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Gerald Mohr

Born
June 11, 1914
Died
November 9, 1968
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
Gilda
(1946)
Capt. Delgado
Love Affair
(1939)
Man (uncredited)
Funny Girl
(1968)
Branca
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941)
Studio Guard / Narrator (segment "Baby Weems") (voice) (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Radio Emcee (voice) (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
Spanish Messenger
The Sniper
(1952)
Joe Ferris
Detective Story
(1951)
Tami Giacoppetti
Lady of Burlesque
(1943)
Louie "The Grin" Grindero
The Duel at Silver Creek
(1952)
Rod Lacy
Full Filmography
Acting
Panama Patrol
(1939)
Pilot
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
(1939)
Dr. Zodiac (in disguise)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
(1939)
Gangster
Love Affair
(1939)
Man (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
Spanish Messenger
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941)
Studio Guard / Narrator (segment "Baby Weems") (voice) (uncredited)
The Monster and the Girl
(1941)
Munn
We Go Fast
(1941)
Nabob of Borria
Adventures of Captain Marvel
(1941)
The Scorpion (Voice)
Jungle Girl
(1941)
Slick Latimer
The Lady Has Plans
(1942)
Joe Scalsi
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Radio Emcee (voice) (uncredited)
Dr. Broadway
(1942)
Red
Murder in Times Square
(1943)
O'Dell Gissing
King of the Cowboys
(1943)
Maurice
Redhead from Manhattan
(1943)
Chick Andrews
One Dangerous Night
(1943)
Harry Cooper
The Desert Song
(1943)
Hassan
Lady of Burlesque
(1943)
Louie "The Grin" Grindero
Gilda
(1946)
Capt. Delgado
The Notorious Lone Wolf
(1946)
Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
The Catman of Paris
(1946)
Inspector Severen
The Magnificent Rogue
(1946)
Mark Townley
The Truth About Murder
(1946)
Johnny Lacka
Passkey to Danger
(1946)
Malcolm Tauber
A Guy Could Change
(1946)
Eddy Raymond
The Invisible Informer
(1946)
Eric Baylor
Young Widow
(1946)
Walter (Uncredited)
Dangerous Business
(1946)
Duke
The Lone Wolf in London
(1947)
Michael Lanyard
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
(1947)
Michael Lanyard
Heaven Only Knows
(1947)
Treason
Two Guys from Texas
(1948)
Link Jessup
Movies Are Adventure
(1948)
Narrator (uncredited)
The Blonde Bandit
(1949)
Joe Sapelli
Slightly French
(1949)
J.B. (voice) (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down
(1950)
Walter Long
Undercover Girl
(1950)
Reed Menig
Wyoming Mail
(1950)
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sirocco
(1951)
Major Jean Leon
Detective Story
(1951)
Tami Giacoppetti
Ten Tall Men
(1951)
Kayeed Hussein
The Sniper
(1952)
Joe Ferris
The Duel at Silver Creek
(1952)
Rod Lacy
Invasion, U.S.A.
(1952)
Vince Potter
The Ring
(1952)
Pete Ganusa
Smoky Canyon
(1952)
Narrator (voice)
Raiders of the Seven Seas
(1953)
Captain Jose Salcedo
Money from Home
(1953)
Marshall Preston
The Eddie Cantor Story
(1953)
Rocky Kramer
Dragonfly Squadron
(1954)
Capt. MacIntyre
The Buckskin Lady
(1957)
Slinger
My World Dies Screaming
(1958)
Philip Tierney
The Angry Red Planet
(1959)
Col. Thomas O`Bannion
A Date with Death
(1959)
Michael David Mason / Louis Deverman
Guns, Girls and Gangsters
(1959)
Charles (Chuck) Wheeler
This Rebel Breed
(1960)
Lt. Robert Brooks
Wild West Story
(1964)
The Family Jewels
(1965)
Movie Actor
1967 Busch Advertisement
(1967)
Narrator (uncredited)
Funny Girl
(1968)
Branca
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