movie Ed Biddle
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1936
The Big Noise
Movie Mr. Rosewater
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1936
Bullets or Ballots
Movie Waiter (uncredited)
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1936
The Singing Kid
Movie Designer (uncredited)
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1936
Snowed Under
Movie Costume Designer Maza (uncredited)
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1936
Colleen
Movie Jeweler (uncredited)
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1936
Love Before Breakfast
Movie Charles (uncredited)
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1936
The Walking Dead
Movie Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
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1936
King of the Islands
Movie The Witch Doctor
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1935
Dangerous
Movie
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1935
Stars Over Broadway
Movie Man Wanting Testimonial
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1935
Ship Cafe
Movie Tailor (uncredited)
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1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie Wedding Dress Fitter (Uncredited)
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1935
Once in a Blue Moon
Movie Kolia
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1935
One New York Night
Movie Matthews
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1935
Clive of India
Movie Mr. St. Aubin
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1935
The Payoff
Movie Reporter (uncredited)
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1934
Jimmy the Gent
Movie Steamship Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
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1933
Mama Loves Papa
Movie Basil Pew
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1933
Ex-Lady
Movie Dinner Guest / Pianist (uncredited)
