Cast

Steven Geray

Acting

Cast

Steven Geray

Known for

Acting

Born

1904-11-10

From

Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine

Died

1973-12-26

Also known as Istvan Gyergyay, István Gyergyai, Steve 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.

Steven Geray

Steven Geray

Biography

All About Eve

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The Mask of Dimitrios

Gilda

Spellbound

Flying Gold

In a Lonely Place

Verboten!

The Story of Three Loves

Artists and Models

Spring Shower

Phantom of the Opera

Gunfighters

The Evil of Frankenstein

Affair in Trinidad

O. Henry's Full House

Mr. District Attorney

Meet Mrs. Swenson

Tokajerglut

The Crimson Canary

Woman on the Run

The Golden Blade

Tarzan and the Amazons

The Swinger

The Seventh Cross

A Certain Smile

The Crime Doctor's Gamble

The Big Sky

I Love Trouble

Attack

Lady Possessed

In Society

Eyes in the Night

Tobor the Great

The Unfaithful

Stolen Wednesday

The Second Woman

The Moon and Sixpence

A Bullet for Joey

Above Suspicion

Call Me Madam

The Conspirators

The Wife Takes a Flyer

New York Confidential

A Lady Without Passport

Knock on Wood

Cornered

Night Without Sleep

Blondie Knows Best

El Paso

Background to Danger

Kiss of Fire

Wild and Wonderful

The French Line

This Man in Paris

Whistling in Brooklyn

Harbor of Missing Men

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Blue, White and Perfect

Castle in the Desert

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

Meet the People

For the Common Defense!

The Great Diamond Robbery

When a Girl's Beautiful

So Dark the Night

Count Your Blessings

Man at Large

Appointment in Berlin

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Pilot #5

A Gentleman at Heart

Marie, légende hongroise

The Dark Past

Pygmy Island

Tell It to the Judge

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