Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Acting • Born 1915-04-10 – Died 2011-12-07

Acting3Detroit, 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.

Filmography

172 credits
High Noon

High Noon

Movie • 1952

Sam Fuller

Dragnet

Dragnet

Movie • 1987

Captain Gannon

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

Movie • 1960

Judge Mel

The Barefoot Executive

The Barefoot Executive

Movie • 1971

E.J. Crampton

Roughnecks

Roughnecks

Movie • 1980

Plug Champion

Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky

Movie • 1948

Half Pint

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Movie • 1969

Olly Perkins

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Movie • 1979

T.P. Gaskill

Maneaters Are Loose!

Maneaters Are Loose!

Movie • 1978

Toby Waites

Holiday Affair

Holiday Affair

Movie • 1949

Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

Movie • 1962

Ulysses S. Grant

Snowball Express

Snowball Express

Movie • 1972

Jesse McCord

Appointment with Danger

Appointment with Danger

Movie • 1950

George Soderquist

Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

Movie • 1946

Klaas Bleecker

The Gangster

The Gangster

Movie • 1947

Shorty

The Shootist

The Shootist

Movie • 1976

Marshall Thibido

Red Light

Red Light

Movie • 1949

Rocky

Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet

Movie • 1952

Biddle

The Flight of Dragons

The Flight of Dragons

Movie • 1982

Carolinus (voice)

State Fair

State Fair

Movie • 1945

Barker

Moonrise

Moonrise

Movie • 1948

Billy Scripture

The Well

The Well

Movie • 1951

Claude Packard

Strange Bargain

Strange Bargain

Movie • 1949

Richard Webb

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Movie • 1966

Major Pott

Dark City

Dark City

Movie • 1950

Soldier

The Flim-Flam Man

The Flim-Flam Man

Movie • 1967

Sheriff Slade

Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay

Movie • 1953

Rawlings

Backlash

Backlash

Movie • 1956

Tony Welker

Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

Movie • 1955

Sergeant Bible

My Six Convicts

My Six Convicts

Movie • 1952

Dawson

All My Sons

All My Sons

Movie • 1948

Frank Lubey

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Movie • 1949

Hyppolite

Bend of the River

Bend of the River

Movie • 1952

Shorty

Cimarron

Cimarron

Movie • 1960

Jessie Rickey

Viva Max!

Viva Max!

Movie • 1969

Chief of Police Sylvester

The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

Movie • 1954

Chummy MacGregor

The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Movie • 1975

Homer McCoy

Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny

Movie • 1966

Cully

The Far Country

The Far Country

Movie • 1954

Ketchum

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Movie • 1971

Taylor

The Cat from Outer Space

The Cat from Outer Space

Movie • 1978

General Stilton

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer

Movie • 1944

Malcolm Brainard

The Big Clock

The Big Clock

Movie • 1948

Bill Womack

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

Movie • 1982

(archive footage)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Movie • 2004

Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)

Incident in a Small Town

Incident in a Small Town

Movie • 1994

Judge Bell

Race Street

Race Street

Movie • 1948

Hal Towers

Crash Dive

Crash Dive

Movie • 1943

Brownie

Sidekicks

Sidekicks

Movie • 1974

Sheriff Jenkins

To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli

Movie • 1942

Mouthy

The Wild Wild West Revisited

The Wild Wild West Revisited

Movie • 1979

Robert T. Malone

Stop, You're Killing Me

Stop, You're Killing Me

Movie • 1952

Innocence

The Showdown

The Showdown

Movie • 1950

Rod Main

The Mountain Road

The Mountain Road

Movie • 1960

Mike Michaelson

Charley and the Angel

Charley and the Angel

Movie • 1973

Angel

Scandalous John

Scandalous John

Movie • 1971

Sheriff Pippin

About Mrs. Leslie

About Mrs. Leslie

Movie • 1954

Fred Blue

Arena

Arena

Movie • 1953

Lew Hutchins

Apache War Smoke

Apache War Smoke

Movie • 1952

Ed Cotten

Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust

Movie • 1956

Lew Hogan

The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil

Movie • 1951

Charles Hall

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Movie • 1944

Thomas "Smoke" Reardon

The Saxon Charm

The Saxon Charm

Movie • 1948

Hermy

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward

Movie • 1946

Hank Beesley

Hello Out There

Hello Out There

Movie • 1949

The Young Gambler

Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships

Movie • 1949

Britton

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Movie • 1946

Gus Rivers

Boots Malone

Boots Malone

Movie • 1952

Quarter Horse Henry

It Started with a Kiss

It Started with a Kiss

Movie • 1959

Charles Meriden

Prisoner of War

Prisoner of War

Movie • 1954

Maj. O.D. Hale

Toughest Man in Arizona

Toughest Man in Arizona

Movie • 1952

Verne Kimber

Confessions of the D.A. Man

Confessions of the D.A. Man

Movie • 1978

H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

The Century Turns

The Century Turns

Movie • 1972

Doc Amos B. Coogan

Happy Land

Happy Land

Movie • 1943

Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)

The Eve of St. Mark

The Eve of St. Mark

Movie • 1944

Private Shevlin

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

Movie • 1943

Art Croft

The Forty-Niners

The Forty-Niners

Movie • 1954

Alf Billings

Outside the Wall

Outside the Wall

Movie • 1950

Garth

Gentle Annie

Gentle Annie

Movie • 1944

Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)

