Harry Morgan
Acting
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
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movieGreenboy: Prescription for Death
2013
Bill Gannon (archive footage)
movieThe Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieFamily Plan
1997
Sol Rubins
tv3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Professor Suter
movieIncident in a Small Town
1994
Judge Bell
movieAgainst Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992
Judge Stoddard Bell
movieMemories of M*A*S*H
1991
Self / Sherman Potter
movieThe Incident
1990
Judge Bell
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Bill Gannon (voice)
movie14 Going on 30
1988
Uncle Herb
You Can't Take It with You
1987
Martin Vanderhof
movieDragnet
1987
Captain Gannon
tvBlacke's Magic
1986
Leonard Blacke
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Retired Lt. Richard Webb
movieSparkling Cyanide
1983
Captain Kemp
tvAfterMASH
1983
Sherman T. Potter
movieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Flight of Dragons
1982
Carolinus (voice)
movieRivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981
Father Everett Kolodny
movieMore Wild Wild West
1980
Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone
movieScout's Honor
1980
Mr. Briggs
movieRoughnecks
1980
Plug Champion
movieBetter Late Than Never
1979
Mr. Scott
movieThe Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
T.P. Gaskill
movieYou Can't Take it With You
1979
Mr. DePinna
movieThe Wild Wild West Revisited
1979
Robert T. Malone
tvRoots: The Next Generations
1979
Bob Campbell
tvBackstairs at the White House
1979
Pres. Harry S. Truman
movieThe Cat from Outer Space
1978
General Stilton
movieKate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
Hugo Peavey
tvThe Bastard
1978
Capt. Caleb
movieMurder at the Mardi Gras
1978
Jim Bob Jackson
movieManeaters Are Loose!
1978
Toby Waites
movieConfessions of the D.A. Man
1978
H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Wendell Snead / Charly Fields / Professor Milo Endler
movieExo-Man
1977
Arthur Travis
movieThe Shootist
1976
Marshall Thibido
movieThe Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
Homer McCoy
movieThe Last Day
1975
Narrator
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieSidekicks
1974
Sheriff Jenkins
movieSnowball Express
1972
Jesse McCord
movieThe Century Turns
1972
Doc Amos B. Coogan
tvM*A*S*H
1972
General Steele / Sherman Potter
tvHec Ramsey
1972
Doc Amos Coogan
movieEllery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
1971
Insp. Richard Queen
The D.A.
1971
H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
movieCat Ballou
1971
The Rancher
movieScandalous John
1971
Sheriff Pippin
movieThe Barefoot Executive
1971
E.J. Crampton
movieThe Feminist and the Fuzz
1971
Horace Bowers
tvNight Gallery
1970
Thaddeus Conway
tvThe Partridge Family
1970
Cal / Willie Larkin
movieViva Max!
1969
Chief of Police Sylvester
movieSupport Your Local Sheriff!
1969
Olly Perkins
Dragnet
1969
Bill Gannon
movieThe Flim-Flam Man
1967
Sheriff Slade
tvDragnet
1967
Gannon
Kentucky Jones
1964
Seldom Jackson
movieHow the West Was Won
1962
Ulysses S. Grant
tvEnsign O'Toole
1962
Charlie
tvThe Virginian
1962
Kendall Jones
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Francis X. Healy
movieCimarron
1960
Jessie Rickey
movieInherit the Wind
1960
Judge Mel
movieThe Mountain Road
1960
Mike Michaelson
tvThe Untouchables
1959
George 'Bugs' Moran
movieIt Started with a Kiss
1959
Charles Meriden
movieUnder Fire
1957
Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
Fred Braus / Sheriff Ernie Backwater
movieThe Teahouse of the August Moon
1957
Sergeant Gregovich
movieStar in the Dust
1956
Lew Hogan
movieBacklash
1956
Tony Welker
movieThe Bottom of the Bottle
1956
Felix - Barkeep
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Mike Feeney
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Hermie Jenkins
tvGunsmoke
1955
Osgood Pickett / John Milligan / Jed Hockett
movieStrategic Air Command
1955
Sergeant Bible
tvDecember Bride
1954
Pete Porter
movieAbout Mrs. Leslie
1954
Fred Blue
movieThe Forty-Niners
1954
Alf Billings
moviePrisoner of War
1954
Maj. O.D. Hale
tvThe Lone Wolf
1954
Jim Strait / Rev. Jeffrey Hallam
movieThe Far Country
1954
Ketchum
movieThe Glenn Miller Story
1954
Chummy MacGregor
movieTorch Song
1953
Joe Denner
movieChamp for a Day
1953
Al Muntz
movieArena
1953
Lew Hutchins
movieThunder Bay
1953
Rawlings
movieStop, You're Killing Me
1952
Innocence
movieToughest Man in Arizona
1952
Verne Kimber
tvCavalcade of America
1952
Homer Byington
movieApache War Smoke
1952
Ed Cotten
movieWhat Price Glory
1952
Sergeant Moran
movieHigh Noon
1952
Sam Fuller
movieMy Six Convicts
1952
Dawson
movieScandal Sheet
1952
Biddle
movieBoots Malone
1952
Quarter Horse Henry
movieThe Blue Veil
1951
Charles Hall
movieThe Well
1951
Claude Packard
movieWhen I Grow Up
1951
Father Reed (Modern)
movieBelle Le Grand
1951
Abel Stone
movieDark City
1950
Soldier
movieThe Showdown
1950
Rod Main
movieAppointment with Danger
1950
George Soderquist
movieHoliday Affair
1949
Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
movieStrange Bargain
1949
Richard Webb
movieRed Light
1949
Rocky
movieMadame Bovary
1949
Hyppolite
movieHello Out There
1949
The Young Gambler
movieYellow Sky
1948
Half Pint
movieMoonrise
1948
Billy Scripture
movieRace Street
1948
Hal Towers
movieAll My Sons
1948
Frank Lubey
movieThe Big Clock
1948
Bill Womack
movieThe Gangster
1947
Shorty
movieIt Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1946
Gus Rivers
movieSomewhere in the Night
1946
Bath Attendant
movieDragonwyck
1946
Klaas Bleecker
movieJohnny Comes Flying Home
1946
Joe Patillo
movieFrom This Day Forward
1946
Hank Beesley
movieState Fair
1945
Barker
movieA Bell for Adano
1945
Capt. N. Purvis
movieGentle Annie
1944
Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
movieTake It or Leave It
1944
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieRoger Touhy, Gangster
1944
Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
movieThe Eve of St. Mark
1944
Private Shevlin
movieWing and a Prayer
1944
Malcolm Brainard
movieHappy Land
1943
Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
movieCrash Dive
1943
Brownie
movieThe Ox-Bow Incident
1943
Art Croft
movieOrchestra Wives
1942
Cully Anderson
movieThe Omaha Trail
1942
Henchman Nat
movieThe Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
Ebenezer Burling
Directing5
tvM*A*S*H
1972
Director
tvHec Ramsey
1972
Director
tvAdam-12
1968
Director
tvThe Richard Boone Show
1963
Director
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Director
Production1
movieBakari
2024
Producer