Steven Geray

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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: Acting

Born: Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 1904-11-10

Died: 1973-12-26

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1932	Spring Shower	Intendant	56
2	1933	Marie, légende hongroise	l'intendant	0
3	1933	Pardon, tévedtem		0
4	1933	Az ellopott szerda	Tamás István rádióriporter	0
5	1935	The Student's Romance	Mickey	50
6	1935	Dance Band	Steve Sarel	20
7	1936	A Star Fell from Heaven	Willi Wass	0
8	1937	Let's Make a Night of It	Luigi	0
9	1937	The High Command	Martin Cloam	56
10	1938	Premiere	Frolich	50
11	1939	Inspector Hornleigh	Michael Kavanos	73
12	1939	This Man in Paris	Sûreté Police Officer (uncredited)	0
13	1940	Dark Streets of Cairo	Bellboy	60
14	1941	Man at Large	Karl Botany	60
15	1942	Blue, White, and Perfect	Vanderhoefen	63
16	1942	A Gentleman at Heart	Don Fernando	60
17	1942	Castle in the Desert	Dr. Retling	68
18	1942	Secret Agent of Japan	Alecsandri	45
19	1942	The Wife Takes a Flyer	Gestapo Agent	45
20	1942	The Mad Martindales	Jan Van Der Venne	50
21	1942	For the Common Defense!	Heinrich Ort (uncredited)	47
22	1942	Eyes in the Night	Mr. Anderson	59
23	1942	The Moon and Sixpence	Dirk Stroeve	63
24	1942	Once Upon a Honeymoon	Café Waiter (uncredited)	62
25	1943	Heavenly Music	Ludwig van Beethoven	61
26	1943	Night Plane from Chungking	Reverend Ven Der Lieden	60
27	1943	Above Suspicion	Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited)	65
28	1943	Pilot #5	Major Eichel	58
29	1943	Background to Danger	Ludwig Rader	66
30	1943	Appointment in Berlin	Henri Rader (uncredited)	67
31	1943	Phantom of the Opera	Vereheres	62
32	1943	To My Unborn Son	Peter Ravitch (uncredited)	70
33	1943	Whistling in Brooklyn	Whitey	63
34	1944	Easy Life	Batt	50
35	1944	Meet the People	Uncle Felix	50
36	1944	The Mask of Dimitrios	Karel Bulic	70
37	1944	The Seventh Cross	Dr. Loewenstein	67
38	1944	Resisting Enemy Interrogation	Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor	66
39	1944	In Society	Count Alexis	58
40	1944	The Conspirators	Dr. Schmitt	61
41	1945	Hotel Berlin	Kleibert	61
42	1945	Tarzan and the Amazons	Brenner	63
43	1945	Spellbound	Dr. Graff	74
44	1945	The Crimson Canary	Vic Miller	60
45	1945	Mexicana	Laredo	53
46	1945	Cornered	Señor Tomas Camargo	60
47	1946	Deadline at Dawn	Edward Honig	63
48	1946	Gilda	Uncle Pio	75
49	1946	So Dark the Night	Henri Cassin	60
50	1946	Blondie Knows Best	Dr. Schmidt	64
51	1947	Blind Spot	Lloyd Harrison	42
52	1947	Mr. District Attorney	Berotti	65
53	1947	The Unfaithful	Martin Barrow	60
54	1947	Gunfighters	Jose aka Uncle Joe	55
55	1947	When a Girl's Beautiful	Stacy Dorn	0
56	1947	The Crime Doctor's Gamble	Jules Daudet	45
57	1948	I Love Trouble	Keller	63
58	1948	Port Said	Alexis Tacca	60
59	1948	The Dark Past	Prof. Fred Linder	58
60	1948	Ladies of the Chorus	Salisbury	66
61	1949	El Paso	Mexican Joe	57
62	1949	Sky Liner	Bokejian	42
63	1949	The Lone Wolf and His Lady	Mynher Van Groot	50
64	1949	Once More, My Darling	Kalzac	57
65	1949	Holiday in Havana	Lopez	50
66	1949	Tell It to the Judge	Francois, the Headwaiter (uncredited)	63
67	1950	Harbor of Missing Men	Captain Corcoris	60
68	1950	In a Lonely Place	Paul	76
69	1950	The Second Woman	Balthazar Jones	56
70	1950	A Lady Without Passport	Frenchman, Palinov's Tout	52
71	1950	All About Eve	Captain of Waiters	81
72	1950	Woman on the Run	Dr. Arnold Hohler	68
73	1950	Pygmy Island	Leon Marko	40
74	1951	Target Unknown	Jean	0
75	1951	The House on Telegraph Hill	Dr. Burkhardt	63
76	1951	Savage Drums		60
77	1951	Little Egypt	Pasha	0
78	1952	Lady Possessed	Dr. Stepanek	51
79	1952	Bal Tabarin	Inspector Manet	0
80	1952	Affair in Trinidad	Wittol	63
81	1952	O. Henry's Full House	Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)	65
82	1952	The Big Sky	"Frenchy" Jourdonnais	65
83	1952	Night Without Sleep	George (Uncredited)	58
84	1953	Call Me Madam	Prime Minister Sebastian	63
85	1953	The Story of Three Loves	Legay	56
86	1953	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Hotel Manager	73
87	1953	The Golden Blade	Barcus	63
88	1953	The Royal African Rifles	Van Stede	0
89	1954	The Great Diamond Robbery	Van Goosen	0
90	1954	The French Line	François, Ship Steward	42
91	1954	Paris Playboys	Dr. Gaspard	40
92	1954	Knock on Wood	Doctor Kreuger	66
93	1954	Tobor the Great	The Foreign Spy-Chief	52
94	1954	Return of the Dead	George Benet	0
95	1955	New York Confidential	Morris Franklin	58
96	1955	A Bullet for Joey	Raphael Garcia	56
97	1955	Kiss of Fire	Ship Captain Bellon	30
98	1955	Artists and Models	Kurt's Associate (uncredited)	66
99	1956	Meet Mrs. Swenson	Dr. Arons	0
100	1956	Attack	Otto	68
101	1956	Stagecoach To Fury	Nichols	50
102	1958	A Certain Smile	Denis	58
103	1959	Verboten!	le maire	65
104	1959	Count Your Blessings	Guide	42
105	1964	Wild and Wonderful	Bartender	63
106	1966	Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter	Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein	41
107	1966	The Swinger	Man with Fish	55

