Gerald Mohr

Gerald Mohr

  • Birthday: 1914-06-11
  • Deathday: 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".  

Filmography

Gilda

1946

As Capt. Delgado

Sirocco

1951

As Major Jean Leon

Detective Story

1951

As Tami Giacoppetti

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

As Studio Guard / Narrator (segment "Baby Weems") (voice) (uncredited)

The Angry Red Planet

1959

As Col. Thomas O`Bannion

The Sniper

1952

As Joe Ferris

The Duel at Silver Creek

1952

As Rod Lacy

Funny Girl

1968

As Branca

Invasion, U.S.A.

1952

As Vince Potter

A Date with Death

1959

As Michael David Mason / Louis Deverman

The Ring

1952

As Pete Ganusa

Hunt the Man Down

1950

As Walter Long

This Rebel Breed

1960

As Lt. Robert Brooks

Undercover Girl

1950

As Reed Menig

My World Dies Screaming

1958

As Philip Tierney

The Lone Wolf in London

1947

As Michael Lanyard

The Buckskin Lady

1957

As Slinger

The Notorious Lone Wolf

1946

As Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf

The Lady Has Plans

1942

As Joe Scalsi

The Catman of Paris

1946

As Inspector Severen

Murder in Times Square

1943

As O'Dell Gissing

King of the Cowboys

1943

As Maurice

The Blonde Bandit

1949

As Joe Sapelli

The Magnificent Rogue

1946

As Mark Townley

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953

As Captain Jose Salcedo

Dragonfly Squadron

1954

As Capt. MacIntyre

The Truth About Murder

1946

As Johnny Lacka

We Go Fast

1941

As Nabob of Borria

Panama Patrol

1939

As Pilot

Two Guys from Texas

1948

As Link Jessup

Money from Home

1953

As Marshall Preston

The Eddie Cantor Story

1953

As Rocky Kramer

The Family Jewels

1965

As Movie Actor

Movies Are Adventure

1948

As Narrator (uncredited)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1939

As Dr. Zodiac (in disguise)

Passkey to Danger

1946

As Malcolm Tauber

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

1947

As Michael Lanyard

The Sea Hawk

1940

As Spanish Messenger

A Guy Could Change

1946

As Eddy Raymond

The Invisible Informer

1946

As Eric Baylor

Redhead from Manhattan

1943

As Chick Andrews

Heaven Only Knows

1947

As Treason

Ten Tall Men

1951

As Kayeed Hussein

Love Affair

1939

As Man (uncredited)

Woman of the Year

1942

As Radio Emcee (voice) (uncredited)

Slightly French

1949

As J.B. (voice) (uncredited)

One Dangerous Night

1943

As Harry Cooper

The Desert Song

1943

As Hassan

Dr. Broadway

1942

As Red

Adventures of Captain Marvel

1941

As The Scorpion (Voice)

Guns, Girls and Gangsters

1959

As Charles (Chuck) Wheeler

Young Widow

1946

As Walter (Uncredited)

Jungle Girl

1941

As Slick Latimer

1967 Busch Advertisement

1967

As Narrator (uncredited)

Dangerous Business

1946

As Duke

Lady of Burlesque

1943

As Louie "The Grin" Grindero

Smoky Canyon

1952

As Narrator (voice)

Wyoming Mail

1950

As Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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