Steven Geray
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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 Hun
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.
Born
Nov 10, 1904
Ungvár, Austria-Hungary, now Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Died
Dec 26, 1973
Known For
Acting
Movies
110 acting
1 crew
Popularity
0.5
Known For
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
as Hotel Manager
Gilda
1946
as Uncle Pio
All About Eve
1950
as Captain of Waiters
Spellbound
1945
as Dr. Graff
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Vereheres
In a Lonely Place
1950
as Paul
Artists and Models
1955
as Kurt's Associate (uncredited)
Attack
1956
as Otto
Woman on the Run
1950
as Dr. Arnold Hohler
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964
as Dr. Sergado (uncredited)
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