Gerald Mohr
Acting
- Born:
- 1914-06-11
- Died:
- 1968-11-09
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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".
Known For
Filmography
Funny Girl
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure
The Fantastic Four
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Laredo
Lost in Space
The Big Valley
The Family Jewels
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Rogues
Wild West Story
Burke's Law
Vacation Playhouse
The Lucy Show
Harrigan and Son
Surfside 6
Outlaws
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
The Aquanauts
This Rebel Breed
The Angry Red Planet
Hawaiian Eye
The Alaskans
Johnny Ringo
The Third Man
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Bonanza
The Deputy
Tightrope
A Date with Death
Rawhide
Guns Girls and Gangsters
77 Sunset Strip
Bat Masterson
Lawman
The Rifleman
The Texan
Bronco
Wanted: Dead or Alive
My World Dies Screaming
Tombstone Territory
Alcoa Theatre
Maverick
Perry Mason
Sugarfoot
The Buckskin Lady
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Conflict
Cheyenne
Climax!
Dragonfly Squadron
Money from Home
The Eddie Cantor Story
Letter to Loretta
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Private Secretary
Invasion, U.S.A.
The Ring
Four Star Playhouse
The Duel at Silver Creek
Son of Ali Baba
The Sniper
Smoky Canyon
Ten Tall Men
Detective Story
Foreign Intrigue
I Love Lucy
The Red Skelton Show
Sirocco
Hunt the Man Down
Undercover Girl
Wyoming Mail
The Blonde Bandit
The Lone Ranger
Slightly French
Movies Are Adventure
Two Guys from Texas
The Lone Wolf in London
Heaven Only Knows
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
The Magnificent Rogue
The Invisible Informer
Dangerous Business
Passkey to Danger
Gilda
The Catman of Paris
The Truth About Murder
Young Widow
The Notorious Lone Wolf
A Guy Could Change
The Desert Song
Redhead from Manhattan
Lady of Burlesque
King of the Cowboys
Murder in Times Square
One Dangerous Night
Dr. Broadway
Woman of the Year
The Lady Has Plans
We Go Fast
Jungle Girl
The Reluctant Dragon
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Adventures of Captain Marvel
The Monster and the Girl
The Sea Hawk
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Love Affair
Panama Patrol