Steven Geray
male
Born on November 10, 1904 (120 years old)
Passed Away on December 26, 1973
From Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Known for Acting
Biography
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.
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The Golden Blade
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Barcus
1953
Call Me Madam
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Prime Minister Sebastian
1953
The Royal African Rifles
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Van Stede
1953
The Story of Three Loves
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Legay
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Hotel Manager
1953
General Electric Theater
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Papa Pulaski
1953
General Electric Theater
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M. Brideau
1953
The Danny Thomas Show
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Doctor
1953
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The Big Sky
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"Frenchy" Jourdonnais
1952
Affair in Trinidad
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Wittol
1952
Lady Possessed
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Dr. Stepanek
1952
O. Henry's Full House
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Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
1952
Bal Tabarin
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Inspector Manet
1952
Night Without Sleep
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George (Uncredited)
1952
Adventures of Superman
1952
Cavalcade of America
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Bela Hovarth
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
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Four Star Playhouse
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Mataafa
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Four Star Playhouse
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Mr. Yen
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Phantom of the Opera
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Vereheres
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Whistling in Brooklyn
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Whitey
1943
Pilot #5
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Major Eichel
1943
Night Plane from Chungking
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Reverend Ven Der Lieden
1943
Heavenly Music
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Ludwig van Beethoven
1943
To My Unborn Son
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Peter Ravitch (uncredited)
1943
Above Suspicion
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Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited)
1943
Background to Danger
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Ludwig Rader
1943
Appointment in Berlin
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Henri Rader (uncredited)
1943
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Once Upon a Honeymoon
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Café Waiter (uncredited)
1942
Castle in the Desert
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Dr. Retling
1942
The Moon and Sixpence
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Dirk Stroeve
1942
Eyes in the Night
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Mr. Anderson
1942
Secret Agent of Japan
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Alecsandri
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect
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Vanderhoefen
1942
The Wife Takes a Flyer
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Gestapo Agent
1942
The Mad Martindales
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Jan Van Der Venne
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A Gentleman at Heart
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Don Fernando
1942
For the Common Defense!
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Heinrich Ort (uncredited)
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