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