George Cisar
Acting • Born 1912-07-28 – Died 1979-06-13
Biography
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
Filmography
105 credits
Call Northside 777
Movie • 1948
Policeman (uncredited)
Viva Las Vegas
Movie • 1964
Manager of Swingers (uncredited)
The Crooked Web
Movie • 1955
Don Gillen (uncredited)
The Brothers Rico
Movie • 1957
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Movie • 1959
Lem Sawyer
Vice Raid
Movie • 1959
Mob Boss Marty Heffner
Married Too Young
Movie • 1962
Miltie
Jet Attack
Movie • 1958
Col. Catlett
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
Movie • 1966
Joe Flake
Teen-Age Crime Wave
Movie • 1955
Fred
Cell 2455 Death Row
Movie • 1955
Police Captain
The Buckskin Lady
Movie • 1957
Cranston
Elmer Gantry
Movie • 1960
Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential
Movie • 1957
Manager of the Green Dragon Nightclub (uncredited)
A House Is Not a Home
Movie • 1964
Dr. Saunders
Teacher's Pet
Movie • 1958
Bongo Club Patron (uncredited)
Nightfall
Movie • 1956
Bus Driver (uncredited)
5 Against the House
Movie • 1955
Casino Guard (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
Movie • 1956
Fight Manager (uncredited)
Inside Detroit
Movie • 1955
A Very Special Favor
Movie • 1965
Conventioneer at Hotel (uncredited)
The Giant Claw
Movie • 1957
Admonishing Man on Airliner (uncredited)
The Shadow on the Window
Movie • 1957
Proprietor (uncredited)
Edge of Eternity
Movie • 1959
Used Car Salesman
I, Mobster
Movie • 1959
Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Werewolf
Movie • 1956
Hoxie
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Movie • 1956
Fence (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie • 1966
Fat Man (uncredited)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Movie • 1964
Drunken Townsman (uncredited)
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Movie • 1970
Joe - Barber
Johnny Holiday
Movie • 1949
Barney Duggan
Emergency Hospital
Movie • 1956
Mr. Fanmorn (uncredited)
Designing Woman
Movie • 1957
Card Player (uncredited)
Some Came Running
Movie • 1958
Hubie Nelson (uncredited)
Batman
Movie • 1966
Rumpot in Window (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
Movie • 1956
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Johnny Cool
Movie • 1963
George, a Bartender
The Abductors
Movie • 1957
Officers of the Law
Don't Knock The Rock
Movie • 1956
Tom Everett - Influential Citizen
The Split
Movie • 1968
Charlie (uncredited)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Movie • 1960
Cop (uncredited)
Terror At Black Falls
Movie • 1962
Crowley
The Banker Buys a Car
Movie
Prospect
Made in Paris
Movie • 1966
Barney
Black Saddle
TV • 1959
Kelly
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Sgt. Theodore Mooney
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Mr. McCabe
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Watch Salesman (uncredited)
My Favorite Martian
TV • 1963
Patrolman #1
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Giles
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Sheriff Mitchell
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Cyrus Tankersley
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Police Sergeant
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
Cyrus Tankersley
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Mr. Blake
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Boo Boo Webster
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Neighbor
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Bartender
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Santa Claus
Ironside
TV • 1967
George Tubbs
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
The Detectives
TV • 1959
Mac
The Lieutenant
TV • 1963
Jerry Walters
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Townsman (uncredited)
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Montrose
My Favorite Martian
TV • 1963
Policeman
Mannix
TV • 1967
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Lassie
TV • 1954
Mr. Bates
Peter Loves Mary
TV • 1960
First Official
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Herman (uncredited)
Hogan's Heroes
TV • 1965
General Boland
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Whiskey Drummer
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
George Sherburn
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Baxter
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Sgt. Gallivan (uncredited)
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Sheriff
Leave It to Beaver
TV • 1957
The Postman
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Mr. Wickett
Maverick
TV • 1957
Bartender (uncredited)
The Walter Winchell File
TV • 1957
Tombstone Territory
TV • 1957
Jeb Crowley
The Walter Winchell File
TV • 1957
Cannon
The Walter Winchell File
TV • 1957
Patrolman Robert Kislak
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Matt Perk
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Marshal
Casey Jones
TV • 1957
Passenger (uncredited)
The Gale Storm Show
TV • 1956
Broken Arrow
TV • 1956
Bud Holmes
The Monkees
TV • 1966
Reporter #1
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Attorney
Passport to Danger
TV • 1954
Cliff Harding
The Cara Williams Show
TV • 1964
Policeman
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Mr. Starr
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
White
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Sparky
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Cable
State Trooper
TV • 1956
Hotel Manager
The Virginian
TV • 1962
George
Dragnet
TV • 1951
Tad Whitney
Dragnet
TV • 1951
George Ammen
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Doctor
Harbor Command
TV • 1957
Danner
Lock-Up
TV • 1959
Joe the Bartender