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George Cisar

George Cisar

Birthday: 1912-07-28 | Place of Birth: Cicero, Illiniois, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Cisar (July 28, 1912 — June 13, 1979) was an American actor who performed in more than one hundred roles in two decades as a character actor in film and television, often in prominent Hollywood productions. He frequently played background parts such as policemen or bartenders. In 1949, Cisar co-starred with a young Mike Wallace in the short-lived police drama Stand By for Crime. Among Cisar's more frequent roles was from 1960 to 1963 as Sgt. Theodore Mooney in thirty-one episodes of CBS's Dennis the Menace. Oddly, series co-star Gale Gordon took the name "Theodore Mooney" and added the middle initial "J." for his character, Theodore J. Mooney, a tough-minded banker on Lucille Ball's second sitcom, The Lucy Show.[1] Cisar portrayed character Donald Hollinger's father in That Girl, the Marlo Thomas sitcom which aired on ABC, and Cyrus Tankersley on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show and its sequel Mayberry, R.F.D. Unbilled in his first film, 1948's Call Northside 777, he was credited at the bottom of the cast list in his next feature, 1949's Johnny Holiday. His final film appearance, also near the end of the list, was as Joe the barber in the 1970 Southern racial drama, ...tick...tick...tick.... Nine years later, Cisar died in Los Angeles, at the age of 66 CLR

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1962
Married Too Young

as    Miltie

1959
Attack of the Giant Leeches

as    Lem Sawyer

1959
Vice Raid

as    Mob Boss Marty Heffner

1958
Jet Attack

as    Col. Catlett

1957
The Giant Claw

as    Admonishing Man on Airliner (uncredited)

1957
The Buckskin Lady

as    Cranston

1956
The Werewolf

as    Hoxie

1956
Don't Knock The Rock

as    Tom Everett - Influential Citizen

1955
5 Against the House

as    Casino Guard (uncredited)

1955
The Crooked Web

as    Don Gillen (uncredited)

1955
Teen-Age Crime Wave

as    Fred

1949
Johnny Holiday

as    Barney Duggan

1
The Banker Buys a Car

as    Prospect