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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
all 137
Movies 106
TV Shows 31
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
The Swinger (1966)
The Time Tunnel (1966)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
The Rogues (1964)
Wild and Wonderful (1964)
Burke's Law (1963)
The Outer Limits (1963)
The Lucy Show (1962)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
87th Precinct (1961)
The Islanders (1960)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Count Your Blessings (1959)
Verboten! (1959)
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
A Certain Smile (1958)
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Stagecoach To Fury (1956)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Attack (1956)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Meet Mrs. Swenson (1956)
Artists and Models (1955)
Matinee Theater (1955)
Kiss of Fire (1955)
A Bullet for Joey (1955)
New York Confidential (1955)
Climax! (1954)
December Bride (1954)
Tobor the Great (1954)
Knock On Wood (1954)
Passport to Danger (1954)
Paris Playboys (1954)
The French Line (1954)
The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
The Lone Wolf (1954)
The Royal African Rifles (1953)
The Danny Thomas Show (1953)
The Golden Blade (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Call Me Madam (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
Night Without Sleep (1952)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
Adventures of Superman (1952)
The Big Sky (1952)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Bal Tabarin (1952)
Lady Possessed (1952)
Dangerous Assignment (1952)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Little Egypt (1951)
Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
Savage Drums (1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Target Unknown (1951)
Pygmy Island (1950)
Woman on the Run (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
A Lady Without Passport (1950)
The Second Woman (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Harbor of Missing Men (1950)
Tell It to the Judge (1949)
Holiday in Havana (1949)
Once More, My Darling (1949)
The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949)
Sky Liner (1949)
El Paso (1949)
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
The Dark Past (1948)
Port Said (1948)
I Love Trouble (1948)
The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)
Gunfighters (1947)
The Unfaithful (1947)
Mr. District Attorney (1947)
Blind Spot (1947)
Blondie Knows Best (1946)
So Dark the Night (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Cornered (1945)
Mexicana (1945)
The Crimson Canary (1945)
Spellbound (1945)
Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
Hotel Berlin (1945)
The Conspirators (1944)
In Society (1944)
Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Meet the People (1944)
Easy Life (1944)
Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
To My Unborn Son (1943)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
Background to Danger (1943)
Pilot #5 (1943)
Night Plane from Chungking (1943)
Above Suspicion (1943)
Heavenly Music (1943)
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
Eyes in the Night (1942)
For the Common Defense! (1942)
The Mad Martindales (1942)
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
Castle in the Desert (1942)
A Gentleman at Heart (1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
Man at Large (1941)
Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
This Man in Paris (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh (1939)
Premiere (1938)
The High Command (1937)
Let's Make a Night of It (1937)
A Star Fell from Heaven (1936)
Dance Band (1935)
The Student's Romance (1935)
Pardon, tévedtem (1933)
Marie, légende hongroise (1933)
Flying Gold (1932)
Spring Shower (1932)
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GenderMale
Birthday1898-11-10
Deathday1973-12-26 (75 years old)
Birth NameGyergyai István
Birth PlaceUzhhorod, Ukraine
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Hungary
Also Known AsIstvan Gyergyay, István Gyergyai
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