Steven Geray
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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
Perry Mason
Korbell
Perry Mason
Franz Moray
Burke's Law
Dr. Alexis Crystal
Dr. Kildare
Frank Chernak
I Dream of Jeannie
Armand
Matinee Theater
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Alex Rozky
Climax!
The Lucy Show
Dr. Fleisher
Four Star Playhouse
Mataafa
Four Star Playhouse
Mr. Yen
The Donna Reed Show
The Outer Limits
Jerichau
Adventures of Superman
The Time Tunnel
Perrault
December Bride
Adventures in Paradise
Piet
Adventures in Paradise
Paul Barolle
Tales of Tomorrow
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dalgren
Telephone Time
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Café Waiter (uncredited)
To My Unborn Son
Peter Ravitch (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Count Your Blessings
Guide
Alcoa Theatre
Station Master
The Seventh Cross
Dr. Loewenstein
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Mynher Van Groot
87th Precinct
Once More, My Darling
Kalzac
In Society
Count Alexis
The Islanders
Marek
Stagecoach To Fury
Nichols
The Danny Thomas Show
Doctor
Wild and Wonderful
Bartender
Pardon, tévedtem
The Rogues
Henri
The Unfaithful
Martin Barrow
Mr. & Mrs. North
Cavalcade of America
Bela Hovarth
The Mad Martindales
Jan Van Der Venne
The Lone Wolf
Pygmy Island
Leon Marko
Little Egypt
Pasha
Paris Playboys
Dr. Gaspard
Dangerous Assignment
Mr. District Attorney
Berotti
The Crimson Canary
Vic Miller
Kiss of Fire
Ship Captain Bellon
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor
Whistling in Brooklyn
Whitey
Premiere
Frolich
A Certain Smile
Denis
The Big Sky
"Frenchy" Jourdonnais
A Lady Without Passport
Frenchman, Palinov's Tout
Dark Streets of Cairo
Bellboy
Blue, White, and Perfect
Vanderhoefen
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Hotel Manager
Port Said
Alexis Tacca
Gilda
Uncle Pio
Castle in the Desert
Dr. Retling
Mexicana
Laredo
Spellbound
Dr. Graff
Bal Tabarin
Inspector Manet
El Paso
Mexican Joe
Marie, légende hongroise
l'intendant
Hotel Berlin
Kleibert
Call Me Madam
Prime Minister Sebastian
All About Eve
Captain of Waiters
The Conspirators
Dr. Schmitt
New York Confidential
Morris Franklin
The Second Woman
Balthazar Jones
Savage Drums
Night Without Sleep
George (Uncredited)
The Story of Three Loves
Legay
Meet the People
Uncle Felix
The Moon and Sixpence
Dirk Stroeve
Gunfighters
Jose aka Uncle Joe
O. Henry's Full House
Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Cornered
Señor Tomas Camargo
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
Jules Daudet
The French Line
François, Ship Steward
Phantom of the Opera
Vereheres
In a Lonely Place
Paul
For the Common Defense!
Heinrich Ort (uncredited)
Artists and Models
Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
Meet Mrs. Swenson
Dr. Arons
The Royal African Rifles
Van Stede
Dr. Fu Manchu
Otto Helgaard
When a Girl's Beautiful
Stacy Dorn
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Golet
A Gentleman at Heart
Don Fernando
Blind Spot
Lloyd Harrison
General Electric Theater
Papa Pulaski
General Electric Theater
M. Brideau
The Swinger
Man with Fish
The Evil of Frankenstein
Dr. Sergado (uncredited)
The Golden Blade
Barcus
So Dark the Night
Henri Cassin
The Great Diamond Robbery
Van Goosen
Heavenly Music
Ludwig van Beethoven
Tell It to the Judge
Francois, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Woman on the Run
Dr. Arnold Hohler
Attack
Otto
Az ellopott szerda
Tamás István rádióriporter
Lady Possessed
Dr. Stepanek
Eyes in the Night
Mr. Anderson
Tarzan and the Amazons
Brenner
Spring Shower
Intendant
Affair in Trinidad
Wittol
Easy Life
Batt
I Love Trouble
Keller
Blondie Knows Best
Dr. Schmidt
Verboten!
le maire
Above Suspicion
Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited)
Pilot #5
Major Eichel
The Mask of Dimitrios
Karel Bulic
Ladies of the Chorus
Salisbury
Knock on Wood
Doctor Kreuger
The House on Telegraph Hill
Dr. Burkhardt
The Dark Past
Prof. Fred Linder
Tobor the Great
The Foreign Spy-Chief
A Bullet for Joey
Raphael Garcia
Deadline at Dawn
Edward Honig
Appointment in Berlin
Henri Rader (uncredited)
The Return of Monte Cristo
Bombelles
The High Command
Martin Cloam
A Star Fell from Heaven
Willi Wass
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein
Background to Danger
Ludwig Rader
Sky Liner
Bokejian
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Gestapo Agent
This Man in Paris
Sûreté Police Officer (uncredited)
Dance Band
Steve Sarel
Secret Agent of Japan
Alecsandri
Man at Large
Karl Botany
The Student's Romance
Mickey
Inspector Hornleigh
Michael Kavanos
Target Unknown
Jean
Let's Make a Night of It
Luigi
Harbor of Missing Men
Captain Corcoris
Holiday in Havana
Lopez
Night Plane from Chungking
Reverend Ven Der Lieden
Return of the Dead
George Benet