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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 10, 1904
Place of Birth:
Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine
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Steven Geray
Biography
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein |
| 1966 | The Swinger | Man with Fish |
| 1964 | Wild and Wonderful | Bartender |
| 1959 | Verboten! | le maire |
| 1959 | Count Your Blessings | Guide |
| 1958 | A Certain Smile | Denis |
| 1956 | Attack | Otto |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To Fury | Nichols |
| 1956 | Meet Mrs. Swenson | Dr. Arons |
| 1955 | A Bullet for Joey | Raphael Garcia |
| 1955 | New York Confidential | Morris Franklin |
| 1955 | Kiss of Fire | Ship Captain Bellon |
| 1955 | Artists and Models | Kurt's Associate (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Tobor the Great | The Foreign Spy-Chief |
| 1954 | The French Line | François, Ship Steward |
| 1954 | Paris Playboys | Dr. Gaspard |
| 1954 | Knock on Wood | Doctor Kreuger |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery | Van Goosen |
| 1954 | Return of the Dead | George Benet |
| 1953 | The Golden Blade | Barcus |
| 1953 | Call Me Madam | Prime Minister Sebastian |
| 1953 | The Royal African Rifles | Van Stede |
| 1953 | The Story of Three Loves | Legay |
| 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Hotel Manager |
| 1952 | The Big Sky | "Frenchy" Jourdonnais |
| 1952 | Affair in Trinidad | Wittol |
| 1952 | Lady Possessed | Dr. Stepanek |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Bal Tabarin | Inspector Manet |
| 1952 | Night Without Sleep | George (Uncredited) |
| 1951 | The House on Telegraph Hill | Dr. Burkhardt |
| 1951 | Target Unknown | Jean |
| 1951 | Savage Drums | |
| 1951 | Little Egypt | Pasha |
| 1950 | A Lady Without Passport | Frenchman, Palinov's Tout |
| 1950 | Woman on the Run | Dr. Arnold Hohler |
| 1950 | The Second Woman | Balthazar Jones |
| 1950 | In a Lonely Place | Paul |
| 1950 | Harbor of Missing Men | Captain Corcoris |
| 1950 | Pygmy Island | Leon Marko |
| 1950 | All About Eve | Captain of Waiters |
| 1949 | Once More, My Darling | Kalzac |
| 1949 | Sky Liner | Bokejian |
| 1949 | El Paso | Mexican Joe |
| 1949 | Holiday in Havana | Lopez |
| 1949 | The Lone Wolf and His Lady | Mynher Van Groot |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Francois, the Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Dark Past | Prof. Fred Linder |
| 1948 | I Love Trouble | Keller |
| 1948 | Port Said | Alexis Tacca |
| 1948 | Ladies of the Chorus | Salisbury |
| 1947 | Blind Spot | Lloyd Harrison |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful | Martin Barrow |
| 1947 | The Crime Doctor's Gamble | Jules Daudet |
| 1947 | Mr. District Attorney | Berotti |
| 1947 | Gunfighters | Jose aka Uncle Joe |
| 1947 | When a Girl's Beautiful | Stacy Dorn |
| 1946 | Gilda | Uncle Pio |
| 1946 | Blondie Knows Best | Dr. Schmidt |
| 1946 | So Dark the Night | Henri Cassin |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Edward Honig |
| 1945 | Spellbound | Dr. Graff |
| 1945 | Cornered | Señor Tomas Camargo |
| 1945 | The Crimson Canary | Vic Miller |
| 1945 | Hotel Berlin | Kleibert |
| 1945 | Mexicana | Laredo |
| 1945 | Tarzan and the Amazons | Brenner |
| 1944 | The Conspirators | Dr. Schmitt |
| 1944 | The Mask of Dimitrios | Karel Bulic |
| 1944 | In Society | Count Alexis |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross | Dr. Loewenstein |
| 1944 | Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor |
| 1944 | Meet the People | Uncle Felix |
| 1944 | Easy Life | Batt |
| 1943 | Phantom of the Opera | Vereheres |
| 1943 | Whistling in Brooklyn | Whitey |
| 1943 | Pilot #5 | Major Eichel |
| 1943 | Night Plane from Chungking | Reverend Ven Der Lieden |
| 1943 | Heavenly Music | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 1943 | To My Unborn Son | Peter Ravitch (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion | Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited) |
| 1943 | Background to Danger | Ludwig Rader |
| 1943 | Appointment in Berlin | Henri Rader (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Café Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Castle in the Desert | Dr. Retling |
| 1942 | The Moon and Sixpence | Dirk Stroeve |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night | Mr. Anderson |
| 1942 | Secret Agent of Japan | Alecsandri |
| 1942 | Blue, White, and Perfect | Vanderhoefen |
| 1942 | The Wife Takes a Flyer | Gestapo Agent |
| 1942 | The Mad Martindales | Jan Van Der Venne |
| 1942 | A Gentleman at Heart | Don Fernando |
| 1942 | For the Common Defense! | Heinrich Ort (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Man at Large | Karl Botany |
| 1940 | Dark Streets of Cairo | Bellboy |
| 1939 | This Man in Paris | Sûreté Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Inspector Hornleigh | Michael Kavanos |
| 1938 | Premiere | Frolich |
| 1937 | The High Command | Martin Cloam |
| 1937 | Let's Make a Night of It | Luigi |
| 1936 | A Star Fell from Heaven | Willi Wass |
| 1935 | Dance Band | Steve Sarel |
| 1935 | The Student's Romance | Mickey |
| 1933 | Marie, légende hongroise | l'intendant |
| 1933 | Pardon, tévedtem | |
| 1933 | Az ellopott szerda | Tamás István rádióriporter |
| 1932 | Spring Shower | Intendant |