Steven Geray

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Geray in Gilda
Enlarge
Geray in Gilda

Steven Geray (November 10, 1904 - December 26, 1973) was a film actor who appeared in over 100 films and dozens of television programs. Geray appeared in The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), Spellbound (1945), Deadline at Dawn (1946), In a Lonely Place (1950), All About Eve (1950) and To Catch a Thief (1955). He had a prominent role in the film "Gilda".

He was born in Ungvár, Austria-Hungary (now called Uzhgorod, Ukraine). After working on the Hungarian National Theater, he began appearing in English-speaking films in 1935 and moved to Hollywood in 1941. He continued to work on television and films into the 1960s.

Steven 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 1969-1970.