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".

Filmography Movies

Acting

MOVIE

Gilda

7.5(0.7K)

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

Detective Story

7.0(0.2K)

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.

Sirocco

6.0(0.0K)

A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.

The Reluctant Dragon

6.6(0.2K)

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.

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The Reluctant Dragon

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

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The Angry Red Planet

5.6(0.1K)

The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?

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The Angry Red Planet

Col. Thomas O`Bannion

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The Sniper

6.7(0.1K)

Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.

The Duel at Silver Creek

7.0(0.0K)

When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.

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The Duel at Silver Creek

Rod Lacy

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Funny Girl

7.2(0.4K)

The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.

Wild West Story

7.0(0.0K)

Swedish cowboys in the Wild West. Defending their town Small Lands Hills and their mining claims against bandits of all sorts.

A Date with Death

4.7(0.0K)

A drifter riding the rails gets mistaken for the new sheriff of a small town. He takes the police job and is immediately pressured to crack down on local organized crime.

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A Date with Death

Michael David Mason / Louis Deverman