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Steven Geray
Actor
Died December 26, 1973 (69 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 1966 | Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter · as Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel (TV Series) · as Perrault |
| 1966 | Our Man Flint · as Israeli Diplomat |
| 1965 | Ship of Fools · as Steward aboard Vera |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Armand |
| 1964 | Wild and Wonderful · as Bartender |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Count Corragio |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Oskar Dalgren |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Henri |
| 1964 | The Evil of Frankenstein · as Dr. Sergado (additional sequence: US) |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as Jerichau |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) · as Zoltan |
| 1961 | The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Gerard |
| 1959 | Verboten! · as le maire |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Eric Vajda |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Korbell |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys (TV Series) · as Mr. Schneider |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Jacob Solomon |
| 1957 | The Californians (TV Series) · as Max Bruckner |
| 1956 | Attack · as Otto, German NCO |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show (TV Series) · as Kurt Dolfus |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Alex Rozky |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | To Catch a Thief · as Hotel Desk Clerk |
| 1955 | A Bullet for Joey · as Raphael Garcia |
| 1955 | Daddy Long Legs · as Emile |
| 1955 | Artists and Models · as Kurt's Associate (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story (TV Series) · as Dr. Linden |
| 1954 | Knock on Wood · as Doctor Kreuger |
| 1954 | Tobor the Great · as The Foreign Spy-Chief |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery · as Van Goosen |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as George Benet |
| 1954 | Passport to Danger (TV Series) · as Nikos |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Grappo |
| 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes · as Hotel Manager |
| 1953 | Call Me Madam · as Prime Minister Sebastian |
| 1953 | The French Line · as François, Ship Steward |
| 1953 | The Royal African Rifles · as Van Stede |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as Doctor ver Hagen |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as M. Brideau |
| 1952 | Night Without Sleep · as George (Uncredited) |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House · as Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Big Sky · as "Frenchy" Jourdonnais |
| 1952 | Affair in Trinidad · as Wittol |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Bela Hovarth |
| 1952 | Our Miss Brooks (TV Series) · as Mr. Bagley |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mataafa |
| 1951 | The House on Telegraph Hill · as Dr. Burkhardt |
| 1951 | My Favorite Spy · as Croupier |
| 1951 | Sky King (TV Series) · as Majeck |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1950 | All About Eve · as Captain of Waiters |
| 1950 | Beware of Blondie · as Matre'd Coq D'or |
| 1950 | In a Lonely Place · as Paul the Headwaiter |
| 1950 | The Second Woman · as Balthazar Jones |
| 1950 | Pygmy Island · as Leon Marko |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Gaston Broussard |
| 1950 | Dangerous Assignment (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1950 | Woman on the Run · as Dr. Arnold Hohler |
| 1949 | El Paso · as Mexican Joe |
| 1949 | Once More, My Darling · as Kalzac |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge · as Francois, the Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Holiday in Havana · as Lopez |
| 1948 | Ladies of the Chorus · as Salisbury |
| 1947 | Gunfighters · as Jose aka Uncle Joe |
| 1946 | Gilda · as Uncle Pio |
| 1945 | Cornered · as Señor Tomas Camargo |
| 1945 | Tarzan and the Amazons · as Brenner |
| 1945 | Mexicana · as Laredo |
| 1945 | Spellbound · as Dr. Graff |
| 1944 | The Mask of Dimitrios · as Karel Bulic |
| 1944 | The Conspirators · as Dr. Schmitt |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross · as Dr. Loewenstein |
| 1944 | Resisting Enemy Interrogation · as Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor |
| 1943 | Phantom of the Opera · as Vereheres |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion · as Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited) |
| 1943 | Background to Danger · as Ludwig Rader |
| 1943 | Appointment in Berlin · as Henri Rader (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Whistling in Brooklyn · as Whitey |
| 1942 | Castle in the Desert · as Dr. Retling |
| 1942 | Once Upon a Honeymoon · as Café Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night · as Mr. Anderson |
| 1941 | The Shanghai Gesture · as Man in Casino Helping Boris |
| 1939 | Shadows of the Underworld · as Sûreté Police Officer |
| 1937 | The High Command · as Martin Cloam |
| 1936 | A Star Fell from Heaven · as Willi Wass |
| 1935 | The Student's Romance · as Mickey |