1904-11-10 Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine
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.
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The Swinger | Man with Fish | 1966-11-13 |
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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein | 1966-04-09 |
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Wild and Wonderful | Bartender | 1964-06-09 |
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Count Your Blessings | Guide | 1959-04-23 |
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Verboten! | le maire | 1959-03-25 |
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A Certain Smile | Denis | 1958-07-31 |
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Meet Mrs. Swenson | Dr. Arons | 1956-01-01 |
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Attack | Otto | 1956-09-19 |
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Stagecoach To Fury | Nichols | 1956-12-13 |
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Artists and Models | Kurt's Associate (uncredited) | 1955-11-07 |
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A Bullet for Joey | Raphael Garcia | 1955-04-15 |
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Kiss of Fire | Ship Captain Bellon | 1955-09-23 |
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New York Confidential | Morris Franklin | 1955-02-15 |
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The Great Diamond Robbery | Van Goosen | 1954-01-29 |
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Tobor the Great | The Foreign Spy-Chief | 1954-09-01 |
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Paris Playboys | Dr. Gaspard | 1954-03-07 |
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The French Line | François, Ship Steward | 1954-02-08 |
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Knock on Wood | Doctor Kreuger | 1954-04-06 |
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Return of the Dead | George Benet | 1954-09-09 |
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The Golden Blade | Barcus | 1953-08-12 |
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Call Me Madam | Prime Minister Sebastian | 1953-03-25 |
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The Story of Three Loves | Legay | 1953-03-26 |
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The Royal African Rifles | Van Stede | 1953-12-26 |
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Hotel Manager | 1953-07-14 |
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Lady Possessed | Dr. Stepanek | 1952-01-26 |
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Night Without Sleep | George (Uncredited) | 1952-09-26 |
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Bal Tabarin | Inspector Manet | 1952-05-31 |
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O. Henry's Full House | Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited) | 1952-08-07 |
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Affair in Trinidad | Wittol | 1952-07-29 |
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The Big Sky | "Frenchy" Jourdonnais | 1952-08-19 |
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Little Egypt | Pasha | 1951-10-01 |
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The House on Telegraph Hill | Dr. Burkhardt | 1951-05-12 |
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Target Unknown | Jean | 1951-02-08 |
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Savage Drums | 1951-06-22 | |
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A Lady Without Passport | Frenchman, Palinov's Tout | 1950-08-03 |
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All About Eve | Captain of Waiters | 1950-11-09 |
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The Second Woman | Balthazar Jones | 1950-07-07 |
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In a Lonely Place | Paul | 1950-05-17 |
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Harbor of Missing Men | Captain Corcoris | 1950-03-26 |
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Woman on the Run | Dr. Arnold Hohler | 1950-11-10 |
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Pygmy Island | Leon Marko | 1950-11-22 |
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Sky Liner | Bokejian | 1949-07-28 |
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Once More, My Darling | Kalzac | 1949-09-10 |
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El Paso | Mexican Joe | 1949-03-22 |
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The Lone Wolf and His Lady | Mynher Van Groot | 1949-08-11 |
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Tell It to the Judge | Francois, the Headwaiter (uncredited) | 1949-11-18 |
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Holiday in Havana | Lopez | 1949-10-01 |
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Ladies of the Chorus | Salisbury | 1948-12-30 |
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Port Said | Alexis Tacca | 1948-04-15 |
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The Dark Past | Prof. Fred Linder | 1948-12-22 |
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I Love Trouble | Keller | 1948-01-15 |
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When a Girl's Beautiful | Stacy Dorn | 1947-09-25 |
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Blind Spot | Lloyd Harrison | 1947-02-06 |
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The Unfaithful | Martin Barrow | 1947-07-01 |
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The Crime Doctor's Gamble | Jules Daudet | 1947-11-27 |
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Gunfighters | Jose aka Uncle Joe | 1947-07-15 |
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Mr. District Attorney | Berotti | 1947-02-20 |
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Blondie Knows Best | Dr. Schmidt | 1946-10-17 |
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So Dark the Night | Henri Cassin | 1946-10-10 |
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Gilda | Uncle Pio | 1946-04-25 |
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Deadline at Dawn | Edward Honig | 1946-03-18 |
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Cornered | Señor Tomas Camargo | 1945-11-23 |
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Tarzan and the Amazons | Brenner | 1945-04-29 |
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Spellbound | Dr. Graff | 1945-11-08 |
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The Crimson Canary | Vic Miller | 1945-11-09 |
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Mexicana | Laredo | 1945-11-15 |
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Hotel Berlin | Kleibert | 1945-03-02 |
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The Mask of Dimitrios | Karel Bulic | 1944-06-23 |
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The Conspirators | Dr. Schmitt | 1944-10-24 |
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Easy Life | Batt | 1944-05-20 |
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In Society | Count Alexis | 1944-08-16 |
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The Seventh Cross | Dr. Loewenstein | 1944-07-24 |
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Meet the People | Uncle Felix | 1944-06-01 |
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Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor | 1944-08-01 |
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Above Suspicion | Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited) | 1943-05-31 |
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Heavenly Music | Ludwig van Beethoven | 1943-05-01 |
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Phantom of the Opera | Vereheres | 1943-08-12 |
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Whistling in Brooklyn | Whitey | 1943-12-01 |
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Background to Danger | Ludwig Rader | 1943-07-03 |
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To My Unborn Son | Peter Ravitch (uncredited) | 1943-10-30 |
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Night Plane from Chungking | Reverend Ven Der Lieden | 1943-05-31 |
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Appointment in Berlin | Henri Rader (uncredited) | 1943-07-15 |
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Pilot #5 | Major Eichel | 1943-06-24 |
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The Mad Martindales | Jan Van Der Venne | 1942-05-15 |
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Once Upon a Honeymoon | Café Waiter (uncredited) | 1942-11-27 |
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For the Common Defense! | Heinrich Ort (uncredited) | 1942-06-20 |
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A Gentleman at Heart | Don Fernando | 1942-01-16 |
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Secret Agent of Japan | Alecsandri | 1942-04-03 |
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The Moon and Sixpence | Dirk Stroeve | 1942-10-27 |
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Eyes in the Night | Mr. Anderson | 1942-10-16 |
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Castle in the Desert | Dr. Retling | 1942-02-02 |
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The Wife Takes a Flyer | Gestapo Agent | 1942-04-28 |
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Blue, White, and Perfect | Vanderhoefen | 1942-01-06 |
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Man at Large | Karl Botany | 1941-09-26 |
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Dark Streets of Cairo | Bellboy | 1940-12-01 |
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This Man in Paris | Sûreté Police Officer (uncredited) | 1939-07-01 |
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Inspector Hornleigh | Michael Kavanos | 1939-03-07 |
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Premiere | Frolich | 1938-01-20 |
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The High Command | Martin Cloam | 1937-08-23 |
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Let's Make a Night of It | Luigi | 1937-06-28 |
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A Star Fell from Heaven | Willi Wass | 1936-06-08 |
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Dance Band | Steve Sarel | 1935-07-01 |
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The Student's Romance | Mickey | 1935-01-01 |
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Marie, légende hongroise | l'intendant | 1933-02-17 |
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Az ellopott szerda | Tamás István rádióriporter | 1933-12-29 |
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Pardon, tévedtem | 1933-10-23 | |
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Tavaszi zápor | Intendant | 1932-11-04 |
