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