<P> Gale Gordon ( born Charles Thomas Aldrich , Jr. , February 20 , 1906 -- June 30 , 1995 ) was an American character actor perhaps best remembered as Lucille Ball 's longtime television foil -- and particularly as cantankerously combustible , tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney , on Ball 's second television situation comedy , The Lucy Show . Gordon also appeared in I Love Lucy and had starring roles in Ball 's successful third series Here 's Lucy and her short - lived fourth and final series Life with Lucy . </P>
<P> Gale Gordon ( born Charles Thomas Aldrich , Jr. , February 20 , 1906 -- June 30 , 1995 ) was an American character actor perhaps best remembered as Lucille Ball 's longtime television foil -- and particularly as cantankerously combustible , tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney , on Ball 's second television situation comedy , The Lucy Show . Gordon also appeared in I Love Lucy and had starring roles in Ball 's successful third series Here 's Lucy and her short - lived fourth and final series Life with Lucy . </P>
who played mr. mooney on the lucy show
who played mr. mooney on the lucy show
Gale Gordon
Gale Gordon