Person
Harry Morgan
Acting · 1915–2011 · 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
The Simpsons
Bill Gannon (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
Retired Lt. Richard Webb
The Love Boat
Wendell Snead
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Director
M*A*S*H
General Steele
Adam-12
Director
The Virginian
Kendall Jones
Love, American Style
Woody
Have Gun, Will Travel
Fred Braus
Renegade
1992
Filmography
- 2024BakariProducer
- 2013Greenboy: Prescription for DeathBill Gannon (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
- 1992Renegade
- 1992Against Her Will: An Incident in BaltimoreJudge Stoddard Bell
- 1991Memories of M*A*S*HSelf / Sherman Potter
- 1990The IncidentJudge Bell
- 1989The SimpsonsBill Gannon (voice)
- 198814 Going on 30Uncle Herb
- 1987You Can't Take It with YouMartin Vanderhof
- 1987DragnetCaptain Gannon
- 1986Blacke's MagicLeonard Blacke
- 1985The Twilight Zone
- 1984Murder, She WroteRetired Lt. Richard Webb
- 1983Sparkling CyanideCaptain Kemp
- 1983AfterMASHSherman T. Potter
- 1982Showbiz Goes to WarSelf (archive footage)
- 1982The Flight of DragonsCarolinus (voice)
- 1981Rivkin: Bounty HunterFather Everett Kolodny
- 1981Making 'M*A*S*H'Self
- 1980More Wild Wild WestRobert T. 'Skinny' Malone
- 1980Scout's HonorMr. Briggs
- 1980RoughnecksPlug Champion
- 1979Better Late Than NeverMr. Scott
- 1979The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides AgainT.P. Gaskill
- 1979You Can't Take it With YouMr. DePinna
- 1979The Wild Wild West RevisitedRobert T. Malone
- 1979Roots: The Next GenerationsBob Campbell
- 1979Backstairs at the White HousePres. Harry S. Truman
- 1978The Cat from Outer SpaceGeneral Stilton
- 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidHugo Peavey
- 1978The BastardCapt. Caleb
- 1978Murder at the Mardi GrasJim Bob Jackson
- 1978Maneaters Are Loose!Toby Waites
- 1978Confessions of the D.A. ManH.M. 'Staff' Stafford
- 1977The Love BoatWendell Snead
- 1977Exo-ManArthur Travis
- 1976The ShootistMarshall Thibido
- 1975The Apple Dumpling GangHomer McCoy
- 1975The Last DayNarrator
- 1974Dinah!Self
- 1974SidekicksSheriff Jenkins
- 1973Charley and the AngelAngel
- 1972Snowball ExpressJesse McCord
- 1972The Century TurnsDoc Amos B. Coogan
- 1972M*A*S*HGeneral Steele
- 1972Hec RamseyDoc Amos Coogan
- 1971Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind YouInsp. Richard Queen
- 1971The D.A.H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
- 1971Cat BallouThe Rancher
- 1971Scandalous JohnSheriff Pippin
- 1971Support Your Local GunfighterTaylor
- 1971The Barefoot ExecutiveE.J. Crampton
- 1971The Feminist and the FuzzHorace Bowers
- 1970Night GalleryThaddeus Conway
- 1970But I Don't Want to Get Married!Mr. Good
- 1970The Partridge FamilyCal
- 1969Viva Max!Chief of Police Sylvester
- 1969Love, American StyleWoody
- 1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Olly Perkins
- 1969DragnetBill Gannon
- 1968Adam-12Director
- 1968Star Spangled SalesmanTV Cop
- 1967The Flim-Flam ManSheriff Slade
- 1967DragnetGannon
- 1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?Major Pott
- 1966Frankie and JohnnyCully
- 1965The Wackiest Ship in the Army
- 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!Sarajevo
- 1964Kentucky JonesSeldom Jackson
- 1963The Richard Boone Show
