Steven Geray

Also Known As: Istvan Gyergyay, István Gyergyai

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine

Birthday: November 10, 1904

Deathday: December 26, 1973

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Marie, légende hongroise
Gilda
Blondie Knows Best
Spellbound
A Lady Without Passport
This Man in Paris
Attack
The Golden Blade
A Bullet for Joey
Once Upon a Honeymoon
The Conspirators
The Mask of Dimitrios
So Dark the Night
Woman on the Run
The House on Telegraph Hill
Cornered
New York Confidential
Castle in the Desert
In Society
The Big Sky
The Dark Past
I Love Trouble
Affair in Trinidad
Phantom of the Opera
The Second Woman
Tobor the Great
Blind Spot
Call Me Madam
In a Lonely Place
The French Line
The Unfaithful
Whistling in Brooklyn
The Moon and Sixpence
Eyes in the Night
The Seventh Cross
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
Verboten!
Kiss of Fire
Artists and Models
The Crimson Canary
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Paris Playboys
Mr. District Attorney
Pilot #5
Inspector Hornleigh
Harbor of Missing Men
Pygmy Island
The High Command
Once More, My Darling
Target Unknown
Sky Liner
Night Plane from Chungking
Port Said
Lady Possessed
Savage Drums
Count Your Blessings
Little Egypt
Heavenly Music
Secret Agent of Japan
The Royal African Rifles
Hotel Berlin
The Story of Three Loves
O. Henry's Full House
Deadline at Dawn
El Paso
Blue, White, and Perfect
Meet the People
All About Eve
Knock on Wood
Mexicana
Dance Band
Holiday in Havana
Spring Shower
Man at Large
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Gunfighters
The Great Diamond Robbery
Let's Make a Night of It
Dark Streets of Cairo
Ladies of the Chorus
A Star Fell from Heaven
The Student's Romance
Easy Life
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Stagecoach To Fury
Pardon, tévedtem
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Bal Tabarin
To My Unborn Son
Tarzan and the Amazons
The Mad Martindales
A Gentleman at Heart
A Certain Smile
For the Common Defense!
Above Suspicion
Background to Danger
Wild and Wonderful
Tell It to the Judge
Night Without Sleep
Premiere
Meet Mrs. Swenson
Appointment in Berlin
The Swinger
Az ellopott szerda
Return of the Dead
When a Girl's Beautiful