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