Steven Geray
111 movies · 32 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 10, 1904
- Died
- Dec 26, 1973 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine
- Also known as
- Istvan Gyergyay · István Gyergyai · Steve 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).
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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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Known for
Steven Geray: movies and TV shows
Acting (143)
- 1966 The Swinger
as Man with Fish
- 1966
- 1966 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
as Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 Wild and Wonderful
as Bartender
- 1964 The Evil of Frankenstein
as Dr. Sergado (uncredited)
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Count Your Blessings
as Guide
- 1959 Verboten!
as le maire
- 1958
- 1958 A Certain Smile
as Denis
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956 Stagecoach To Fury
as Nichols
- 1956
- 1956 Attack
as Otto
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Meet Mrs. Swenson
as Dr. Arons
- 1955 Artists and Models
as Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1955 Kiss of Fire
as Ship Captain Bellon
- 1955 A Bullet for Joey
as Raphael Garcia
- 1955 New York Confidential
as Morris Franklin
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Return of the Dead
as George Benet
- 1954 Tobor the Great
as The Foreign Spy-Chief
- 1954
- 1954 Knock on Wood
as Dr. Kreuger
- 1954 Paris Playboys
as Dr. Gaspard
- 1954 The French Line
as François, Ship Steward
- 1954 The Great Diamond Robbery
as Van Goosen
- 1953 The Royal African Rifles
as Van Stede
- 1953 The Danny Thomas Show · TV
as Doctor / Rudolf Benelman / Doctor Ver Hagen / Dr. Herman ver Hagen · 4 episodes
- 1953 The Golden Blade
as Barcus
- 1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Hotel Manager
- 1953 The Story of Three Loves
as Legay
- 1953 Call Me Madam
as Prime Minister Sebastian
- 1953
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Night Without Sleep
as George (Uncredited)
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 O. Henry's Full House
as Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
- 1952 The Big Sky
as "Frenchy" Jourdonnais
- 1952 Affair in Trinidad
as Wittol
- 1952 Bal Tabarin
as Inspector Manet
- 1952 Lady Possessed
as Dr. Stepanek
- 1952
- 1951
- 1951 Little Egypt
as Pasha
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 The House on Telegraph Hill
as Dr. Burkhardt
- 1951 Target Unknown
as Jean
- 1950 Pygmy Island
as Leon Marko
- 1950 Woman on the Run
as Dr. Arnold Hohler
- 1950 All About Eve
as Captain of Waiters
- 1950 A Lady Without Passport
as Frenchman, Palinov's Tout
- 1950 The Second Woman
as Balthazar Jones
- 1950 In a Lonely Place
as Paul
- 1950 Harbor of Missing Men
as Captain Corcoris
- 1949 Tell It to the Judge
as Francois, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
- 1949 Holiday in Havana
as Lopez
- 1949 Once More, My Darling
as Kalzac
- 1949 The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as Mynher Van Groot
- 1949 Sky Liner
as Bokejian
- 1949 El Paso
as Mexican Joe
- 1948 Ladies of the Chorus
as Salisbury
- 1948 The Dark Past
as Prof. Fred Linder
- 1948 Port Said
as Alexis Tacca
- 1948 I Love Trouble
as Keller
- 1947 The Crime Doctor's Gamble
as Jules Daudet
- 1947 When a Girl's Beautiful
as Stacy Dorn
- 1947 Gunfighters
as Jose aka Uncle Joe
- 1947 The Unfaithful
as Martin Barrow
- 1947 Mr. District Attorney
as Berotti
- 1947 Blind Spot
as Lloyd Harrison
- 1946 The Return of Monte Cristo
as Bombelles
- 1946 Blondie Knows Best
as Dr. Schmidt
- 1946 So Dark the Night
as Henri Cassin
- 1946 Gilda
as Uncle Pio
- 1946 Deadline at Dawn
as Edward Honig
- 1945 Cornered
as Señor Tomas Camargo
- 1945 Mexicana
as Laredo
- 1945 The Crimson Canary
as Vic Miller
- 1945 Spellbound
as Dr. Graff
- 1945 Tarzan and the Amazons
as Brenner
- 1945 Hotel Berlin
as Kleibert
- 1944 The Conspirators
as Dr. Schmitt
- 1944 In Society
as Count Alexis
- 1944 Resisting Enemy Interrogation
as Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor
- 1944 The Seventh Cross
as Dr. Loewenstein
- 1944 The Mask of Dimitrios
as Karel Bulic
- 1944 Meet the People
as Uncle Felix
- 1944 Easy Life
as Batt
- 1943 Whistling in Brooklyn
as Whitey
- 1943 To My Unborn Son
as Peter Ravitch (uncredited)
- 1943 Phantom of the Opera
as Vereheres
- 1943 Appointment in Berlin
as Henri Rader (uncredited)
- 1943 Background to Danger
as Ludwig Rader (uncredited)
- 1943 Pilot #5
as Major Eichel
- 1943 Night Plane from Chungking
as Reverend Ven Der Lieden
- 1943 Above Suspicion
as Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited)
- 1943 Heavenly Music
as Ludwig van Beethoven
- 1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
- 1942 The Moon and Sixpence
as Dirk Stroeve
- 1942 Eyes in the Night
as Mr. Anderson
- 1942 For the Common Defense!
as Heinrich Ort (uncredited)
- 1942 The Mad Martindales
as Jan Van Der Venne
- 1942 The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Gestapo Agent
- 1942 Secret Agent of Japan
as Alecsandri
- 1942 Castle in the Desert
as Dr. Retling
- 1942 A Gentleman at Heart
as Don Fernando
- 1942 Blue, White and Perfect
as Vanderhoefen
- 1941 Man at Large
as Karl Botany
- 1940 Dark Streets of Cairo
as Bellboy
- 1939 This Man in Paris
as Sûreté Police Officer (uncredited)
- 1939 Inspector Hornleigh
as Michael Kavanos
- 1938 Premiere
as Frolich
- 1937 The High Command
as Martin Cloam
- 1937 Let's Make a Night of It
as Luigi
- 1936 A Star Fell from Heaven
as Willi Wass
- 1935 Dance Band
as Steve Sarel
- 1935 The Student's Romance
as Mickey
- 1933 Stolen Wednesday
as Tamás István rádióriporter
- 1933 Tokajerglut
as Stephan Tamas
- 1933
- 1933 Marie, légende hongroise
as l'intendant
- 1932 Flying Gold
as Bálint György riporter
- 1932 Spring Shower
as Intendant