Gregory gaye

In 1928 he began appearing in films in small roles representing foreign personalities, businessmen and petty villains. Next was a part as Ali in Columbia's The Magic Carpet, starring Lucille Ball. In 1930, Gaye received a good role as Baslikoff, a suave violinist, chasing Gloria Swanson in the romance comedy What a Widow! Later, he got a small role in South Sea Woman, starring Burt Lancaster and Virginia Mayo.

In 1952, he appeared as Paul Shushaldin in Raoul Walsh's historical adventure The World in His Arms, starring Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth. He loved art...Read more from a young age, and left his homeland Russia after the outbreak of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. The following year, he appeared in Savage Mutiny, starring Johnny Weissmuller (one of two movies they appeared in together).

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. He also played "The Ruler" in the Republic Films serial Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe.

In 1960, he played a casino owner named Freeman in Ocean's Eleven, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.

The following year, he played Joan Blackman's father, Elvis Presley's co-star in Blue Hawaii.

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. The next year, he played a Russian reporter in The Prize, starring Paul Newman and Edward G.

Robinson.

It would be three years before Gaye got another role. With the outbreak of The Second World War, he moved away from the roles of aristocrats and began in the roles of the Nazis.The most important works of him: Cornered (1945), Ninotchka (1939), Dodsworth (1936) and Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936). 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.

In another, he again plays a German banker, this time in Cornered, starring Dick Powell.

After that year, the roles became scarcer. He also played the part of Joe Sapphire in a small crime drama The Tiger Woman. In the movie, he tries to gain entrance to the back-room casino, but is stopped by Abdul (Dan Seymour).

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). In the mystery Seven Doors to Death, Gaye received a large part as Henry Gregor. He had a small role portraying the Soviet U.N. ambassador in Batman in 1966.