Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Known for
Acting
Born
April 10, 1915
Died
December 7, 2011 (aged 96)
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor whose TV and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in MASH (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985). Morgan also appeared as a supporting player in more than 100 films.

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Filmography

2013
Greenboy: Prescription for Death poster

Greenboy: Prescription for Death

Movie · as Bill Gannon (archive footage)

2002
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion poster

M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion

Movie · as Himself

2001
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On poster

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1999
Love & Money poster

Love & Money

TV · 1 ep

1997
Family Plan poster

Family Plan

Movie · as Sol Rubins

1996
3rd Rock from the Sun poster

3rd Rock from the Sun

TV · as Professor Suter · 3 eps

1995
The Jeff Foxworthy Show poster

The Jeff Foxworthy Show

TV · 1 ep

1994
Incident in a Small Town poster

Incident in a Small Town

Movie · as Judge Bell

1993
Grace Under Fire poster

Grace Under Fire

TV · 1 ep

1992
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore poster

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Movie · as Judge Stoddard Bell

1992
Renegade poster

Renegade

TV · 1 ep

1991
Memories of M*A*S*H poster

Memories of M*A*S*H

Movie · as Self / Sherman Potter

1990
The Incident poster

The Incident

Movie · as Judge Bell

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Bill Gannon (voice) · 1 ep

1988
14 Going on 30 poster

14 Going on 30

Movie · as Uncle Herb

1987
Dragnet poster

Dragnet

Movie · as Captain Gannon

1987
You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

TV · as Martin Vanderhof · 22 eps

1986
Blacke's Magic poster

Blacke's Magic

TV · as Leonard Blacke · 13 eps

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Retired Lt. Richard Webb · 1 ep

1983
Sparkling Cyanide poster

Sparkling Cyanide

Movie · as Captain Kemp

1983
AfterMASH poster

AfterMASH

TV · as Sherman T. Potter · 31 eps

1982
The Flight of Dragons poster

The Flight of Dragons

Movie · as Carolinus (voice)

1982
Showbiz Goes to War poster

Showbiz Goes to War

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1981
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter poster

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Movie · as Father Everett Kolodny

1981
Making 'M*A*S*H'

Making 'M*A*S*H'

Movie · as Self

1980
Roughnecks poster

Roughnecks

Movie · as Plug Champion

1980
Scout's Honor poster

Scout's Honor

Movie · as Mr. Briggs

1980
More Wild Wild West poster

More Wild Wild West

Movie · as Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone

1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again poster

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Movie · as T.P. Gaskill

1979
The Wild Wild West Revisited poster

The Wild Wild West Revisited

Movie · as Robert T. Malone

1979
You Can't Take it With You poster

You Can't Take it With You

Movie · as Mr. DePinna

1979
Better Late Than Never poster

Better Late Than Never

Movie · as Mr. Scott

1979
Backstairs at the White House poster

Backstairs at the White House

TV · as Pres. Harry S. Truman · 4 eps

1979
Roots: The Next Generations poster

Roots: The Next Generations

TV · as Bob Campbell · 1 ep

1978
Maneaters Are Loose! poster

Maneaters Are Loose!

Movie · as Toby Waites

1978
The Cat from Outer Space poster

The Cat from Outer Space

Movie · as General Stilton

1978
Confessions of the D.A. Man poster

Confessions of the D.A. Man

Movie · as H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid poster

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Movie · as Hugo Peavey

1978
Murder at the Mardi Gras poster

Murder at the Mardi Gras

Movie · as Jim Bob Jackson

1978
The Bastard poster

The Bastard

TV · as Capt. Caleb · 1 ep

1977
Exo-Man poster

Exo-Man

Movie · as Arthur Travis

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Wendell Snead, Charly Fields, Professor Milo Endler · 1 ep

1976
The Shootist poster

The Shootist

Movie · as Marshall Thibido

1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang poster

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Movie · as Homer McCoy

1975
The Last Day poster

The Last Day

Movie · as Narrator

1974
Sidekicks poster

Sidekicks

Movie · as Sheriff Jenkins

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
Charley and the Angel poster

Charley and the Angel

Movie · as Angel

1972
Snowball Express poster

Snowball Express

Movie · as Jesse McCord

1972
The Century Turns poster

The Century Turns

Movie · as Doc Amos B. Coogan

1972
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

TV · as General Steele, Sherman Potter · 1 ep

1972
Hec Ramsey poster

Hec Ramsey

TV · as Doc Amos Coogan · 11 eps

1971
The Barefoot Executive poster

The Barefoot Executive

Movie · as E.J. Crampton

1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter poster

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Movie · as Taylor

1971
Scandalous John poster

Scandalous John

Movie · as Sheriff Pippin

1971
The Feminist and the Fuzz poster

The Feminist and the Fuzz

Movie · as Horace Bowers

1971
Cat Ballou poster

Cat Ballou

Movie · as The Rancher

1971
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You poster

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

Movie · as Insp. Richard Queen

1971
The D.A.

The D.A.

