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Gerald Mohr

Gerald Mohr

Birthday: 1914-06-11 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York USA

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".

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1968
Funny Girl

as    Branca

1967
Fantastic Four

as    Mr. Fantastic (voice)

1959
Guns Girls and Gangsters

as    Charles (Chuck) Wheeler

1959
The Angry Red Planet

as    Col. Thomas O`Bannion

1959
A Date with Death

as    Michael David Mason / Louis Deverman

1958
My World Dies Screaming

as    Philip Tierney

1957
The Buckskin Lady

as    Slinger

1954
Dragonfly Squadron

as    Capt. MacIntyre

1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas

as    Captain Jose Salcedo

1953
Money from Home

as    Marshall Preston

1953
The Eddie Cantor Story

as    Rocky Kramer

1952
The Sniper

as    Joe Ferris

1952
The Duel at Silver Creek

as    Rod Lacy

1952
Invasion, U.S.A.

as    Vince Potter

1951
Sirocco

as    Major Jean Leon

1951
Detective Story

as    Tami Giacoppetti

1950
Undercover Girl

as    Reed Menig

1950
Hunt the Man Down

as    Walter Long

1947
The Lone Wolf in Mexico

as    Michael Lanyard

1947
The Lone Wolf in London

as    Michael Lanyard

1946
The Catman of Paris

as    Inspector Severen

1946
The Truth About Murder

as    Johnny Lacka

1946
Passkey to Danger

as    Malcolm Tauber

1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf

as    Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf

1943
King of the Cowboys

as    Maurice

1943
Murder in Times Square

as    O'Dell Gissing

1941
The Monster and the Girl

as    Munn

1941
We Go Fast

as    Nabob of Borria

1941
Jungle Girl

as    Slick Latimer