Birthday: 1914-06-11
Deathday: 1968-11-09
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
Gerald Mohr was an American radio, film and television character actor who appeared in more than 500 radio plays, 73 films and over 100 television shows. Born in New York City, he was educated in Dwight Preparatory School in New York City, where he learned to speak fluent French and German. At Columbia University, where he was on a course to become a doctor, before being discovered as promising voice talent by a radio producer. Mohr was hired by the radio station and became a junior reporter. In the mid-1930s, Orson Welles invited him to join his formative Mercury Theatre and appeared on Broadway. Mohr began appearing in films in the late 1930s, playing his first villain role in the 15-part cliffhanger serial Jungle Girl (1941). After three years' service in the US Army Air Forces during World War II, he returned to Hollywood, starring and appearing in numerous movies until 1949 when he joined Fred Foy has co-announcer for the first series of The Lone Ranger. From the 1950s on, he appeared as a guest star in more than one hundred television series, mostly westerns, though several comedy, variety, crime, and early science fiction serials. Mohr is remembered for his performance as "Ricky's friend" psychiatrist 'Dr. Henry Molin' (real life name of the assistant film editor on the show) in the classic February 1953 I Love Lucy episode, "The Inferiority Complex". Mohr's repeated line was, "Treatment, Ricky. Treatment".
Year | Title | Character | |
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1968-09-19 | Funny Girl | Branca | |
1965-07-01 | The Family Jewels | Movie Actor | |
1964-02-15 | Wild West Story | ||
1960-03-19 | This Rebel Breed | Lt. Robert Brooks | |
1959-11-23 | The Angry Red Planet | Col. Thomas O`Bannion | |
1959-06-01 | A Date with Death | Michael David Mason / Louis Deverman | |
1959-01-01 | Guns, Girls and Gangsters | Charles (Chuck) Wheeler | |
1958-08-20 | My World Dies Screaming | Philip Tierney | |
1957-07-01 | The Buckskin Lady | Slinger | |
1954-03-21 | Dragonfly Squadron | Capt. MacIntyre | |
1953-12-31 | Money from Home | Marshall Preston | |
1953-12-25 | The Eddie Cantor Story | Rocky Kramer | |
1953-05-27 | Raiders of the Seven Seas | Captain Jose Salcedo | |
1952-12-10 | Invasion, U.S.A. | Vince Potter | |
1952-09-26 | The Ring | Pete Ganusa | |
1952-09-05 | The Duel at Silver Creek | Rod Lacy | |
1952-05-09 | The Sniper | Joe Ferris | |
1951-10-26 | Ten Tall Men | Kayeed Hussein | |
1951-10-24 | Detective Story | Tami Giacoppetti | |
1951-06-13 | Sirocco | Major Jean Leon | |
1950-12-26 | Hunt the Man Down | Walter Long | |
1950-11-02 | Undercover Girl | Reed Menig | |
1949-12-22 | The Blonde Bandit | Joe Sapelli | |
1949-02-02 | Slightly French | J.B. (voice) (uncredited) | |
1948-08-27 | Two Guys from Texas | Link Jessup | |
1947-11-13 | The Lone Wolf in London | Michael Lanyard | |
1947-09-12 | Heaven Only Knows | Treason | |
1947-01-16 | The Lone Wolf in Mexico | Michael Lanyard | |
1946-11-07 | The Magnificent Rogue | Mark Townley | |
1946-08-19 | The Invisible Informer | Eric Baylor | |
1946-06-20 | Dangerous Business | Duke | |
1946-05-11 | Passkey to Danger | Malcolm Tauber | |
1946-04-25 | Gilda | Capt. Delgado | |
1946-04-20 | The Catman of Paris | Inspector Severen | |
1946-04-01 | The Truth About Murder | Johnny Lacka | |
1946-03-01 | Young Widow | Walter (Uncredited) | |
1946-02-14 | The Notorious Lone Wolf | Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf | |
1946-01-27 | A Guy Could Change | Eddy Raymond | |
1943-12-17 | The Desert Song | Hassan | |
1943-05-06 | Redhead from Manhattan | Chick Andrews | |
1943-05-01 | Lady of Burlesque | Louie "The Grin" Grindero | |
1943-04-09 | King of the Cowboys | Maurice | |
1943-04-01 | Murder in Times Square | O'Dell Gissing | |
1943-01-22 | One Dangerous Night | Harry Cooper | |
1942-05-09 | Dr. Broadway | Red | |
1942-02-05 | Woman of the Year | Radio Emcee (voice) (uncredited) | |
1942-01-20 | The Lady Has Plans | Joe Scalsi | |
1941-09-19 | We Go Fast | Nabob of Borria | |
1941-06-21 | Jungle Girl | Slick Latimer | |
1941-03-28 | Adventures of Captain Marvel | The Scorpion (Voice) | |
1941-02-28 | The Monster and the Girl | Munn | |
1940-08-10 | The Sea Hawk | Spanish Messenger | |
1939-10-26 | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Gangster | |
1939-08-31 | Charlie Chan at Treasure Island | Dr. Zodiac (in disguise) | |
1939-04-07 | Love Affair | Man | |
1939-03-20 | Panama Patrol | Pilot |