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Harry Morgan

Acting 96 (deceased) years old Detroit, Michigan, USA ★ 1.9
Born: April 10, 1915
Died: December 7, 2011

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

Acting Credits (172)

Greenboy: Prescription for Death
Greenboy: Prescription for Death Bill Gannon (archive footage) 2013
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage) 2004
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion Himself 2002
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2001
Love & Money
Love & Money 1999
Family Plan
Family Plan Sol Rubins 1997
3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun Professor Suter 1996
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
The Jeff Foxworthy Show 1995
Incident in a Small Town
Incident in a Small Town Judge Bell 1994
Grace Under Fire
Grace Under Fire 1993
Renegade
Renegade 1992
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore Judge Stoddard Bell 1992
Memories of M*A*S*H
Memories of M*A*S*H Self / Sherman Potter 1991
The Incident
The Incident Judge Bell 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Bill Gannon (voice) 1989
14 Going on 30
14 Going on 30 Uncle Herb 1988
Dragnet
Dragnet Captain Gannon 1987
Blacke's Magic
Blacke's Magic Leonard Blacke 1986
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone 1985
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote Retired Lt. Richard Webb 1984
Sparkling Cyanide
Sparkling Cyanide Captain Kemp 1983
AfterMASH
AfterMASH Sherman T. Potter 1983
Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War (archive footage) 1982
The Flight of Dragons
The Flight of Dragons Carolinus (voice) 1982
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter Father Everett Kolodny 1981
More Wild Wild West
More Wild Wild West Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone 1980
Scout's Honor
Scout's Honor Mr. Briggs 1980
Roughnecks
Roughnecks Plug Champion 1980
Better Late Than Never
Better Late Than Never Mr. Scott 1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again T.P. Gaskill 1979
You Can't Take it With You
You Can't Take it With You Mr. DePinna 1979
The Wild Wild West Revisited
The Wild Wild West Revisited Robert T. Malone 1979
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations Bob Campbell 1979
Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House Pres. Harry S. Truman 1979
The Cat from Outer Space
The Cat from Outer Space General Stilton 1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid Hugo Peavey 1978
The Bastard
The Bastard Capt. Caleb 1978
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Murder at the Mardi Gras Jim Bob Jackson 1978
Maneaters Are Loose!
Maneaters Are Loose! Toby Waites 1978
Confessions of the D.A. Man
Confessions of the D.A. Man H.M. 'Staff' Stafford 1978
The Love Boat
The Love Boat Wendell Snead 1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat Charly Fields 1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat Professor Milo Endler 1977
Exo-Man
Exo-Man Arthur Travis 1977
The Shootist
The Shootist Marshall Thibido 1976
The Apple Dumpling Gang
The Apple Dumpling Gang Homer McCoy 1975
The Last Day
The Last Day Narrator 1975
Dinah!
Dinah! Self 1974
Sidekicks
Sidekicks Sheriff Jenkins 1974
Charley and the Angel
Charley and the Angel Angel 1973
Snowball Express
Snowball Express Jesse McCord 1972
The Century Turns
The Century Turns Doc Amos B. Coogan 1972
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H General Steele 1972
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H Sherman Potter 1972
Hec Ramsey
Hec Ramsey Doc Amos Coogan 1972
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You Insp. Richard Queen 1971
The D.A.
The D.A. H.M. 'Staff' Stafford 1971
Cat Ballou
Cat Ballou The Rancher 1971
Scandalous John
Scandalous John Sheriff Pippin 1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Support Your Local Gunfighter Taylor 1971
The Barefoot Executive
The Barefoot Executive E.J. Crampton 1971
The Feminist and the Fuzz
The Feminist and the Fuzz Horace Bowers 1971
Night Gallery
Night Gallery Thaddeus Conway 1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
But I Don't Want to Get Married! Mr. Good 1970
The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family Willie Larkin 1970
The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family Cal 1970
Viva Max!
Viva Max! Chief of Police Sylvester 1969
Love, American Style
Love, American Style Woody 1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Support Your Local Sheriff! Olly Perkins 1969
Dragnet
Dragnet Bill Gannon 1969
Star Spangled Salesman
Star Spangled Salesman TV Cop 1968
The Flim-Flam Man
The Flim-Flam Man Sheriff Slade 1967
Dragnet
Dragnet Officer Bill Gannon 1967
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? Major Pott 1966
Frankie and Johnny
Frankie and Johnny Cully 1966
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Sarajevo 1965
Kentucky Jones
Kentucky Jones Seldom Jackson 1964
The Richard Boone Show
The Richard Boone Show 1963
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won Ulysses S. Grant 1962
Going My Way
Going My Way 1962
Ensign O'Toole
