based on his performances of the historical character in Maverick “The Quick and the Dead” and “Seed of Deception” and the Tombstone Territory episode “Doc Holliday in Durango”, but the series never came to screen.
In 1964 Gerald, together with Mai, planned the formation of an international film company which would have featured comedy, adventure, crime and drama shows. It was a joint collaboration with Swedish and American writers, headquartered in Stockholm. The productions would have been distributed worldwide.
In 1968 he had a role in what was perhaps his most prestigious movie, “Funny Girl”, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif, with whom he played two scenes as Tom Branca, the gambling house boss. In a newspaper article dated 10 August 1968, after the filming of his first scene in “Funny Girl”, director William Wyler is quoted as saying to him: “Very nice, Gerry. But now you have the luxury of being able to relax and take your time!” Gerald said that, as he was so used to the fast pace of TV, the comment came as a bit of a surprise. Gerald then left to film “The Big Valley”, returning to the fast pace of TV. “The Big Valley” episode, “Flight from San Miguel”, in which Gerald played Dr Raoul Mendez, a former Mexican university professor turned rebel leader, was to be the last TV Western he ever made.
Shortly after, in September 1968, he flew out to Stockholm to film the pilot of a new TV series, “Private Entrance”, in which he played Jeff Landers, the private detective for a Swedish hotel. He was staying at a friend’s house in Södermalm, Stockholm City, when, in the evening of 9 November 1968, while packing his suitcase to return to America the following day, he suffered a fatal heart attack. Gerald was cremated and Mai interred his remains in the wall of the Garden of Remembrance at Lidingö Kyrka, on Lidingö Island, to the east of Stockholm, because he loved Sweden and felt at home there.
In 1964 Gerald, together with Mai, planned the formation of an international film company which would have featured comedy, adventure, crime and drama shows. It was a joint collaboration with Swedish and American writers, headquartered in Stockholm. The productions would have been distributed worldwide.
In 1968 he had a role in what was perhaps his most prestigious movie, “Funny Girl”, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif, with whom he played two scenes as Tom Branca, the gambling house boss. In a newspaper article dated 10 August 1968, after the filming of his first scene in “Funny Girl”, director William Wyler is quoted as saying to him: “Very nice, Gerry. But now you have the luxury of being able to relax and take your time!” Gerald said that, as he was so used to the fast pace of TV, the comment came as a bit of a surprise. Gerald then left to film “The Big Valley”, returning to the fast pace of TV. “The Big Valley” episode, “Flight from San Miguel”, in which Gerald played Dr Raoul Mendez, a former Mexican university professor turned rebel leader, was to be the last TV Western he ever made.
Shortly after, in September 1968, he flew out to Stockholm to film the pilot of a new TV series, “Private Entrance”, in which he played Jeff Landers, the private detective for a Swedish hotel. He was staying at a friend’s house in Södermalm, Stockholm City, when, in the evening of 9 November 1968, while packing his suitcase to return to America the following day, he suffered a fatal heart attack. Gerald was cremated and Mai interred his remains in the wall of the Garden of Remembrance at Lidingö Kyrka, on Lidingö Island, to the east of Stockholm, because he loved Sweden and felt at home there.
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Gerald Mohr was a very intelligent, multi-talented man. The timbre of his voice was very pleasing to the ear. His voice talents included Mexican, Italian, French, English and mid-European accents. Tall (6’2”), dark and handsome, with a mischievous sense of humour, he was the perfect radio, film and TV star and one of the best American character actors of his generation. He is gone from our midst but, because of the large body of work he produced during his lifetime, the majority of which is now readily available, he will never be forgotten.
