Steven Geray

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 AustriaHungary 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 WeekEnd He began appearing in Englishspeaking 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 lowbudget 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 Apictures 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 Standin 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 late1960s in Estes Park Colorado where he directed local theater The Fantasticks He owned and ran a bar in Estes Park from 1969 to 1970