TV · as H.M. 'Staff' Stafford · 15 eps

1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married! poster

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

Movie · as Mr. Good

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

TV · as Thaddeus Conway · 1 ep

1970
The Partridge Family poster

The Partridge Family

TV · as Cal, Willie Larkin · 1 ep

1969
Support Your Local Sheriff! poster

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Movie · as Olly Perkins

1969
Viva Max! poster

Viva Max!

Movie · as Chief of Police Sylvester

1969
Dragnet

Dragnet

Movie · as Bill Gannon

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as Woody · 1 ep

1968
Star Spangled Salesman poster

Star Spangled Salesman

Movie · as TV Cop

1967
The Flim-Flam Man poster

The Flim-Flam Man

Movie · as Sheriff Slade

1967
Dragnet poster

Dragnet

TV · as Gannon · 98 eps

1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? poster

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Movie · as Major Pott

1966
Frankie and Johnny poster

Frankie and Johnny

Movie · as Cully

1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! poster

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Movie · as Sarajevo

1965
The Wackiest Ship in the Army poster

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

TV · 1 ep

1964
Kentucky Jones

Kentucky Jones

TV · as Seldom Jackson · 26 eps

1963
The Richard Boone Show poster

The Richard Boone Show

TV · 15 eps

1962
How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

Movie · as Ulysses S. Grant

1962
Ensign O'Toole poster

Ensign O'Toole

TV · as Charlie · 1 ep

1962
Going My Way poster

Going My Way

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Kendall Jones · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Francis X. Healy · 3 eps

1960
Inherit the Wind poster

Inherit the Wind

Movie · as Judge Mel

1960
Cimarron poster

Cimarron

Movie · as Jessie Rickey

1960
The Mountain Road poster

The Mountain Road

Movie · as Mike Michaelson

1960
Pete and Gladys poster

Pete and Gladys

TV · 72 eps

1960
Here's Hollywood poster

Here's Hollywood

TV · 1 ep

1959
It Started with a Kiss poster

It Started with a Kiss

Movie · as Charles Meriden

1959
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as George 'Bugs' Moran · 1 ep

1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon poster

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Movie · as Sergeant Gregovich

1957
Under Fire poster

Under Fire

Movie · as Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Fred Braus, Sheriff Ernie Backwater · 1 ep

1956
Backlash poster

Backlash

Movie · as Tony Welker

1956
Star in the Dust poster

Star in the Dust

Movie · as Lew Hogan

1956
Operation Teahouse poster

Operation Teahouse

Movie · as Self

1956
The Bottom of the Bottle poster

The Bottom of the Bottle

Movie · as Felix - Barkeep

1955
Strategic Air Command poster

Strategic Air Command

Movie · as Sergeant Bible

1955
Not as a Stranger poster

Not as a Stranger

Movie · as Oley

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Osgood Pickett, John Milligan, Jed Hockett · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Hermie Jenkins · 1 ep

