Portrait of Gerald Mohr

Gerald Mohr

Acting

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".  

Born: June 11, 1914

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

1968
Funny Girl

as Branca

1967
Fantastic Four

as Mr. Fantastic (voice)

1967
1967 Busch Advertisement

as Narrator (uncredited)

1965
1965
Lost in Space

as Morbus

1965
The Big Valley

as Dr. Raoul Mendez

1965
The Family Jewels

as Movie Actor

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Josef Van Schreeten

1964
The Rogues

as Carl Votrian

1963
Burke's Law

as Paul Schreiner

1962
1960
Surfside 6

as Dawson Wells

1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Charlie Cahill

1960
The Aquanauts

as Pete Burdett

1960
This Rebel Breed

as Lt. Robert Brooks

1959
The Angry Red Planet

as Col. Thomas O`Bannion

1959
Hawaiian Eye

as Roger Alston

1959
Hawaiian Eye

as Martin Haney

1959
Johnny Ringo

as Barney Chisom

1959
Bonanza

as Phil Reed

1959
Bonanza

as Cato Troxell

1959
The Deputy

as Dustin Groat

1959
A Date with Death

as Michael David Mason / Louis Deverman

1959
Rawhide

as Brad Morgan

1959
Guns, Girls and Gangsters

as Charles (Chuck) Wheeler

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Carlos Traynor

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Artie Henneghan

1958
Bat Masterson

as Courtney Shepherd

1958
Bat Masterson

as Crimp Ward

1958
Lawman

as The Thimblerigger

1958
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Leo Torrance

1958
My World Dies Screaming

as Philip Tierney

1957
Tombstone Territory

as Doc Holliday

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Jason Nichols

1957
Maverick

as Doc Holliday

1957
Maverick

as Johnny Bolero

1957
Maverick

as Steve Corbett

1957
Maverick

as Giacomo Beretti

1957
Maverick

as Gus Tellson

1957
Perry Mason

as Joe Medeci

1957
Perry Mason

as Andy Rubin

1957
Perry Mason

as Austin Lloyd

1957
Perry Mason

as Alan Durfee

1957
Sugarfoot

as Jasper Monday

1957
Sugarfoot

as The Baron

1957
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Veringo - Outlaw Leader

1955
Cheyenne

as Pat Keogh

1955
Cheyenne

as Elmer Bostrum

1954
Climax!

as Quinn

1954
Dragonfly Squadron

as Capt. MacIntyre

1953
Money from Home

as Marshall Preston

1953
The Eddie Cantor Story

as Rocky Kramer

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Willie Sheepshead

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Elliott Sayer

1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas

as Captain Jose Salcedo

1952
Invasion, U.S.A.

as Vince Potter

1952
The Ring

as Pete Ganusa

1952
The Sniper

as Joe Ferris

1952
Smoky Canyon

as Narrator (voice)

1951
Ten Tall Men

as Kayeed Hussein

1951
Detective Story

as Tami Giacoppetti

1951
I Love Lucy

as Dr. Stewart

1951
1951
Sirocco

as Major Jean Leon

1950
Hunt the Man Down

as Walter Long

1950
Undercover Girl

as Reed Menig

1950
Wyoming Mail

as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1949
The Blonde Bandit

as Joe Sapelli

1949
The Lone Ranger

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1949
Slightly French

as J.B. (voice) (uncredited)

1948
Two Guys from Texas

as Link Jessup

1947
The Lone Wolf in London

as Michael Lanyard

1947
1947
The Lone Wolf in Mexico

as Michael Lanyard

1946
The Magnificent Rogue

as Mark Townley

1946
1946
Passkey to Danger

as Malcolm Tauber

1946
Gilda

as Capt. Delgado

1946
The Catman of Paris

as Inspector Severen

1946
The Truth About Murder

as Johnny Lacka

1946
Young Widow

as Walter (Uncredited)

1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf

as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf

1946
A Guy Could Change

as Eddy Raymond

1943
1943
Redhead from Manhattan

as Chick Andrews

1943
Lady of Burlesque

as Louie "The Grin" Grindero

1943
1943
Murder in Times Square

as O'Dell Gissing

1943
One Dangerous Night

as Harry Cooper

1942
1942
Woman of the Year

as Radio Emcee (voice) (uncredited)

1942
The Lady Has Plans

as Joe Scalsi

1941
We Go Fast

as Nabob of Borria

1941
Jungle Girl

as Slick Latimer

1941
The Reluctant Dragon

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

1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel

as The Scorpion (Voice)

1940
The Sea Hawk

as Spanish Messenger

1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

as Dr. Zodiac (in disguise)

1939
Love Affair

as Man (uncredited)

1939