Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 10, 1904
Died
Dec 26, 1973
Place of Birth
Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Credits
144 titles
Steven Geray
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.
Known For
Filmography
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Stunts
The Swinger
Man with Fish
The Time Tunnel
Perrault
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Dr. Rudolf Frankenstein
I Dream of Jeannie
Armand
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dalgren
The Rogues
Henri
Wild and Wonderful
Bartender
The Evil of Frankenstein
Dr. Sergado (uncredited)
Burke's Law
Dr. Alexis Crystal
The Outer Limits
Jerichau
The Lucy Show
Dr. Fleisher
Dr. Kildare
Frank Chernak
87th Precinct
The Islanders
Marek
Adventures in Paradise
Piet
Bonanza
Alexander Dubois
Count Your Blessings
Guide
Verboten!
le maire
The Donna Reed Show
A Certain Smile
Denis
Alcoa Theatre
Station Master
Perry Mason
Korbell
Stagecoach To Fury
Nichols
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Alex Rozky
Attack
Otto
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Dr. Fu Manchu
Otto Helgaard
Telephone Time
Meet Mrs. Swenson
Dr. Arons
Artists and Models
Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
Matinee Theater
Kiss of Fire
Ship Captain Bellon
A Bullet for Joey
Raphael Garcia
New York Confidential
Morris Franklin
Climax!
December Bride
Return of the Dead
George Benet
Tobor the Great
The Foreign Spy-Chief
The Lone Wolf
Knock on Wood
Dr. Kreuger
Paris Playboys
Dr. Gaspard
The French Line
François, Ship Steward
The Great Diamond Robbery
Van Goosen
The Royal African Rifles
Van Stede
The Danny Thomas Show
Doctor
The Golden Blade
Barcus
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Hotel Manager
The Story of Three Loves
Legay
Call Me Madam
Prime Minister Sebastian