Gregory Gaye (born Grigoriy Grigoryevich Ge; October 10, 1900 – August 23, 1993) was a Russian-American

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. The son of an actor, he was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was the uncle of actor George Gaynes. He was a cadet in the Imperial Russian Navy and began his stage career in Europe and in the

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before going to the United States after the

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in 1923. He appeared in small roles in over a hundred movies.

Career

His first 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

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comedy ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' starring Victor McLaglen (

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and

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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

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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 Warner Bros.'s '' British Agent'' starring Leslie Howard. Two years later, Gaye received a good role as Baron Kurt Von Obersdorf in '' Dodsworth'' starring Walter Huston and Mary Astor. Later that year, again playing an aristocrat, as Count Raul Du Rienne in '' Under Your Spell''. Also in 1936, he received another good role as Enrico Borelli in the mystery '' Charlie Chan at the Opera'' starring Boris Karloff. 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 aristocrats like Count Frederic Brekenski in Warner Bros.'s '' Tovarich'' starring Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer and

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. 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 '' Paris Honeymoon'' starring

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in 1939. Later that year, he played Vitray in

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's '' The Three Musketeers'' starring Don Ameche. Next that year, Gaye received a good part as exiled Count Alexis Rakonin, the waiter, in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Oscar-nominated classic '' Ninotchka'' starring Greta Garbo. As World War II raged in Europe, Gaye's parts started to move away from aristocrats and toward Nazis. In 1941, Gaye played Von Mueller in '' They Dare Not Love'' starring George Brent and Paul Lukas. The movie takes place in Austria during the war. Next, he played a waiter in '' I Wake Up Screaming'' starring Betty Grable and Victor Mature. Next he played Becker in the war drama ''

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'' starring Pat O'Brien and Glen Ford. 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 ''

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'' as an official of Hitler's Reichsbank. In the movie he tries to gain entrance to the back-room casino, but is stopped by Abdul ( Dan Seymour). He tells Rick, "I have been in every gambling room between Honolulu and Berlin, and if you think I'm going to be kept out of a saloon like this, you're very much mistaken." Rick tells him, "your cash is good at the bar." He responds, "What? Do you know who I am?" To which Rick replies, "I do, you're lucky the bar is open to you." Gaye angrily responds, "This is outrageous! I shall report it to the Angrif" and storms away. 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 ''

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'', Gaye received a large part as Henry Gregor. Later in 1944, he appeared in the spy thriller ''

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''. 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 ''

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'', starring

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. 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 ''

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'', 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 '' Cargo to Capetown'', starring

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. He also received a part in Republic's science-fiction serial '' Flying Disc Man from Mars'' (it was released as a feature film called ''Missile Monsters'' in 1958). He appeared in the adventure film '' Mask of the Avenger'', starring Anthony Quinn. This was followed with an appearance in the thriller '' Peking Express''. Next was a part as Ali in

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's '' The Magic Carpet'', starring Lucille Ball. In 1952, he appeared as Paul Shushaldin in

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's historical adventure '' The World in His Arms'', starring

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and

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. The following year, he appeared in ''

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'', starring Johnny Weissmuller (one of two movie they appeared in together). Later, he got a small role in '' South Sea Woman'', starring

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and Virginia Mayo. In 1955, Gaye portrayed an ex-Nazi mad scientist who teams up with a mobster to bring dead gangsters to life in Columbia's science-fiction B horror movie '' Creature with the Atom Brain''. Gaye appeared in ''

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'', starring Van Johnson, in 1957 and the following year as Vladimir Klinkoff in '' Auntie Mame'', starring Rosalind Russell. In 1960, he played a casino owner named Freeman in '' Ocean's Eleven'', starring

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and Sammy Davis Jr. The following year, he played Joan Blackman's father, Elvis Presley's co-star in ''

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''. In 1962, he portrayed a salesman in Vincente Minnelli's World War II drama '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', starring Glenn Ford, Paul Lukas and Charles Boyer. Later that year, Gaye appeared as General

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in ''Hitler'', starring Richard Basehart in the title role. The next year, he played a Russian reporter in ''

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'', starring

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and

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. It would be three years before Gaye got another role. He had a small role portraying the Soviet U.N.

