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Harry Morgan

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Apr 10, 1915 (111 years old)

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

Acting
2013Greenboy: Prescription for DeathBill Gannon (archive footage)
2004Los Angeles Plays ItselfOfficer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)
2002M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary ReunionHimself
2001The Shootist: The Legend Lives OnSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999Love & Money
1997Family PlanSol Rubins
19963rd Rock from the SunProfessor Suter
1995The Jeff Foxworthy Show
1994Incident in a Small TownJudge Bell
1993Grace Under Fire
1992Against Her Will: An Incident in BaltimoreJudge Stoddard Bell
1992Renegade
1991Memories of M*A*S*HSelf / Sherman Potter
1990The IncidentJudge Bell
1989The SimpsonsBill Gannon (voice)
198814 Going on 30Uncle Herb
1987DragnetCaptain Gannon
1986Blacke's MagicLeonard Blacke
1985The Twilight Zone
1984Murder, She WroteRetired Lt. Richard Webb
1983Sparkling CyanideCaptain Kemp
1983AfterMASHSherman T. Potter
1982The Flight of DragonsCarolinus (voice)
1982Showbiz Goes to WarSelf (archive footage)
1981Rivkin: Bounty HunterFather Everett Kolodny
1981Making 'M*A*S*H'Self
1980RoughnecksPlug Champion
1980Scout's HonorMr. Briggs
1980More Wild Wild WestRobert T. 'Skinny' Malone
1979The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides AgainT.P. Gaskill
1979The Wild Wild West RevisitedRobert T. Malone
1979You Can't Take it With YouMr. DePinna
1979Better Late Than NeverMr. Scott
1979Backstairs at the White HousePres. Harry S. Truman
1979Roots: The Next GenerationsBob Campbell
1978Maneaters Are Loose!Toby Waites
1978The Cat from Outer SpaceGeneral Stilton
1978Confessions of the D.A. ManH.M. 'Staff' Stafford
1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidHugo Peavey
1978Murder at the Mardi GrasJim Bob Jackson
1978The BastardCapt. Caleb
1977Exo-ManArthur Travis
1977The Love BoatWendell Snead
1977The Love BoatCharly Fields
1977The Love BoatProfessor Milo Endler
1976The ShootistMarshall Thibido
1975The Apple Dumpling GangHomer McCoy
1975The Last DayNarrator
1974SidekicksSheriff Jenkins
1974Dinah!Self
1973Charley and the AngelAngel
1972Snowball ExpressJesse McCord
1972The Century TurnsDoc Amos B. Coogan
1972M*A*S*HGeneral Steele
1972M*A*S*HSherman Potter
1972Hec RamseyDoc Amos Coogan
1971The Barefoot ExecutiveE.J. Crampton
1971Support Your Local GunfighterTaylor
1971Scandalous JohnSheriff Pippin
1971The Feminist and the FuzzHorace Bowers
1971Cat BallouThe Rancher
1971Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind YouInsp. Richard Queen
1971The D.A.H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
1970But I Don't Want to Get Married!Mr. Good
1970Night GalleryThaddeus Conway
1970The Partridge FamilyCal
1970The Partridge FamilyWillie Larkin
1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Olly Perkins
1969Viva Max!Chief of Police Sylvester
1969DragnetBill Gannon
1969Love, American StyleWoody
1968Star Spangled SalesmanTV Cop
1967The Flim-Flam ManSheriff Slade
1967DragnetGannon
1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?Major Pott
1966Frankie and JohnnyCully
1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!Sarajevo
1965The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1964Kentucky JonesSeldom Jackson
1963The Richard Boone Show
1962How the West Was WonUlysses S. Grant
1962Ensign O'TooleCharlie
1962Going My Way
1962The VirginianKendall Jones
1961Dr. KildareFrancis X. Healy
1960Inherit the WindJudge Mel
1960CimarronJessie Rickey
1960The Mountain RoadMike Michaelson
1960Pete and Gladys
1960Here's Hollywood
1959It Started with a KissCharles Meriden
1959The UntouchablesGeorge 'Bugs' Moran
1957The Teahouse of the August MoonSergeant Gregovich
1957Under FireSgt. Joseph C. Dusak
1957Have Gun, Will TravelSheriff Ernie Backwater
1957Have Gun, Will TravelFred Braus
1956BacklashTony Welker
1956Star in the DustLew Hogan
1956Operation TeahouseSelf
1956The Bottom of the BottleFelix - Barkeep
1955Strategic Air CommandSergeant Bible
1955Not as a StrangerOley
1955GunsmokeOsgood Pickett
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsHermie Jenkins
1955The 20th Century Fox HourMike Feeney
1955GunsmokeJohn Milligan
1955GunsmokeJed Hockett
1954The Glenn Miller StoryChummy MacGregor
1954The Far CountryKetchum
1954About Mrs. LeslieFred Blue
1954Prisoner of WarMaj. O.D. Hale
1954The Forty-NinersAlf Billings
1954December BridePete Porter
1954The Lone WolfJim Strait
1954The Lone WolfRev. Jeffrey Hallam
1953Thunder BayRawlings
1953ArenaLew Hutchins
1953Torch SongJoe Denner
1953Champ for a DayAl Muntz
1952High NoonSam Fuller
1952Scandal SheetBiddle
1952My Six ConvictsDawson
1952Bend of the RiverShorty
1952Stop, You're Killing MeInnocence
1952Apache War SmokeEd Cotten
1952Boots MaloneQuarter Horse Henry
1952Toughest Man in ArizonaVerne Kimber
1952The Devil and John QAbe Lincoln
1952What Price GlorySergeant Moran
1952Cavalcade of AmericaHomer Byington
1951The WellClaude Packard
1951The Blue VeilCharles Hall
1951Belle Le GrandAbel Stone
1951When I Grow UpFather Reed (Modern)
1951The Highwayman
1951The Amazing Mr. Malone
1950Appointment with DangerGeorge Soderquist
1950Dark CitySoldier
1950The ShowdownRod Main
1950Outside the WallGarth
1949Holiday AffairPolice Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
1949Red LightRocky
1949Strange BargainRichard Webb
1949Madame BovaryHyppolite
1949Hello Out ThereThe Young Gambler
1949Down to the Sea in ShipsBritton
1948Yellow SkyHalf Pint
1948MoonriseBilly Scripture
1948All My SonsFrank Lubey
1948The Big ClockBill Womack
1948Race StreetHal Towers
1948The Saxon CharmHermy
1947The GangsterShorty
1946DragonwyckKlaas Bleecker
1946From This Day ForwardHank Beesley
1946It Shouldn't Happen to a DogGus Rivers
1946Somewhere in the NightBath Attendant
1946Johnny Comes Flying HomeJoe Patillo
1945State FairBarker
1945A Bell for AdanoCapt. N. Purvis
1944Wing and a PrayerMalcolm Brainard
1944Roger Touhy, GangsterThomas "Smoke" Reardon
1944The Eve of St. MarkPrivate Shevlin
1944Gentle AnnieCottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
1944Take It or Leave It(archive footage) (uncredited)
1943Crash DiveBrownie
1943Happy LandTony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
1943The Ox-Bow IncidentArt Croft
1942To the Shores of TripoliMouthy
1942The Omaha TrailHenchman Nat
1942Orchestra WivesCully Anderson
1942The Loves of Edgar Allan PoeEbenezer Burling
1933The Kennel Murder CaseGamble (uncredited)
Production
2024BakariProducer
Directing
1972M*A*S*HDirector
1972Hec RamseyDirector
1968Adam-12Director
1963The Richard Boone ShowDirector
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourDirector