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- Bearing a strong resemblance to Humphrey Bogart certainly helped in typecasting the handsome, hairy-chested Gerald Mohr into "B" film noir. Born in New York City in 1914, he was the son of Sigmond Mohr and Henrietta Noustadt, a Viennese singer. In 1920 his father was killed in a tragic accident while at work when Mohr was five years old, and he was raised primarily by his mother and maternal grandfather, who was a psychologist and associate of Dr. Sigmund Freud, the famed psychoanalyst. Mohr became a fervent student of Freud as a result of this association. He was taught to ride and play piano at an early age and attended the prestigious Dwight Preparatory School in New York. Even as a teen, Mohr possessed a smooth vocal delivery and landed a job as a staff broadcaster for CBS Radio, which in turn opened the door for him to Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre. Mohr made his Broadway debut in the minor role of a gangster in "The Petrified Forest," the same play that put Bogart on the map.
His first starring role in films came with the serial Jungle Girl (1941), in which he played principal villain Slick Latimer. However, because of his pleasant, distinctive baritone voice, it was radio that became Mohr's meal ticket during the 1940s, and he signed on for a number of popular suspense thrillers such as "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" and "The Whistler." In 1949, "Radio and Television Life" magazine named Mohr as the Best Male Actor on Radio.
After a number of bit parts, he finally won a noticeable role in Lady of Burlesque (1943) with Barbara Stanwyck, after Welles referred him to the film's director, William A. Wellman. Following WWII service with the Air Force, Mohr returned to acting and found his niche in intrigue, playing the title role in The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946) and its two sequels, along with Passkey to Danger (1946), Dangerous Business (1946) and The Truth About Murder (1946). As much as he wanted to extricate himself from this trenchcoat stereotype, he continued to chug along in the 1950s with the same type of roles represented by The Sniper (1952), Invasion, U.S.A. (1952) and Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959). His final leads were in This Rebel Breed (1960) and the low-grade sci-fi thriller The Angry Red Planet (1959). In 1954-55 he starred as Christopher Storm in 41 episodes of the Swedish-made TV series Foreign Intrigue (1951).
Finding film work scarce in the following decade, he found regular work on TV, guest starring in over 100 dramas, ranging from TV westerns like Maverick (1957), Bronco (1958), Cheyenne (1955) and Bonanza (1959) to action/courtroom series such as 77 Sunset Strip (1958), Hawaiian Eye (1959) and Perry Mason (1957), among many others.
His last movie role came in the top-notch musical Funny Girl (1968) starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif, in which Mohr was featured as Tom Branca, one of Nicky Arnstein's cronies, who offers to help Fanny Brice out by giving the proud but debt-ridden gambler a prime casino job.
Mohr was overseas in Stockholm, Sweden, where he had just completed filming the pilot of a new TV series called "Private Entrance" when he suddenly died of a heart attack at the age of 54. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Her first public performance was on radio at the age of 10, together with her friend Birgit Tengroth. She debuted in a revue held at her father's place of work when she was 15. This led to more work at the theatre, a screen test for Svensk Filmindustri and a small role in Kära släkten (1933). More roles followed and she made movies in the daytime and theatre in the evenings. Although she made a lot of movies before it, she has said that her breakthrough came with Skolka skolan (1949). She was almost without exception cast as a happy, care-free woman in comedies, but she has said that this was not a problem for her, since she describes herself as a very happy person in private. It was not until Alf Kjellin's The Pleasure Garden (1961) she got a dramatic part as an unmarried mother. She has worked with a lot of different directors, but two of them showed a particular interest in her, Schamyl Bauman and Hasse Ekman. Bauman mainly in the 1930-1940s and Ekman in the 1950s.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Gunnar Hellström was born on 6 December 1928 in Alnö, Västernorrlands län, Sweden. He was a director and actor, known for Synnöve Solbakken (1957), Raskenstam (1983) and Zorn (1994). He died on 28 November 2001 in Södersjukhuset, Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Emil Forselius was born on 23 November 1974 in Västervik, Småland, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Tic Tac (1997), Järngänget (2000) and Belinder auktioner (2003). He died on 2 March 2010 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Carl-Ivar Nilsson was born on 29 March 1940 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Varuhuset (1987), Blå gatan (1966) and Hästens öga (1987). He was married to Dan Engström and Liliane Hjorthén. He died on 11 July 2004 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Gösta Krantz was born on 14 June 1925 in Nacka, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Profitörerna (1983), Rederiet (1992) and Alla tiders 91:an Karlsson (1953). He died on 26 December 2008 in Södersjukhuset, Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Per Anders Fogelström was born on 22 August 1917 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a writer and actor, known for Summer with Monika (1953), Möten i skymningen (1957) and While the City Sleeps (1950). He died on 20 June 1998 in Södersjukhuset, Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Henry 'Nypan' Nyberg was born on 16 September 1916 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Bildmakarna (2000), Nypan - biografprojektionisten (1988) and Förhörsledarna (1998). He died on 14 October 2004 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden.
- Production Manager
- Actor
- Producer
Otto Scheutz was born on 7 March 1902 in Kråksmåla, Kalmar län, Sweden. He was a production manager and actor, known for Farligt löfte (1955), Jens Mansson in America (1947) and Flicka utan namn (1954). He died on 6 May 1996 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Olle Wästberg was born on 6 May 1945 in Stockholm, Sweden. He died on 10 October 2023 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Gunnar Rundgren was born on 19 July 1920. He was an art director, known for Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar: Ett biografdrama i prolog, epilog och ett antal tableauxer (1945). He died on 27 December 1982 in Katarina församling, Katarina-Sofia [now Södermalm], Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Bengt Janson died on 13 January 2005 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Actress
Agda Helin was born on 27 October 1894 in Bjärka-Säby, Östergötland, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Shame (1968), Nattliga toner (1918) and Onkel Vanja (1967). She died on 10 February 1984 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Writer
- Music Department
- Composer
Bernt Rosengren was born on 24 December 1937 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a writer and composer, known for Knife in the Water (1962), Gentlemen (2014) and Partaj (1969). He died on 15 May 2023 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.