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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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein | 1966-04-09 |
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The Swinger | Man with Fish | 1966-11-13 |
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The Evil of Frankenstein | Dr. Sergado (uncredited) | 1964-05-08 |
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Wild and Wonderful | Bartender | 1964-06-09 |
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Verboten! | le maire | 1959-03-25 |
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Count Your Blessings | Guide | 1959-04-23 |
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A Certain Smile | Denis | 1958-07-31 |
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Stagecoach To Fury | Nichols | 1956-12-13 |
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Attack | Otto | 1956-09-19 |
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Meet Mrs. Swenson | Dr. Arons | 1956-01-01 |
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New York Confidential | Morris Franklin | 1955-02-15 |
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Kiss of Fire | Ship Captain Bellon | 1955-09-23 |
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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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Paris Playboys | Dr. Gaspard | 1954-03-07 |
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Tobor the Great | The Foreign Spy-Chief | 1954-09-01 |
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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 Great Diamond Robbery | Van Goosen | 1954-01-29 |
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The French Line | François, Ship Steward | 1954-02-08 |
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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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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Hotel Manager | 1953-07-15 |
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The Golden Blade | Barcus | 1953-08-12 |
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The Royal African Rifles | Van Stede | 1953-12-26 |
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O. Henry's Full House | Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited) | 1952-09-18 |
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The Big Sky | "Frenchy" Jourdonnais | 1952-08-19 |
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Lady Possessed | Dr. Stepanek | 1952-01-26 |
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Affair in Trinidad | Wittol | 1952-07-29 |
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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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Little Egypt | Pasha | 1951-10-01 |
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Target Unknown | Jean | 1951-02-08 |
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Savage Drums | 1951-06-22 | |
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The House on Telegraph Hill | Dr. Burkhardt | 1951-05-12 |
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Pygmy Island | Leon Marko | 1950-11-22 |
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In a Lonely Place | Paul | 1950-05-17 |
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The Second Woman | Balthazar Jones | 1950-07-07 |
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Harbor of Missing Men | Captain Corcoris | 1950-03-26 |
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All About Eve | Captain of Waiters | 1950-11-09 |
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Woman on the Run | Dr. Arnold Hohler | 1950-11-10 |
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A Lady Without Passport | Frenchman, Palinov's Tout | 1950-08-03 |
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Once More, My Darling | Kalzac | 1949-09-10 |
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Sky Liner | Bokejian | 1949-07-28 |
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Tell It to the Judge | Francois, the Headwaiter (uncredited) | 1949-11-18 |
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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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Holiday in Havana | Lopez | 1949-10-01 |
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I Love Trouble | Keller | 1948-01-15 |
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Ladies of the Chorus | Salisbury | 1948-12-30 |
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The Dark Past | Prof. Fred Linder | 1948-12-22 |
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Port Said | Alexis Tacca | 1948-04-15 |
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Gunfighters | Jose aka Uncle Joe | 1947-07-15 |
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The Crime Doctor's Gamble | Jules Daudet | 1947-11-27 |
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The Unfaithful | Martin Barrow | 1947-07-01 |
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When a Girl's Beautiful | Stacy Dorn | 1947-09-25 |
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Mr. District Attorney | Berotti | 1947-02-20 |
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Blind Spot | Lloyd Harrison | 1947-02-06 |
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So Dark the Night | Henri Cassin | 1946-10-10 |
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Deadline at Dawn | Edward Honig | 1946-03-18 |
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Blondie Knows Best | Dr. Schmidt | 1946-10-17 |
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The Return of Monte Cristo | Bombelles | 1946-12-19 |
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Gilda | Uncle Pio | 1946-04-25 |
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Mexicana | Laredo | 1945-11-15 |
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The Crimson Canary | Vic Miller | 1945-11-09 |
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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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Hotel Berlin | Kleibert | 1945-03-02 |
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Spellbound | Dr. Graff | 1945-11-08 |
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The Seventh Cross | Dr. Loewenstein | 1944-07-24 |
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Easy Life | Batt | 1944-05-20 |
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Meet the People | Uncle Felix | 1944-06-01 |
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In Society | Count Alexis | 1944-08-16 |
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The Conspirators | Dr. Schmitt | 1944-10-24 |
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Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor | 1944-08-01 |
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The Mask of Dimitrios | Karel Bulic | 1944-06-23 |
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Above Suspicion | Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited) | 1943-05-31 |
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To My Unborn Son | Peter Ravitch (uncredited) | 1943-10-30 |
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Appointment in Berlin | Henri Rader (uncredited) | 1943-07-15 |
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Whistling in Brooklyn | Whitey | 1943-12-01 |
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Night Plane from Chungking | Reverend Ven Der Lieden | 1943-05-31 |
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Background to Danger | Ludwig Rader | 1943-07-03 |
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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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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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A Gentleman at Heart | Don Fernando | 1942-01-16 |
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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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Secret Agent of Japan | Alecsandri | 1942-04-03 |
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The Wife Takes a Flyer | Gestapo Agent | 1942-04-28 |
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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 Moon and Sixpence | Dirk Stroeve | 1942-10-27 |
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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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Tokajerglut | Stephan Tamas | 1933-12-23 |
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Marie, légende hongroise | l'intendant | 1933-02-17 |
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Pardon, tévedtem | 1933-10-23 | |
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Az ellopott szerda | Tamás István rádióriporter | 1933-12-29 |
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Tavaszi zápor | Intendant | 1932-11-04 |
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Repülő arany | Bálint György riporter | 1932-12-04 |
