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Steven Geray

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Steven Geray

Born November 10, 1904 in Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, UkraineDied December 26, 1973111 films

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Steven Geray, born Istvan Gyergyay (10 November 1904 – 26 December 1973) was a film actor who appeared in over 100 films and dozens of television programs. Geray appeared in Spellbound (1945), Gilda (1946), In a Lonely Place (1950), All About Eve (1950), Call Me Madam (1953) and To Catch a Thief (1955).

He was born in Ungvár, Austria-Hungary (now Uzhgorod, Ukraine) and educated at the University of Budapest. He made his first stage appearance at the Hungarian National Theater under his real name and after nearly four years he made his London stage debut (as Steven Geray) in 1934, appearing in Happy Week-End!. He began appearing in English-speaking films in 1935 and moved to Hollywood in 1941. He appeared alongside his wife, Magda Kun, in the 1935 film Dance Band.

Geray was cast as the lead in a low-budget film noir So Dark the Night (1946). Even with its limited budget, it received great critical reviews and enabled its director Joseph H. Lewis to later direct A-pictures. Geray continued to work on television and in films into the 1960s. Among them a guest appearance on Perry Mason in 1962 as extortionist and murder victim Franz Moray in "The Case of the Stand-in Sister," three episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as French dress designer Gaston Broussard in 1956, including the over the top "A Paris Creation" and various doctor roles on The Danny Thomas Show.

Geray spent some time in the late-1960s in Estes Park, Colorado, where he directed local theater (The Fantasticks). He owned and ran a bar in Estes Park from 1969 to 1970.

