Harry Morgan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 10 April 1915 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died
- 7 December 2011
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
Production 1
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Acting 127
- 2013Greenboy: Prescription for Death as Bill Gannon (archive footage)
- 2004Los Angeles Plays Itself as Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)
- 2002M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion as Himself
- 2001The Shootist: The Legend Lives On as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1997Family Plan as Sol Rubins
- 1994Incident in a Small Town as Judge Bell
- 1992Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore as Judge Stoddard Bell
- 1991Memories of M*A*S*H as Self / Sherman Potter
- 1990The Incident as Judge Bell
- 1989The Simpsons as Bill Gannon (voice) · 1 episode
- 198814 Going on 30 as Uncle Herb
- 1987Dragnet as Captain Gannon
- 1983Sparkling Cyanide as Captain Kemp
- 1982Showbiz Goes to War as Self (archive footage)
- 1982The Flight of Dragons as Carolinus (voice)
- 1981Rivkin: Bounty Hunter as Father Everett Kolodny
- 1981Making 'M*A*S*H' as Self
- 1980More Wild Wild West as Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone
- 1980Scout's Honor as Mr. Briggs
- 1980Roughnecks as Plug Champion
- 1979Better Late Than Never as Mr. Scott
- 1979The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as T.P. Gaskill
- 1979You Can't Take it With You as Mr. DePinna
- 1979The Wild Wild West Revisited as Robert T. Malone
- 1978The Cat from Outer Space as General Stilton
- 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid as Hugo Peavey
- 1978The Bastard as Capt. Caleb
- 1978Murder at the Mardi Gras as Jim Bob Jackson
- 1978Maneaters Are Loose! as Toby Waites
- 1978Confessions of the D.A. Man as H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
- 1977Exo-Man as Arthur Travis
- 1976The Shootist as Marshall Thibido
- 1975The Apple Dumpling Gang as Homer McCoy
- 1975The Last Day as Narrator
- 1974Sidekicks as Sheriff Jenkins
- 1973Charley and the Angel as Angel
- 1972Snowball Express as Jesse McCord
- 1972The Century Turns as Doc Amos B. Coogan
- 1971Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You as Insp. Richard Queen
- 1971Cat Ballou as The Rancher
- 1971Scandalous John as Sheriff Pippin
- 1971Support Your Local Gunfighter as Taylor
- 1971The Barefoot Executive as E.J. Crampton
- 1971The Feminist and the Fuzz as Horace Bowers
- 1970But I Don't Want to Get Married! as Mr. Good
- 1969Viva Max! as Chief of Police Sylvester
- 1969Support Your Local Sheriff! as Olly Perkins
- 1969Dragnet as Bill Gannon
- 1968Star Spangled Salesman as TV Cop
- 1967The Flim-Flam Man as Sheriff Slade
- 1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Major Pott
- 1966Frankie and Johnny as Cully
- 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Sarajevo
- 1962How the West Was Won as Ulysses S. Grant
- 1960Cimarron as Jessie Rickey
- 1960Inherit the Wind as Judge Mel
- 1960The Mountain Road as Mike Michaelson
- 1959It Started with a Kiss as Charles Meriden
- 1957Under Fire as Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak
- 1957The Teahouse of the August Moon as Sergeant Gregovich
- 1956Operation Teahouse as Self
- 1956Star in the Dust as Lew Hogan
- 1956Backlash as Tony Welker
- 1956The Bottom of the Bottle as Felix - Barkeep
- 1955Not as a Stranger as Oley
- 1955Strategic Air Command as Sergeant Bible
- 1954About Mrs. Leslie as Fred Blue
- 1954The Forty-Niners as Alf Billings
- 1954Prisoner of War as Maj. O.D. Hale
- 1954The Far Country as Ketchum
- 1954The Glenn Miller Story as Chummy MacGregor
- 1953Torch Song as Joe Denner
- 1953Champ for a Day as Al Muntz
- 1953Arena as Lew Hutchins
- 1953Thunder Bay as Rawlings
- 1952Stop, You're Killing Me as Innocence
- 1952Toughest Man in Arizona as Verne Kimber
- 1952Apache War Smoke as Ed Cotten
- 1952What Price Glory as Sergeant Moran (uncredited)
- 1952High Noon as Sam Fuller
- 1952My Six Convicts as Dawson
- 1952The Devil and John Q as Abe Lincoln
- 1952Bend of the River as Shorty
- 1952Scandal Sheet as Biddle
- 1952Boots Malone as Quarter Horse Henry
- 1951The Blue Veil as Charles Hall
- 1951The Well as Claude Packard
- 1951The Highwayman as Tim
- 1951When I Grow Up as Father Reed (Modern)
- 1951Belle Le Grand as Abel Stone
- 1950Dark City as Soldier
- 1950The Showdown as Rod Main
- 1950Appointment with Danger as George Soderquist
- 1950Outside the Wall as Garth
- 1949Holiday Affair as Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
- 1949Strange Bargain as Richard Webb
- 1949Red Light as Rocky
- 1949Madame Bovary as Hyppolite
- 1949Down to the Sea in Ships as Britton
- 1949Hello Out There as The Young Gambler
- 1948Yellow Sky as Half Pint
- 1948Moonrise as Billy Scripture
- 1948The Saxon Charm as Hermy
- 1948Race Street as Hal Towers
- 1948All My Sons as Frank Lubey
- 1948The Big Clock as Bill Womack
- 1947The Gangster as Shorty
- 1946It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Gus Rivers
- 1946Somewhere in the Night as Bath Attendant
- 1946Dragonwyck as Klaas Bleecker
- 1946Johnny Comes Flying Home as Joe Patillo
- 1946From This Day Forward as Hank Beesley
- 1945State Fair as Barker
- 1945A Bell for Adano as Captain Purvis
- 1944Gentle Annie as Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
- 1944Take It or Leave It as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1944Roger Touhy, Gangster as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
- 1944The Eve of St. Mark as Private Shevlin
- 1944Wing and a Prayer as Malcolm Brainard
- 1943Happy Land as Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
- 1943Crash Dive as Brownie
- 1943The Ox-Bow Incident as Art Croft
- 1942Orchestra Wives as Cully Anderson
- 1942The Omaha Trail as Henchman Nat
- 1942The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Ebenezer Burling
- 1942To the Shores of Tripoli as Mouthy
- 1933The Kennel Murder Case as Gamble (uncredited)