Gregory Gaye
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Gregory Gaye | |
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Los Angeles, California , U.S. | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1928–1979 |
Spouses |
Frances Lee
(m. 1944; died 1985) |
Gregory Gaye (born Grigoriy Grigoryevich Ge;[
He was a cadet in the
Career
His first role was a bit part in the 1928 John Barrymore silent film Tempest, set during the Russian Revolution. His first credited role was as Prince Ordinsky in the 1929 Will Rogers comedy They Had to See Paris. Gaye appeared in three of Rogers' movies including; Young as You Feel and Handy Andy.
Later in 1929, Gaye received a bit part in the John Ford film The Black Watch starring Victor McLaglen (John Wayne and Randolph Scott also had bit parts in this movie). In 1930, Gaye received a good role as Baslikoff, a suave violinist, chasing Gloria Swanson in the romance comedy What a Widow! Later that year, he appeared as Vologuine in the Victor Fleming film Renegades with Myrna Loy and Bela Lugosi. In 1932, Gaye played Rudolph Kammerling in the comedy Once in a Lifetime about a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.
In 1934, Gaye played Mr. Kolinoff in
In 1937, Gaye portrayed a pianist named Dmitri 'Didi' Shekoladnikoff in the comedy Mama Steps Out starring Guy Kibbee. Next, Gaye plays a German Captain Freymann in Lancer Spy starring George Sanders and Peter Lorre. Gaye continued to play the role of aristocrats like Count Frederic Brekenski in Warner Bros.'s Tovarich starring Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer and Basil Rathbone. The following year, Gaye played another aristocratic count in Love, Honor and Behave starring Priscilla Lane. Later that year, Gaye received the part of Popoff in the comedy Too Hot to Handle starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy.
Gaye, in a role he was getting used to, played Count Georges De Remi in
As World War II raged in Europe, Gaye's parts started to move away from aristocrats and toward
In 1942, Gaye played a Nazi spy and saboteur named Feldon in Columbia's spy serial Secret Code. Next, he played a Nazi named Karl in the comedy Fall In.
Later in 1942, at age 41, he landed a small role in
After Casablanca, Gaye received many small, and mostly uncredited roles throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In 1944, he received a bit part as a Russian correspondent Peter Voroshevski, who again is stopped at the door and not allowed in the trial, in The Purple Heart starring Dana Andrews and Richard Conte, based on the captured pilots from the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. In the mystery Seven Doors to Death, Gaye received a large part as Henry Gregor. Later in 1944, he appeared in the spy thriller The Conspirators.
In 1945, Gaye appeared in seven movies. One of them was a war drama, Paris Underground, about two women trying to help downed Allied pilots escape Nazi-occupied France. He also played the part of Joe Sapphire in a small crime drama The Tiger Woman. In another, he again plays a German banker, this time in Cornered, starring Dick Powell.
After that year, the roles became scarcer. In 1946, Gaye received a role in a small mystery Passkey to Danger. The following year, he played a book forger in the mystery The Trespasser, starring Dale Evans. Next, he received a bit part as a Maitre d'hotel in the comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, starring Cary Grant.
Gaye continued to land parts into the 1950s. He got a small role in
In 1960, he played a casino owner named Freeman in
In 1962, he portrayed a salesman in
It would be three years before Gaye got another role. He had a small role portraying the
Gaye did not appear in any more movies until the late 1970s. He appeared in a couple of television movies before, at age 79, he did his last movie, the science-fiction disaster film Meteor where he had a small role as the Soviet Premier in 1979.
Gaye also performed on television. In 1953, he played the evil ruler who tries to destroy the earth in the television series Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe. Between 1954 and 1970, Gaye appeared as a guest on a number of television shows, including five guest appearances on The F.B.I.
Death
Gaye died in 1993 in
Selected filmography
- Tempest (1928) - Unconfirmed Role (uncredited)
- The Case of Lena Smith (1929) - (uncredited)
- The Black Watch (1929) - 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
- They Had to See Paris (1929) - Prince Ordinsky (uncredited)
- High Society Blues (1930) - Count Prunier
- Song of the Flame (1930) - (uncredited)
- What a Widow! (1930) - Baslikoff
- Renegades (1930) - Dmitri Vologuine
- Kept Husbands (1931) - Mons. Prinz (uncredited)
- Young as You Feel (1931) - Pierre
- Once in a Lifetime (1932) - Rudolph Kammerling
- Affairs of a Gentleman (1934) - Bela (uncredited)
- Handy Andy (1934) - Pierre Martel
- British Agent (1934) - Mr. Kolinoff
- Hollywood Boulevard (1936) - Russian Writer (uncredited)
- Dodsworth (1936) - Baron Kurt Von Obersdorf
- Under Your Spell (1936) - Count Raul Du Rienne
- Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) - Enrico Barelli