1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour poster

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV · as Mike Feeney · 1 ep

1954
The Glenn Miller Story poster

The Glenn Miller Story

Movie · as Chummy MacGregor

1954
The Far Country poster

The Far Country

Movie · as Ketchum

1954
About Mrs. Leslie poster

About Mrs. Leslie

Movie · as Fred Blue

1954
Prisoner of War poster

Prisoner of War

Movie · as Maj. O.D. Hale

1954
The Forty-Niners poster

The Forty-Niners

Movie · as Alf Billings

1954
December Bride poster

December Bride

TV · as Pete Porter · 157 eps

1954
The Lone Wolf poster

The Lone Wolf

TV · as Jim Strait, Rev. Jeffrey Hallam · 1 ep

1953
Thunder Bay poster

Thunder Bay

Movie · as Rawlings

1953
Arena poster

Arena

Movie · as Lew Hutchins

1953
Torch Song poster

Torch Song

Movie · as Joe Denner

1953
Champ for a Day poster

Champ for a Day

Movie · as Al Muntz

1952
High Noon poster

High Noon

Movie · as Sam Fuller

1952
Scandal Sheet poster

Scandal Sheet

Movie · as Biddle

1952
My Six Convicts poster

My Six Convicts

Movie · as Dawson

1952
Bend of the River poster

Bend of the River

Movie · as Shorty

1952
Stop, You're Killing Me poster

Stop, You're Killing Me

Movie · as Innocence

1952
Apache War Smoke poster

Apache War Smoke

Movie · as Ed Cotten

1952
Boots Malone poster

Boots Malone

Movie · as Quarter Horse Henry

1952
Toughest Man in Arizona poster

Toughest Man in Arizona

Movie · as Verne Kimber

1952
The Devil and John Q

The Devil and John Q

Movie · as Abe Lincoln

1952
What Price Glory poster

What Price Glory

Movie · as Sergeant Moran (uncredited)

1952
Cavalcade of America poster

Cavalcade of America

TV · as Homer Byington · 1 ep

1951
The Well poster

The Well

Movie · as Claude Packard

1951
The Blue Veil poster

The Blue Veil

Movie · as Charles Hall

1951
Belle Le Grand poster

Belle Le Grand

Movie · as Abel Stone

1951
When I Grow Up poster

When I Grow Up

Movie · as Father Reed (Modern)

1951
The Highwayman poster

The Highwayman

Movie · as Tim

1951
The Amazing Mr. Malone

The Amazing Mr. Malone

TV · 1 ep

1950
Appointment with Danger poster

Appointment with Danger

Movie · as George Soderquist

1950
Dark City poster

Dark City

Movie · as Soldier

1950
The Showdown poster

The Showdown

Movie · as Rod Main

1950
Outside the Wall poster

Outside the Wall

Movie · as Garth

1949
Holiday Affair poster

Holiday Affair

Movie · as Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)

1949
Red Light poster

Red Light

Movie · as Rocky

1949
Strange Bargain poster

Strange Bargain

Movie · as Richard Webb

1949
Madame Bovary poster

Madame Bovary

Movie · as Hyppolite

1949
Hello Out There poster

Hello Out There

Movie · as The Young Gambler

1949
Down to the Sea in Ships poster

Down to the Sea in Ships

Movie · as Britton

1948
Yellow Sky poster

Yellow Sky

Movie · as Half Pint

1948
Moonrise poster

Moonrise

Movie · as Billy Scripture

1948
All My Sons poster

All My Sons

Movie · as Frank Lubey

1948
The Big Clock poster

The Big Clock

Movie · as Bill Womack

1948
Race Street poster

Race Street

Movie · as Hal Towers

1948
The Saxon Charm poster

The Saxon Charm

Movie · as Hermy

1947
The Gangster poster

The Gangster

Movie · as Shorty

1946
Dragonwyck poster

Dragonwyck

Movie · as Klaas Bleecker

1946
From This Day Forward poster

From This Day Forward

Movie · as Hank Beesley

1946
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog poster

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Movie · as Gus Rivers

1946
Somewhere in the Night poster

Somewhere in the Night

Movie · as Bath Attendant

1946
Johnny Comes Flying Home poster

Johnny Comes Flying Home

Movie · as Joe Patillo

1945
State Fair poster

State Fair

Movie · as Barker

1945
A Bell for Adano poster

A Bell for Adano

Movie · as Captain Purvis

1944
Wing and a Prayer poster

Wing and a Prayer

Movie · as Malcolm Brainard

1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster poster

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Movie · as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon

1944
The Eve of St. Mark poster

The Eve of St. Mark

Movie · as Private Shevlin

1944
Gentle Annie poster

Gentle Annie

Movie · as Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)

1944
Take It or Leave It poster

Take It or Leave It

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943
Crash Dive poster

Crash Dive

Movie · as Brownie

1943
Happy Land poster

Happy Land

Movie · as Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)

1943
The Ox-Bow Incident poster

The Ox-Bow Incident

Movie · as Art Croft

1942
To the Shores of Tripoli poster

To the Shores of Tripoli

Movie · as Mouthy

1942
The Omaha Trail poster

The Omaha Trail

Movie · as Henchman Nat

1942
Orchestra Wives poster

Orchestra Wives

Movie · as Cully Anderson

1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe poster

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Movie · as Ebenezer Burling