Steven Geray, born Istvan Gyergyay on November 10, 1904 and died aged 69 on December 26, 1973 in Los Angeles, California. He was a film actor who appeared in over 100 films and dozens of television programs. Geray appeared in Spellbound , Gilda , In a Lonely Place , All About Eve , Call Me Madam and To Catch a Thief . He was born in Ungvár, Austria-Hungary 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 in 1934, appearing in Happy Week-End!... and began appearing in English-speaking films in 1935 and moved to Hollywood in 1941. Geray was cast as the lead in a low budget film noir So Dark the Night . 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. Steven Geray spent some time in the late-1960s in Estes Park, Colorado, where he directed local theater .
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| Birthdate: | November 10, 1904 |
| Birthplace: | Uzhhorod |
| Date of death: | December 26, 1973 |
| Also known as: | Stephen Geray, Steve Geray, Istvàn Gyergyay |