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
3	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Golet	73
4	1952	Dangerous Assignment		35
5	1952	Adventures of Superman		67
6	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Mataafa	63
7	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Mr. Yen	63
8	1952	Cavalcade of America	Bela Hovarth	35
9	1952	Mr. & Mrs. North		43
10	1953	General Electric Theater	Papa Pulaski	63
11	1953	General Electric Theater	M. Brideau	63
12	1953	The Danny Thomas Show	Doctor	60
13	1954	The Lone Wolf		70
14	1954	December Bride		55
15	1954	Climax!		33
16	1955	Matinee Theater		50
17	1956	Telephone Time		63
18	1956	Dr. Fu Manchu		50
19	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		45
20	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Alex Rozky	55
21	1957	Perry Mason	Korbell	77
22	1957	Perry Mason	Franz Moray	77
23	1957	Alcoa Theatre	Station Master	65
24	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
25	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Piet	57
26	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Paul Barolle	57
27	1960	The Islanders	Marek	80
28	1961	87th Precinct		75
29	1961	Dr. Kildare	Frank Chernak	55
30	1962	The Lucy Show	Dr. Fleisher	70
31	1963	The Outer Limits	Jerichau	78
32	1963	Burke's Law	Dr. Alexis Crystal	60
33	1964	The Rogues	Henri	72
34	1964	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Dalgren	78
35	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Armand	78
36	1966	The Time Tunnel	Perrault	76

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