Gerald Mohr profile
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Gerald Mohr

11th June 1914 New York City, New York, USA Acting

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".  

60 Movies 66 TV Shows 129 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Ring poster
The Ring 26th September 1952 as Pete Ganusa
Sirocco poster
Sirocco 13th June 1951 as Major Jean Leon
Wyoming Mail poster
Wyoming Mail 18th October 1950 as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Gilda 25th April 1946 as Capt. Delgado
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The Reluctant Dragon 19th June 1941 as Studio Guard / Narrator (segment "Baby Weems") (voice) (uncredited)
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Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Phil Reed
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Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Cato Troxell
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Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Brad Morgan
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Lawman 5th October 1958 as The Thimblerigger
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Bronco 23rd September 1958 as Mace Tilsey
Maverick poster
Maverick 22nd September 1957 as Doc Holliday
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Maverick 22nd September 1957 as Johnny Bolero
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Maverick 22nd September 1957 as Steve Corbett
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Maverick 22nd September 1957 as Giacomo Beretti
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Maverick 22nd September 1957 as Gus Tellson
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Cheyenne 20th September 1955 as Elmer Bostrum