- That Girl from Paris (1936) - Paul Joseph DeVry (uncredited)
- Mama Steps Out (1937) - Dmitri 'Didi' Shekoladnikoff, the Pianist
- Lancer Spy (1937) - Capt. Freymann
- First Lady (1937) - Gregoravitch
- Prescription for Romance (1937) - Dr. Paul Azarny
- Tovarich (1937) - Count Frederic Brekenski
- Wise Girl (1937) - Prince Leopold
- Love, Honor and Behave (1938) - Count Humbert
- Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) - Raoul (uncredited)
- Test Pilot (1938) - Grant (uncredited)
- Too Hot to Handle (1938) - 'Popoff'
- Straight, Place and Show (1938) - Vladimir Borokov - Russian Jockey
- Thanks for Everything (1938) - Ambassador
- Paris Honeymoon (1939) - Count Georges De Remi
- The Three Musketeers (1939) - Vitray
- Hotel for Women (1939) - Fernando Manfredi (uncredited)
- Ninotchka (1939) - Count Alexis Rakonin
- On Your Toes (1939) - Vassilly - Slave in Ballet (uncredited)
- The Man from Dakota (1940) - Col. Borodin (scenes deleted)
- Down Argentine Way (1940) - Sebastian
- They Dare Not Love (1941) - Von Mueller (uncredited)
- I Wake Up Screaming (1941) - Headwaiter
- My Gal Sal (1942) - Monsieur Garnier
- Flight Lieutenant (1942) - Becker (uncredited)
- The Secret Code (1942) - Nazi Agent Feldon
- Fall In (1942) - Karl, Nazi Wiretapper (uncredited)
- Casablanca (1942) - German Banker Refused by Rick (uncredited)
- One Dangerous Night (1943) - Dr. Eric Budenny
- Song of Russia (1944) - Russian Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- The Purple Heart (1944) - Peter Voshenksy (uncredited)
- Seven Doors to Death (1944) - Henry Gregor
- The Conspirators (1944) - Antone Wynat (uncredited)
- A Song to Remember (1945) - Young Russian (uncredited)
- I Love a Mystery (1945) - Dr. Han (uncredited)
- Blood on the Sun (1945) - American Newspaperman Bogardis (uncredited)
- Paris Underground (1945) - Tissier
- Pursuit to Algiers (1945) - Ravez (uncredited)
- The Tiger Woman (1945) - Joe Sapphire
- Cornered (1945) - Perchon, Belgian Banker
- Passkey to Danger (1946) - Mr. Warren
- So Dark the Night (1946) - Commissioner Grande
- The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) - Director (uncredited)
- The Trespasser (1947) - Mr. E. Charles, Book Forger
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) - Maitre d'Hotel (as Gregory Gay)
- Blackmail (1947) - Jervis
- The Unfinished Dance (1947) - Jacques Lacoste
- Black Magic (1949) - Chambord / Monk
- Dancing in the Dark (1949) - Headwaiter (uncredited)
- Harbor of Missing Men (1950) - Captain Koretsky
- Cargo to Capetown (1950) - Kroll, Second Mate (uncredited)
- Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950) - Mota
- Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950) - Professor Schuman
- When the Redskins Rode (1951) - St. Pierre (uncredited)
- Mask of the Avenger (1951) - Col. von Falker (uncredited)
- Peking Express (1951) - Stanislaus
- The Whip Hand (1951) - Sweitart (uncredited)
- The Magic Carpet (1951) - Caliph Ali
- Ten Tall Men (1951) - Major Berthot (uncredited)
- Bal Tabarin (1952) - Jean Dufar
- The World in His Arms (1952) - Colonel Paul Shushaldin
- Washington Story (1952) - News Agency Rep on Phone (uncredited)
- Last Train from Bombay (1952) - B. Vornin aka The Lame One
- Savage Mutiny (1953) - Carl Kroman
- Rogue's March (1953) - Russian Spy Chief (uncredited)
- The Juggler (1953) - Harry (uncredited)
- Remains to Be Seen(1953) - Headwaiter (uncredited)
- South Sea Woman (1953) - Free French Man (uncredited)
- Flame of Calcutta (1953) - Amir Khasid
- Charge of the Lancers (1954) - Cpl. Bonikoff
- Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) - Leroux
- The Gambler from Natchez (1954) - LeClerc (uncredited)
- Wiegenlied (1955) - Herr Sokolov
- Jump Into Hell(1955) - Lt. Col. Cartier (uncredited)
- King of the Carnival (1955) - Zorn
- Creature with the Atom Brain(1955) - Dr. Wilhelm Steigg
- The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) - Philip
- Kelly and Me (1957) - Milo
- Bailout at 43,000 (1957) - Dr. Franz Gruener
- Silk Stockings (1957) - Soviet Civilian (uncredited)
- Auntie Mame (1958) - Vladimir Klinkoff (uncredited)
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1959) - Friederich Hoffstetter
- Cash McCall (1960) - Dr. Bergmann (uncredited)
- Ocean's 11 (1960) - Freeman - Casino Owner (uncredited)
- Sea Hunt (1961) - Season 4, Episode 8
- Blue Hawaii (1961) - Paul Duval (uncredited)
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(1962) - Salesman (uncredited)
- Hitler (1962) - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- The Prize (1963) - Russian Reporter (uncredited)
- Kisses for My President (1964) - Nicolai Wotomkyitch (uncredited)
- Batman (1966) - Soviet Delegate (uncredited)
- Topaz (1969) - Meeting Co-Ordinator (uncredited)
- Meteor (1979) - Russian Premier (final film role)
References
- ^ "Seattle passenger lists". Ancestry.com.
- ^ MSN Movies Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 30, 2008
- ^ Staff writers (August 28, 1993). "Gregory Gay; Veteran Actor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
External links
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- Gregory Gaye at IMDb
- Gregory Gaye at AllMovie
- Gregory Gaye at Turner Classic Movies
- Gregory Gaye at the Internet Broadway Database