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in ''

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'' in 1966. Three years after that in 1969, he received his next part, a small uncredited role in the

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thriller ''

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''. 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 Studio City, California. He was predeceased, in 1985, by second wife Frances Lee, whom he had married in 1944. He was cremated and his ashes are held privately.

Selected filmography

* '' Tempest'' (1928) - Unconfirmed Role (uncredited) * '' The Case of Lena Smith'' (1929) - (uncredited) * ''

'' (1929) - 42nd Highlander (uncredited) * ''

'' (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 * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (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' * ''

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'' (1938) - Vladimir Borokov - Russian Jockey * ''

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'' (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) * ''

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'' (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 * ''

'' (1942) - Becker (uncredited) * '' The Secret Code'' (1942) - Nazi Agent Feldon * ''Fall In'' (1942) - Karl, Nazi Wiretapper (uncredited) * ''

'' (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) * ''

'' (1944) - Henry Gregor * ''

'' (1944) - Antone Wynat (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1945) - Young Russian (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1945) - Dr. Han (uncredited) * '' Blood on the Sun'' (1945) - American Newspaperman Bogardis (uncredited) * '' Paris Underground'' (1945) - Tissier * ''

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'' (1945) - Ravez (uncredited) * '' The Tiger Woman'' (1945) - Joe Sapphire * ''

'' (1945) - Perchon, Belgian Banker * '' Passkey to Danger'' (1946) - Mr. Warren * '' So Dark the Night'' (1946) - Commissioner Grande * ''

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'' (1947) - Director (uncredited) * ''

'' (1947) - Mr. E. Charles, Book Forger * '' The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' (1947) - Maitre d'Hotel (as Gregory Gay) * ''

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'' (1947) - Jervis * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (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 * ''

'' (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 ''Flame of Calcutta'' is a 1953 American historical film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Denise Darcel, Patric Knowles and Paul Cavanagh. It was one of a number of historical films made by Sam Katzman's production unit for Columbia Pictu ...

'' (1953) - Amir Khasid * '' Charge of the Lancers'' (1954) - Cpl. Bonikoff * '' Jungle Man-Eaters'' (1954) - Leroux * ''

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'' (1954) - LeClerc (uncredited) * ''Wiegenlied'' (1955) - Herr Sokolov * '' Jump Into Hell'' (1955) - Lt. Col. Cartier (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1955) - Zorn * '' Creature with the Atom Brain'' (1955) - Dr. Wilhelm Steigg * '' The Eddy Duchin Story'' (1956) - Philip * ''

'' (1957) - Milo * ''

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'' (1957) - Dr. Franz Gruener * ''

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'' (1957) - Soviet Civilian (uncredited) * '' Auntie Mame'' (1958) - Vladimir Klinkoff (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1959) - Friederich Hoffstetter * '' Cash McCall'' (1960) - Dr. Bergmann (uncredited) * '' Ocean's 11'' (1960) - Freeman - Casino Owner (uncredited) *'' Sea Hunt'' (1961) - Season 4, Episode 8 * ''

'' (1961) - Paul Duval (uncredited) * '' Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1962) - Salesman (uncredited) * '' Hitler'' (1962) - Field Marshal

* ''

'' (1963) - Russian Reporter (uncredited) * '' Kisses for My President'' (1964) - Nicolai Wotomkyitch (uncredited) * ''

'' (1966) - Soviet Delegate (uncredited) * ''

'' (1969) - Meeting Co-Ordinator (uncredited) * '' Meteor'' (1979) - Russian Premier (final film role)

References

External links

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