You Can't Take it With You

You Can't Take it With You

Movie • 1979

Mr. DePinna

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Movie • 1981

Father Everett Kolodny

The Feminist and the Fuzz

The Feminist and the Fuzz

Movie • 1971

Horace Bowers

Not as a Stranger

Not as a Stranger

Movie • 1955

Oley

The Devil and John Q

The Devil and John Q

Movie • 1952

Abe Lincoln

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Movie • 1965

Sarajevo

Exo-Man

Exo-Man

Movie • 1977

Arthur Travis

Scout's Honor

Scout's Honor

Movie • 1980

Mr. Briggs

Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night

Movie • 1946

Bath Attendant

Belle Le Grand

Belle Le Grand

Movie • 1951

Abel Stone

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Movie • 1978

Hugo Peavey

The Omaha Trail

The Omaha Trail

Movie • 1942

Henchman Nat

Greenboy: Prescription for Death

Greenboy: Prescription for Death

Movie • 2013

Bill Gannon (archive footage)

Orchestra Wives

Orchestra Wives

Movie • 1942

Cully Anderson

Torch Song

Torch Song

Movie • 1953

Joe Denner

Murder at the Mardi Gras

Murder at the Mardi Gras

Movie • 1978

Jim Bob Jackson

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Movie • 1942

Ebenezer Burling

More Wild Wild West

More Wild Wild West

Movie • 1980

Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone

The Last Day

The Last Day

Movie • 1975

Narrator

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

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

Movie • 2002

Himself

What Price Glory

What Price Glory

Movie • 1952

Sergeant Moran

When I Grow Up

When I Grow Up

Movie • 1951

Father Reed (Modern)

The Teahouse of the August Moon

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Movie • 1957

Sergeant Gregovich

The Incident

The Incident

Movie • 1990

Judge Bell

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Movie • 1992

Judge Stoddard Bell

Champ for a Day

Champ for a Day

Movie • 1953

Al Muntz

Take It or Leave It

Take It or Leave It

Movie • 1944

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Dragnet

Dragnet

Movie • 1969

Bill Gannon

14 Going on 30

14 Going on 30

Movie • 1988

Uncle Herb

Memories of M*A*S*H

Memories of M*A*S*H

Movie • 1991

Self / Sherman Potter

The Kennel Murder Case

The Kennel Murder Case

Movie • 1933

Gamble (uncredited)

A Bell for Adano

A Bell for Adano

Movie • 1945

Capt. N. Purvis

Better Late Than Never

Better Late Than Never

Movie • 1979

Mr. Scott

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Movie • 2001

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide

Movie • 1983

Captain Kemp

Under Fire

Under Fire

Movie • 1957

Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak

Family Plan

Family Plan

Movie • 1997

Sol Rubins

Johnny Comes Flying Home

Johnny Comes Flying Home

Movie • 1946

Joe Patillo

Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou

Movie • 1971

The Rancher

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

Movie • 1970

Mr. Good

Star Spangled Salesman

Star Spangled Salesman

Movie • 1968

TV Cop

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

Movie • 1971

Insp. Richard Queen

Operation Teahouse

Operation Teahouse

Movie • 1956

Self

The Highwayman

The Highwayman

Movie • 1951

The Bottom of the Bottle

The Bottom of the Bottle

Movie • 1956

Felix - Barkeep

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Retired Lt. Richard Webb

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

TV • 1989

Bill Gannon (voice)

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

TV • 1972

General Steele

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

TV • 1972

Sherman Potter

Renegade

Renegade

TV • 1992

December Bride

December Bride

TV • 1954

Pete Porter

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

TV • 1977

Wendell Snead

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

TV • 1985

Grace Under Fire

Grace Under Fire

TV • 1993

Ensign O'Toole

Ensign O'Toole

TV • 1962

Charlie

AfterMASH

AfterMASH

TV • 1983

Sherman T. Potter

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Osgood Pickett

Night Gallery

Night Gallery

TV • 1970

Thaddeus Conway

Backstairs at the White House

Backstairs at the White House

TV • 1979

Pres. Harry S. Truman

Hec Ramsey

Hec Ramsey

TV • 1972

Doc Amos Coogan

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Hermie Jenkins

Going My Way

Going My Way

TV • 1962

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

TV • 1965

The Jeff Foxworthy Show

The Jeff Foxworthy Show

TV • 1995

The Virginian

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Kendall Jones

The D.A.

The D.A.

TV • 1971

H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys

TV • 1960

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

TV • 1979

Bob Campbell

The Richard Boone Show

The Richard Boone Show

TV • 1963

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

TV • 1952

Homer Byington

Blacke's Magic

Blacke's Magic

TV • 1986

Leonard Blacke

The Amazing Mr. Malone

The Amazing Mr. Malone

TV • 1951

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

TV • 1961

Francis X. Healy

Here's Hollywood

Here's Hollywood

TV • 1960

Kentucky Jones

Kentucky Jones

TV • 1964

Seldom Jackson

Love & Money

Love & Money

TV • 1999

Dragnet

Dragnet

TV • 1967

Officer Bill Gannon

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV • 1955

Mike Feeney

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

John Milligan

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Jed Hockett

Love, American Style

Love, American Style

TV • 1969

Woody

3rd Rock from the Sun

3rd Rock from the Sun

TV • 1996

Professor Suter

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

TV • 1970

Cal

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

TV • 1970

Willie Larkin

The Untouchables

The Untouchables

TV • 1959

George 'Bugs' Moran

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

TV • 1977

Charly Fields

Dinah!

Dinah!

TV • 1974

Self

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Fred Braus

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Sheriff Ernie Backwater

The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf

TV • 1954

Jim Strait

The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf

TV • 1954

Rev. Jeffrey Hallam

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

TV • 1977

Professor Milo Endler

The Bastard

The Bastard

TV • 1978

Capt. Caleb