- 1962How the West Was WonUlysses S. Grant
- 1962Going My Way
- 1962Ensign O'TooleCharlie
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourDirector
- 1962The VirginianKendall Jones
- 1961Dr. KildareFrancis X. Healy
- 1960CimarronJessie Rickey
- 1960Here's Hollywood
- 1960Pete and Gladys
- 1960Inherit the WindJudge Mel
- 1960The Mountain RoadMike Michaelson
- 1959The UntouchablesGeorge 'Bugs' Moran
- 1959It Started with a KissCharles Meriden
- 1957Under FireSgt. Joseph C. Dusak
- 1957Have Gun, Will TravelFred Braus
- 1957The Teahouse of the August MoonSergeant Gregovich
- 1956Operation TeahouseSelf
- 1956Star in the DustLew Hogan
- 1956BacklashTony Welker
- 1956The Bottom of the BottleFelix - Barkeep
- 1955The 20th Century Fox HourMike Feeney
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsHermie Jenkins
- 1955GunsmokeOsgood Pickett
- 1955Not as a StrangerOley
- 1955Strategic Air CommandSergeant Bible
- 1954December BridePete Porter
- 1954About Mrs. LeslieFred Blue
- 1954The Forty-NinersAlf Billings
- 1954Prisoner of WarMaj. O.D. Hale
- 1954The Lone WolfJim Strait
- 1954The Far CountryKetchum
- 1954The Glenn Miller StoryChummy MacGregor
- 1953Torch SongJoe Denner
- 1953Champ for a DayAl Muntz
- 1953ArenaLew Hutchins
- 1953Thunder BayRawlings
- 1952Stop, You're Killing MeInnocence
- 1952Toughest Man in ArizonaVerne Kimber
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaHomer Byington
- 1952Apache War SmokeEd Cotten
- 1952What Price GlorySergeant Moran
- 1952High NoonSam Fuller
- 1952My Six ConvictsDawson
- 1952The Devil and John QAbe Lincoln
- 1952Bend of the RiverShorty
- 1952Scandal SheetBiddle
- 1952Boots MaloneQuarter Horse Henry
- 1951The Blue VeilCharles Hall
- 1951The WellClaude Packard
- 1951The Highwayman
- 1951When I Grow UpFather Reed (Modern)
- 1951The Amazing Mr. Malone
- 1951Belle Le GrandAbel Stone
- 1950Dark CitySoldier
- 1950The ShowdownRod Main
- 1950Appointment with DangerGeorge Soderquist
- 1950Outside the WallGarth
- 1949Holiday AffairPolice Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
- 1949Strange BargainRichard Webb
- 1949Red LightRocky
- 1949Madame BovaryHyppolite
- 1949Down to the Sea in ShipsBritton
- 1949Hello Out ThereThe Young Gambler
- 1948Yellow SkyHalf Pint
- 1948MoonriseBilly Scripture
- 1948The Saxon CharmHermy
- 1948Race StreetHal Towers
- 1948All My SonsFrank Lubey
- 1948The Big ClockBill Womack
- 1947The GangsterShorty
- 1946It Shouldn't Happen to a DogGus Rivers
- 1946Somewhere in the NightBath Attendant
- 1946DragonwyckKlaas Bleecker
- 1946Johnny Comes Flying HomeJoe Patillo
- 1946From This Day ForwardHank Beesley
- 1945State FairBarker
- 1945A Bell for AdanoCapt. N. Purvis
- 1944Gentle AnnieCottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
- 1944Take It or Leave It(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1944Roger Touhy, GangsterThomas "Smoke" Reardon
- 1944The Eve of St. MarkPrivate Shevlin
- 1944Wing and a PrayerMalcolm Brainard
- 1943Happy LandTony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
- 1943Crash DiveBrownie
- 1943The Ox-Bow IncidentArt Croft
- 1942To the Shores of TripoliMouthy
- 1942Orchestra WivesCully Anderson
- 1942The Omaha TrailHenchman Nat
- 1942The Loves of Edgar Allan PoeEbenezer Burling
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