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Filmography

111 films as actor
  1. 1966The SwingerMan with Fish
  2. 1966Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's DaughterDr. Rudolf Frankenstein
  3. 1964Wild and WonderfulBartender
  4. 1964The Evil of FrankensteinDr. Sergado (uncredited)
  5. 1959Count Your BlessingsGuide
  6. 1959Verboten!le maire
  7. 1958A Certain SmileDenis
  8. 1956Stagecoach To FuryNichols
  9. 1956AttackOtto
  10. 1956Meet Mrs. SwensonDr. Arons
  11. 1955Artists and ModelsKurt's Associate (uncredited)
  12. 1955Kiss of FireShip Captain Bellon
  13. 1955A Bullet for JoeyRaphael Garcia
  14. 1955New York ConfidentialMorris Franklin
  15. 1954Return of the DeadGeorge Benet
  16. 1954Tobor the GreatThe Foreign Spy-Chief
  17. 1954Knock on WoodDr. Kreuger
  18. 1954Paris PlayboysDr. Gaspard
  19. 1954The French LineFrançois, Ship Steward
  20. 1954The Great Diamond RobberyVan Goosen
  21. 1953The Royal African RiflesVan Stede
  22. 1953The Golden BladeBarcus
  23. 1953Gentlemen Prefer BlondesHotel Manager
  24. 1953The Story of Three LovesLegay
  25. 1953Call Me MadamPrime Minister Sebastian
  26. 1952Night Without SleepGeorge (Uncredited)
  27. 1952O. Henry's Full HouseBoris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
  28. 1952The Big Sky"Frenchy" Jourdonnais
  29. 1952Affair in TrinidadWittol
  30. 1952Bal TabarinInspector Manet
  31. 1952Lady PossessedDr. Stepanek
  32. 1951Little EgyptPasha
  33. 1951Savage Drums
  34. 1951The House on Telegraph HillDr. Burkhardt
  35. 1951Target UnknownJean
  36. 1950Pygmy IslandLeon Marko
  37. 1950Woman on the RunDr. Arnold Hohler
  38. 1950All About EveCaptain of Waiters
  39. 1950A Lady Without PassportFrenchman, Palinov's Tout
  40. 1950The Second WomanBalthazar Jones
  41. 1950In a Lonely PlacePaul
  42. 1950Harbor of Missing MenCaptain Corcoris
  43. 1949Tell It to the JudgeFrancois, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
  44. 1949Holiday in HavanaLopez
  45. 1949Once More, My DarlingKalzac
  46. 1949The Lone Wolf and His LadyMynher Van Groot
  47. 1949Sky LinerBokejian
  48. 1949El PasoMexican Joe
  49. 1948Ladies of the ChorusSalisbury
  50. 1948The Dark PastProf. Fred Linder
  51. 1948Port SaidAlexis Tacca
  52. 1948I Love TroubleKeller
  53. 1947The Crime Doctor's GambleJules Daudet
  54. 1947When a Girl's BeautifulStacy Dorn
  55. 1947GunfightersJose aka Uncle Joe
  56. 1947The UnfaithfulMartin Barrow
  57. 1947Mr. District AttorneyBerotti
  58. 1947Blind SpotLloyd Harrison
  59. 1946The Return of Monte CristoBombelles
  60. 1946Blondie Knows BestDr. Schmidt
  61. 1946So Dark the NightHenri Cassin
  62. 1946GildaUncle Pio
  63. 1946Deadline at DawnEdward Honig
  64. 1945CorneredSeñor Tomas Camargo
  65. 1945MexicanaLaredo
  66. 1945The Crimson CanaryVic Miller
  67. 1945SpellboundDr. Graff
  68. 1945Tarzan and the AmazonsBrenner
  69. 1945Hotel BerlinKleibert
  70. 1944The ConspiratorsDr. Schmitt
  71. 1944In SocietyCount Alexis
  72. 1944Resisting Enemy InterrogationDr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor
  73. 1944The Seventh CrossDr. Loewenstein
  74. 1944The Mask of DimitriosKarel Bulic
  75. 1944Meet the PeopleUncle Felix
  76. 1944Easy LifeBatt
  77. 1943Whistling in BrooklynWhitey
  78. 1943To My Unborn SonPeter Ravitch (uncredited)
  79. 1943Phantom of the OperaVereheres
  80. 1943Appointment in BerlinHenri Rader (uncredited)
  81. 1943Background to DangerLudwig Rader (uncredited)
  82. 1943Pilot #5Major Eichel
  83. 1943Night Plane from ChungkingReverend Ven Der Lieden
  84. 1943Above SuspicionAnton the Woodcarver (Uncredited)
  85. 1943Heavenly MusicLudwig van Beethoven
  86. 1942Once Upon a HoneymoonCafé Waiter (uncredited)
  87. 1942The Moon and SixpenceDirk Stroeve
  88. 1942Eyes in the NightMr. Anderson
  89. 1942For the Common Defense!Heinrich Ort (uncredited)
  90. 1942The Mad MartindalesJan Van Der Venne
  91. 1942The Wife Takes a FlyerGestapo Agent
  92. 1942Secret Agent of JapanAlecsandri
  93. 1942Castle in the DesertDr. Retling
  94. 1942A Gentleman at HeartDon Fernando
  95. 1942Blue, White and PerfectVanderhoefen
  96. 1941Man at LargeKarl Botany
  97. 1940Dark Streets of CairoBellboy
  98. 1939This Man in ParisSûreté Police Officer (uncredited)
  99. 1939Inspector HornleighMichael Kavanos
  100. 1938PremiereFrolich
  101. 1937The High CommandMartin Cloam
  102. 1937Let's Make a Night of ItLuigi
  103. 1936A Star Fell from HeavenWilli Wass
  104. 1935Dance BandSteve Sarel
  105. 1935The Student's RomanceMickey
  106. 1933Stolen WednesdayTamás István rádióriporter
  107. 1933TokajerglutStephan Tamas
  108. 1933Pardon, tévedtem
  109. 1933Marie, légende hongroisel'intendant
  110. 1932Flying GoldBálint György riporter
  111. 1932Spring ShowerIntendant