George Beranger

Biography

George Beranger was a renowned Australian-born actor and director who began playing Shakespearean roles at age 16 with the Walter Bentley Players. He later emigrated to California in 1912, reinventing himself as George Alexandre Beranger, and became a Hollywood star by the 1920s, appearing in films for Ernst Lubitsch and D.W. Griffith. A prolific director, he worked under various pseudonyms, including André de Beranger.