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 "Th…
Movies & TV Shows
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All About Eve (1950) — Captain of Waiters
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) — Hotel Manager
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Spellbound (1945) — Dr. Graff
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I Dream of Jeannie (1965) — Armand
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In a Lonely Place (1950) — Paul
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Gilda (1946) — Uncle Pio
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Bonanza (1959) — Alexander Dubois
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Phantom of the Opera (1943) — Vereheres
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The Time Tunnel (1966) — Perrault
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The Outer Limits (1963) — Jerichau
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Attack (1956) — Otto
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) — Dalgren
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Artists and Models (1955) — Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
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Perry Mason (1957) — Korbell
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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) — Dr. Sergado (uncredited)
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Woman on the Run (1950) — Dr. Arnold Hohler
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The Big Sky (1952) — "Frenchy" Jourdonnais
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Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) — Brenner
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The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) — Dr. Burkhardt
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Adventures of Superman (1952) — Prof. Van Wick
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Affair in Trinidad (1952) — Wittol
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The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) — Karel Bulic
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Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) — Café Waiter (uncredited)
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The Lucy Show (1962) — Dr. Fleisher
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O. Henry's Full House (1952) — Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
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Cornered (1945) — Señor Tomas Camargo
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The Seventh Cross (1944) — Dr. Loewenstein
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The Dark Past (1948) — Prof. Fred Linder
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Above Suspicion (1943) — Anton the Woodcarver (Uncredited)
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The Second Woman (1950) — Balthazar Jones
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Eyes in the Night (1942) — Mr. Anderson
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Deadline at Dawn (1946) — Edward Honig
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So Dark the Night (1946) — Henri Cassin
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Knock on Wood (1954) — Dr. Kreuger
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Ladies of the Chorus (1948) — Salisbury
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Tobor the Great (1954) — The Foreign Spy-Chief
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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) — Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein
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Background to Danger (1943) — Ludwig Rader
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A Bullet for Joey (1955) — Raphael Garcia
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In Society (1944) — Count Alexis