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 mid1930s 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 15part 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 coannouncer 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 Rickys 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 Mohrs repeated line was Treatment Ricky Treatment
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