Steven Geray
Born November 10, 1904 (Age: 121)
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Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine
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.
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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Filmography
Wild and Wonderful
1964
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as Bartender
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Age: 59
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964
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as Dr. Sergado (uncredited)
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Age: 59
Count Your Blessings
1959
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as Guide
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Age: 54
Verboten!
1959
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as le maire
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Age: 54
A Certain Smile
1958
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as Denis
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Age: 53
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
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as Nichols
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Age: 52
Attack
1956
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as Otto
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Age: 51
Meet Mrs. Swenson
1956
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as Dr. Arons
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Age: 51
Artists and Models
1955
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as Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Kiss of Fire
1955
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as Ship Captain Bellon
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Age: 50
A Bullet for Joey
1955
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as Raphael Garcia
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Age: 50
New York Confidential
1955
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as Morris Franklin
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Age: 50
Return of the Dead
1954
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as George Benet
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Age: 49
Tobor the Great
1954
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as The Foreign Spy-Chief
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Age: 49
Knock on Wood
1954
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as Doctor Kreuger
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Age: 49
Paris Playboys
1954
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as Dr. Gaspard
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Age: 49
The French Line
1954
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as François, Ship Steward
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Age: 49
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
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as Van Goosen
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Age: 49
The Royal African Rifles
1953
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as Van Stede
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Age: 49
The Golden Blade
1953
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as Barcus
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Age: 48
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
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as Hotel Manager
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Age: 48
The Story of Three Loves
1953
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as Legay
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Age: 48
Call Me Madam
1953
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as Prime Minister Sebastian
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Age: 48
Pygmy Island
1950
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as Leon Marko
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Age: 46
Woman on the Run
1950
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as Dr. Arnold Hohler
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Age: 46
All About Eve
1950
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as Captain of Waiters
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Age: 45
A Lady Without Passport
1950
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as Frenchman, Palinov's Tout
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Age: 45
The Second Woman
1950
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as Balthazar Jones
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Age: 45
In a Lonely Place
1950
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as Paul
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Age: 45
Harbor of Missing Men
1950
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as Captain Corcoris
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Age: 45
Cornered
1945
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as Señor Tomas Camargo
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Age: 41
Mexicana
1945
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as Laredo
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Age: 41
The Crimson Canary
1945
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as Vic Miller
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Age: 40
Spellbound
1945
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as Dr. Graff
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Age: 40
Tarzan and the Amazons
1945
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as Brenner
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Age: 40
Hotel Berlin
1945
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as Kleibert
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Age: 40
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
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as Café Waiter (uncredited)
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Age: 38
The Moon and Sixpence
1942
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as Dirk Stroeve
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Age: 37
Eyes in the Night
1942
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as Mr. Anderson
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Age: 37
For the Common Defense!
1942
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as Heinrich Ort (uncredited)
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Age: 37
The Mad Martindales
1942
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as Jan Van Der Venne
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Age: 37
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
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as Gestapo Agent
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Age: 37
Secret Agent of Japan
1942
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as Alecsandri
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Age: 37
Castle in the Desert
1942
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as Dr. Retling
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Age: 37
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
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as Don Fernando
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Age: 37
Blue, White, and Perfect
1942
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as Vanderhoefen
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Age: 37
Man at Large
1941
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as Karl Botany
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Age: 36
Spring Shower
1932
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as Intendant
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Age: 27