Ensign O'Toole Charlie 1962
The Virginian
The Virginian Kendall Jones 1962
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare Francis X. Healy 1961
Cimarron
Cimarron Jessie Rickey 1960
Here's Hollywood
Here's Hollywood 1960
Pete and Gladys
Pete and Gladys 1960
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind Judge Mel 1960
The Mountain Road
The Mountain Road Mike Michaelson 1960
The Untouchables
The Untouchables George 'Bugs' Moran 1959
It Started with a Kiss
It Started with a Kiss Charles Meriden 1959
Under Fire
Under Fire Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel Fred Braus 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel Sheriff Ernie Backwater 1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon Sergeant Gregovich 1957
Operation Teahouse
Operation Teahouse Self 1956
Star in the Dust
Star in the Dust Lew Hogan 1956
Backlash
Backlash Tony Welker 1956
The Bottom of the Bottle
The Bottom of the Bottle Felix - Barkeep 1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour Mike Feeney 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Hermie Jenkins 1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke Osgood Pickett 1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke John Milligan 1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke Jed Hockett 1955
Not as a Stranger
Not as a Stranger Oley 1955
Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Sergeant Bible 1955
December Bride
December Bride Pete Porter 1954
About Mrs. Leslie
About Mrs. Leslie Fred Blue 1954
The Forty-Niners
The Forty-Niners Alf Billings 1954
Prisoner of War
Prisoner of War Maj. O.D. Hale 1954
The Lone Wolf
The Lone Wolf Jim Strait 1954
The Lone Wolf
The Lone Wolf Rev. Jeffrey Hallam 1954
The Far Country
The Far Country Ketchum 1954
The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story Chummy MacGregor 1954
Torch Song
Torch Song Joe Denner 1953
Champ for a Day
Champ for a Day Al Muntz 1953
Arena
Arena Lew Hutchins 1953
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay Rawlings 1953
Stop, You're Killing Me
Stop, You're Killing Me Innocence 1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
Toughest Man in Arizona Verne Kimber 1952
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America Homer Byington 1952
Apache War Smoke
Apache War Smoke Ed Cotten 1952
What Price Glory
What Price Glory Sergeant Moran 1952
High Noon
High Noon Sam Fuller 1952
My Six Convicts
My Six Convicts Dawson 1952
The Devil and John Q
The Devil and John Q Abe Lincoln 1952
Bend of the River
Bend of the River Shorty 1952
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet Biddle 1952
Boots Malone
Boots Malone Quarter Horse Henry 1952
The Blue Veil
The Blue Veil Charles Hall 1951
The Well
The Well Claude Packard 1951
The Highwayman
The Highwayman 1951
When I Grow Up
When I Grow Up Father Reed (Modern) 1951
The Amazing Mr. Malone
The Amazing Mr. Malone 1951
Belle Le Grand
Belle Le Grand Abel Stone 1951
Dark City
Dark City Soldier 1950
The Showdown
The Showdown Rod Main 1950
Appointment with Danger
Appointment with Danger George Soderquist 1950
Outside the Wall
Outside the Wall Garth 1950
Holiday Affair
Holiday Affair Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan) 1949
Strange Bargain
Strange Bargain Richard Webb 1949
Red Light
Red Light Rocky 1949
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary Hyppolite 1949
Down to the Sea in Ships
Down to the Sea in Ships Britton 1949
Hello Out There
Hello Out There The Young Gambler 1949
Yellow Sky
Yellow Sky Half Pint 1948
Moonrise
Moonrise Billy Scripture 1948
The Saxon Charm
The Saxon Charm Hermy 1948
Race Street
Race Street Hal Towers 1948
All My Sons
All My Sons Frank Lubey 1948
The Big Clock
The Big Clock Bill Womack 1948
The Gangster
The Gangster Shorty 1947
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog Gus Rivers 1946
Somewhere in the Night
Somewhere in the Night Bath Attendant 1946
Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck Klaas Bleecker 1946
Johnny Comes Flying Home
Johnny Comes Flying Home Joe Patillo 1946
From This Day Forward
From This Day Forward Hank Beesley 1946
State Fair
State Fair Barker 1945
A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano Capt. N. Purvis 1945
Gentle Annie
Gentle Annie Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan) 1944
Take It or Leave It
Take It or Leave It (archive footage) (uncredited) 1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Roger Touhy, Gangster Thomas "Smoke" Reardon 1944
The Eve of St. Mark
The Eve of St. Mark Private Shevlin 1944
Wing and a Prayer
Wing and a Prayer Malcolm Brainard 1944
Happy Land
Happy Land Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan) 1943
Crash Dive
Crash Dive Brownie 1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident Art Croft 1943
To the Shores of Tripoli
To the Shores of Tripoli Mouthy 1942
Orchestra Wives
Orchestra Wives Cully Anderson 1942
The Omaha Trail
The Omaha Trail Henchman Nat 1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe Ebenezer Burling 1942
The Kennel Murder Case
The Kennel Murder Case Gamble (uncredited) 1933

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