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