Steven Geray
Acting • Born 1904-11-10 – Died 1973-12-26
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
145 credits
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Movie • 1966
Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein
Marie, légende hongroise
Movie • 1933
l'intendant
Gilda
Movie • 1946
Uncle Pio
Blondie Knows Best
Movie • 1946
Dr. Schmidt
Spellbound
Movie • 1945
Dr. Graff
A Lady Without Passport
Movie • 1950
Frenchman, Palinov's Tout
This Man in Paris
Movie • 1939
Sûreté Police Officer (uncredited)
Attack
Movie • 1956
Otto
The Golden Blade
Movie • 1953
Barcus
A Bullet for Joey
Movie • 1955
Raphael Garcia
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Movie • 1942
Café Waiter (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios
Movie • 1944
Karel Bulic
The Conspirators
Movie • 1944
Dr. Schmitt
So Dark the Night
Movie • 1946
Henri Cassin
Woman on the Run
Movie • 1950
Dr. Arnold Hohler
The House on Telegraph Hill
Movie • 1951
Dr. Burkhardt
Cornered
Movie • 1945
Señor Tomas Camargo
New York Confidential
Movie • 1955
Morris Franklin
Castle in the Desert
Movie • 1942
Dr. Retling
In Society
Movie • 1944
Count Alexis
The Big Sky
Movie • 1952
"Frenchy" Jourdonnais
The Dark Past
Movie • 1948
Prof. Fred Linder
I Love Trouble
Movie • 1948
Keller
Affair in Trinidad
Movie • 1952
Wittol
Phantom of the Opera
Movie • 1943
Vereheres
The Second Woman
Movie • 1950
Balthazar Jones
Tobor the Great
Movie • 1954
The Foreign Spy-Chief
Blind Spot
Movie • 1947
Lloyd Harrison
Call Me Madam
Movie • 1953
Prime Minister Sebastian
In a Lonely Place
Movie • 1950
Paul
The French Line
Movie • 1954
François, Ship Steward
The Unfaithful
Movie • 1947
Martin Barrow
Whistling in Brooklyn
Movie • 1943
Whitey
The Moon and Sixpence
Movie • 1942
Dirk Stroeve
Eyes in the Night
Movie • 1942
Mr. Anderson
The Seventh Cross
Movie • 1944
Dr. Loewenstein
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
Movie • 1947
Jules Daudet
Verboten!
Movie • 1959
le maire
Kiss of Fire
Movie • 1955
Ship Captain Bellon
Artists and Models
Movie • 1955
Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
The Crimson Canary
Movie • 1945
Vic Miller
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Movie • 1944
Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor
Paris Playboys
Movie • 1954
Dr. Gaspard
Mr. District Attorney
Movie • 1947
Berotti
Pilot #5
Movie • 1943
Major Eichel
Inspector Hornleigh
Movie • 1939
Michael Kavanos
Harbor of Missing Men
Movie • 1950
Captain Corcoris
Pygmy Island
Movie • 1950
Leon Marko
The High Command
Movie • 1937
Martin Cloam
Once More, My Darling
Movie • 1949
Kalzac
Target Unknown
Movie • 1951
Jean
Sky Liner
Movie • 1949
Bokejian
Night Plane from Chungking
Movie • 1943
Reverend Ven Der Lieden
Port Said
Movie • 1948
Alexis Tacca
Lady Possessed
Movie • 1952
Dr. Stepanek
Savage Drums
Movie • 1951
Count Your Blessings
Movie • 1959
Guide
Little Egypt
Movie • 1951
Pasha
Heavenly Music
Movie • 1943
Ludwig van Beethoven
Secret Agent of Japan
Movie • 1942
Alecsandri
The Royal African Rifles
Movie • 1953
Van Stede
Hotel Berlin
Movie • 1945
Kleibert
The Story of Three Loves
Movie • 1953
Legay
O. Henry's Full House
Movie • 1952
Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Movie • 1946
Edward Honig
El Paso
Movie • 1949
Mexican Joe
Blue, White, and Perfect
Movie • 1942
Vanderhoefen
Meet the People
Movie • 1944
Uncle Felix
All About Eve
Movie • 1950
Captain of Waiters
Knock on Wood
Movie • 1954
Doctor Kreuger
Mexicana
Movie • 1945
Laredo
Dance Band
Movie • 1935
Steve Sarel
Holiday in Havana
Movie • 1949
Lopez
Spring Shower
Movie • 1932
Intendant
Man at Large
Movie • 1941
Karl Botany
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Movie • 1949
Mynher Van Groot
Gunfighters
Movie • 1947
Jose aka Uncle Joe
The Great Diamond Robbery
Movie • 1954
Van Goosen
Let's Make a Night of It
Movie • 1937
Luigi
Dark Streets of Cairo
Movie • 1940
Bellboy
Ladies of the Chorus
Movie • 1948
Salisbury
A Star Fell from Heaven
Movie • 1936
Willi Wass
The Student's Romance
Movie • 1935
Mickey
Easy Life
Movie • 1944
Batt
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie • 1953
Hotel Manager
Stagecoach To Fury
Movie • 1956
Nichols
Pardon, tévedtem
Movie • 1933
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Movie • 1942
Gestapo Agent
Bal Tabarin
Movie • 1952
Inspector Manet
To My Unborn Son
Movie • 1943
Peter Ravitch (uncredited)
Tarzan and the Amazons
Movie • 1945
Brenner
The Mad Martindales
Movie • 1942
Jan Van Der Venne
A Gentleman at Heart
Movie • 1942
Don Fernando
A Certain Smile
Movie • 1958
Denis
Above Suspicion
Movie • 1943
Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited)
For the Common Defense!
Movie • 1942
Heinrich Ort (uncredited)
Background to Danger
Movie • 1943
Ludwig Rader
Wild and Wonderful
Movie • 1964
Bartender
Tell It to the Judge
Movie • 1949
Francois, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Night Without Sleep
Movie • 1952
George (Uncredited)
Premiere
Movie • 1938
Frolich
Meet Mrs. Swenson
Movie • 1956
Dr. Arons
Appointment in Berlin
Movie • 1943
Henri Rader (uncredited)
The Swinger
Movie • 1966
Man with Fish
Az ellopott szerda
Movie • 1933
Tamás István rádióriporter
Return of the Dead
Movie • 1954
George Benet
When a Girl's Beautiful
Movie • 1947
Stacy Dorn
The Return of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1946
Bombelles
The Evil of Frankenstein
Movie • 1964
Dr. Sergado (uncredited)
The Time Tunnel
TV • 1966
Perrault
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Dr. Alexis Crystal
December Bride
TV • 1954
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Armand
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Dr. Fleisher
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Korbell
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Papa Pulaski
The Islanders
TV • 1960
Marek
The Rogues
TV • 1964
Henri
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Climax!
TV • 1954
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Piet
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Station Master
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Bela Hovarth
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Alex Rozky
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
Dr. Fu Manchu
TV • 1956
Otto Helgaard
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Frank Chernak
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Lone Wolf
TV • 1954
Dangerous Assignment
TV • 1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV • 1952
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Paul Barolle
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
M. Brideau
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Jerichau
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Golet
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Mataafa
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Mr. Yen
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Franz Moray
The Danny Thomas Show
TV • 1953
Doctor
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV • 1964
Dalgren