Steven Geray
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-11-10
Day of Death
1973-12-26 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Steven Geray
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.
Known For
Acting
(1966)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
as Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein
(1966)
The Swinger
as Man with Fish
(1964)
Wild and Wonderful
as Bartender
(1959)
Count Your Blessings
as Guide
(1959)
Verboten!
as le maire
(1958)
A Certain Smile
as Denis
(1956)
Meet Mrs. Swenson
as Dr. Arons
(1956)
Attack
as Otto
(1956)
Stagecoach To Fury
as Nichols
(1955)
New York Confidential
as Morris Franklin
(1955)
Kiss of Fire
as Ship Captain Bellon
(1955)
A Bullet for Joey
as Raphael Garcia
(1955)
Artists and Models
as Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
(1954)
Knock on Wood
as Doctor Kreuger
(1954)
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Van Goosen
(1954)
The French Line
as François, Ship Steward
(1954)
Paris Playboys
as Dr. Gaspard
(1954)
Tobor the Great
as The Foreign Spy-Chief
(1954)
Return of the Dead
as George Benet
(1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Hotel Manager
(1953)
The Royal African Rifles
as Van Stede
(1953)
The Golden Blade
as Barcus
(1953)
Call Me Madam
as Prime Minister Sebastian
(1953)
The Story of Three Loves
as Legay
(1952)
Affair in Trinidad
as Wittol
(1952)
O. Henry's Full House
as Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
(1952)
The Big Sky
as "Frenchy" Jourdonnais
(1952)
Lady Possessed
as Dr. Stepanek
(1952)
Night Without Sleep
as George (Uncredited)
(1952)
Bal Tabarin
as Inspector Manet
(1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill
as Dr. Burkhardt
(1951)
Little Egypt
as Pasha
(1951)
(1951)
Target Unknown
as Jean
(1950)
Woman on the Run
as Dr. Arnold Hohler
(1950)
All About Eve
as Captain of Waiters
(1950)
In a Lonely Place
as Paul
(1950)
The Second Woman
as Balthazar Jones
(1950)
Pygmy Island
as Leon Marko
(1950)
A Lady Without Passport
as Frenchman, Palinov's Tout
(1950)
Harbor of Missing Men
as Captain Corcoris
(1949)
Once More, My Darling
as Kalzac
(1949)
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as Mynher Van Groot
(1949)
El Paso
as Mexican Joe
(1949)
Tell It to the Judge
as Francois, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
(1949)
Sky Liner
as Bokejian
(1949)
Holiday in Havana
as Lopez
(1948)
Port Said
as Alexis Tacca
(1948)
The Dark Past
as Prof. Fred Linder
(1948)
I Love Trouble
as Keller
(1948)
Ladies of the Chorus
as Salisbury
(1947)
Blind Spot
as Lloyd Harrison
(1947)
The Unfaithful
as Martin Barrow
(1947)
Mr. District Attorney
as Berotti
(1947)
Gunfighters
as Jose aka Uncle Joe
(1947)
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
as Jules Daudet
(1947)
When a Girl's Beautiful
as Stacy Dorn
(1946)
Gilda
as Uncle Pio
(1946)
The Return of Monte Cristo
as Bombelles
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Edward Honig
(1946)
So Dark the Night
as Henri Cassin
(1946)
Blondie Knows Best
as Dr. Schmidt
(1945)
Mexicana
as Laredo
(1945)
Spellbound
as Dr. Graff
(1945)
Tarzan and the Amazons
as Brenner
(1945)
Cornered
as Señor Tomas Camargo
(1945)
Hotel Berlin
as Kleibert
(1945)
The Crimson Canary
as Vic Miller
(1944)
The Mask of Dimitrios
as Karel Bulic
(1944)
In Society
as Count Alexis
(1944)
Meet the People
as Uncle Felix
(1944)
The Seventh Cross
as Dr. Loewenstein
(1944)
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
as Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor
(1944)
Easy Life
as Batt
(1944)
The Conspirators
as Dr. Schmitt
(1943)
Background to Danger
as Ludwig Rader
(1943)
Phantom of the Opera
as Vereheres
(1943)
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Whitey
(1943)
Night Plane from Chungking
as Reverend Ven Der Lieden
(1943)
To My Unborn Son
as Peter Ravitch (uncredited)
(1943)
Pilot #5
as Major Eichel
(1943)
Above Suspicion
as Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited)
(1943)
Heavenly Music
as Ludwig van Beethoven
(1943)
Appointment in Berlin
as Henri Rader (uncredited)
(1942)
The Mad Martindales
as Jan Van Der Venne
(1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Vanderhoefen
(1942)
Castle in the Desert
as Dr. Retling
(1942)
The Moon and Sixpence
as Dirk Stroeve
(1942)
Secret Agent of Japan
as Alecsandri
(1942)
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
(1942)
A Gentleman at Heart
as Don Fernando
(1942)
Eyes in the Night
as Mr. Anderson
(1942)
For the Common Defense!
as Heinrich Ort (uncredited)
(1942)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Gestapo Agent
(1941)
Man at Large
as Karl Botany
(1940)
Dark Streets of Cairo
as Bellboy
(1939)
Inspector Hornleigh
as Michael Kavanos
(1939)
This Man in Paris
as Sûreté Police Officer (uncredited)
(1938)
Premiere
as Frolich
(1937)
The High Command
as Martin Cloam
(1937)
Let's Make a Night of It
as Luigi
(1936)
A Star Fell from Heaven
as Willi Wass
(1935)
The Student's Romance
as Mickey
(1935)
Dance Band
as Steve Sarel
(1933)
(1933)
Az ellopott szerda
as Tamás István rádióriporter
(1933)
Marie, légende hongroise
as l'intendant
(1932)
Spring Shower
as Intendant
Crew
(1995)