Steven Geray
Known for: Acting
Born: November 10, 1904
Died: December 26, 1973
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
112 movies · 32 TV shows, newest first
7.3
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
5.3
The Swinger
1966
7.6
The Time Tunnel
1966
4.3
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
7.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
8.0
The Rogues
1964
7.0
Wild and Wonderful
1964
6.2
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
7.8
87th Precinct
1961
8.0
The Islanders
1960
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
4.8
Count Your Blessings
1959
6.6
Verboten!
1959
6.5
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.3
A Certain Smile
1958
7.0
Alcoa Theatre
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.4
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.8
Attack
1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
7.3
Dr. Fu Manchu
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
1956
5.0
Meet Mrs. Swenson
1956
6.7
Artists and Models
1955
5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
5.5
Kiss of Fire
1955
5.8
A Bullet for Joey
1955
6.0
New York Confidential
1955
3.8
Climax!
1954
6.3
December Bride
1954
5.0
Return of the Dead
1954
5.3
Tobor the Great
1954
8.0
The Lone Wolf
1954
6.7
Knock on Wood
1954
5.0
Paris Playboys
1954
4.5
The French Line
1954
10.0
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
9.0
The Royal African Rifles
1953
6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
6.7
The Golden Blade
1953
7.3
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
6.0
The Story of Three Loves
1953
6.2
Call Me Madam
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
5.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
5.8
Night Without Sleep
1952
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
1952
6.9
O. Henry's Full House
1952
6.6
The Big Sky
1952
6.4
Affair in Trinidad
1952
9.0
Bal Tabarin
1952
5.5
Lady Possessed
1952
5.3
Dangerous Assignment
1952
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
8.0
Little Egypt
1951
6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
7.0
Savage Drums
1951
6.4
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951
7.0
Target Unknown
1951
4.8
Pygmy Island
1950
6.8
Woman on the Run
1950
8.1
All About Eve
1950
5.3
A Lady Without Passport
1950
5.6
The Second Woman
1950
7.6
In a Lonely Place
1950
6.3
Harbor of Missing Men
1950
6.6
Tell It to the Judge
1949
5.6
Holiday in Havana
1949
6.5
Once More, My Darling
1949
6.0
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949
4.8
Sky Liner
1949
6.0
El Paso
1949
6.7
Ladies of the Chorus
1948
6.0
The Dark Past
1948
7.5
Port Said
1948
6.5
I Love Trouble
1948
6.0
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
19478.0
When a Girl's Beautiful
1947
5.7
Gunfighters
1947
5.9
The Unfaithful
1947
6.5
Mr. District Attorney
1947
5.3
Blind Spot
1947
6.3
The Return of Monte Cristo
1946
6.9
Blondie Knows Best
1946
6.1
So Dark the Night
1946
7.5
Gilda
1946
6.2
Deadline at Dawn
1946
6.2
Cornered
1945
6.0
Mexicana
1945
7.5
The Crimson Canary
1945
7.4
Spellbound
1945
6.4
Tarzan and the Amazons
1945
6.2
Hotel Berlin
1945
6.3
The Conspirators
1944
5.8
In Society
1944
6.6
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
6.8
The Seventh Cross
1944
7.1
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
5.8
Meet the People
1944
5.6
Easy Life
1944
7.0
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
7.3
To My Unborn Son
1943
6.2
Phantom of the Opera
1943
7.1
Appointment in Berlin
1943
6.7
Background to Danger
1943
6.0
Pilot #5
1943
6.5
Night Plane from Chungking
1943
6.2
Above Suspicion
1943
6.2
Heavenly Music
1943
6.3
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
6.3
The Moon and Sixpence
1942
6.1
Eyes in the Night
1942
5.0
For the Common Defense!
1942
7.5
The Mad Martindales
1942
5.5
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
5.5
Secret Agent of Japan
1942
7.1
Castle in the Desert
1942
7.5
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
6.5
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
6.5
Man at Large
1941
7.5
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940
10.0
This Man in Paris
1939
7.5
Inspector Hornleigh
19397.5
Premiere
1938
6.0
The High Command
1937
6.0
Let's Make a Night of It
1937
10.0
A Star Fell from Heaven
1936
6.0
Dance Band
1935
6.3
The Student's Romance
1935
9.0
Stolen Wednesday
1933
NR
Tokajerglut
1933
7.0
Pardon, tévedtem
1933
NR
Marie, légende hongroise
1933
7.0
Flying Gold
1932
6.0
Spring Shower
1932