Harry Morgan

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

10 April 1915, 110 years old

Known For

High Noon

Dragnet

How the West Was Won

Inherit the Wind

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Shootist

Bend of the River

Support Your Local Sheriff!

The Big Clock

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Greenboy: Prescription for Death

Bill Gannon (archive footage)

2013

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)

2004

M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion

Himself

2002

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001

Family Plan

Sol Rubins

1997

Incident in a Small Town

Judge Bell

1994

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Judge Stoddard Bell

1992

Memories of M*A*S*H

Self / Sherman Potter

1991

The Incident

Judge Bell

1990

14 Going on 30

Uncle Herb

1988

Dragnet

Captain Gannon

1987

Sparkling Cyanide

Captain Kemp

1983

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

1982

The Flight of Dragons

Carolinus (voice)

1982

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Father Everett Kolodny

1981

More Wild Wild West

Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone

1980

Scout's Honor

Mr. Briggs

1980

Roughnecks

Plug Champion

1980

Better Late Than Never

Mr. Scott

1979

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

T.P. Gaskill

1979

You Can't Take it With You

Mr. DePinna

1979

The Wild Wild West Revisited

Robert T. Malone

1979

The Cat from Outer Space

General Stilton

1978

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Hugo Peavey

1978

The Bastard

Capt. Caleb

1978

Murder at the Mardi Gras

Jim Bob Jackson

1978

Maneaters Are Loose!

Toby Waites

1978

Confessions of the D.A. Man

H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

1978

Exo-Man

Arthur Travis

1977

The Shootist

Marshall Thibido

1976

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Homer McCoy

1975

The Last Day

Narrator

1975

Sidekicks

Sheriff Jenkins

1974

Charley and the Angel

Angel

1973

Snowball Express

Jesse McCord

1972

The Century Turns

Doc Amos B. Coogan

1972

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

Insp. Richard Queen

1971

Cat Ballou

The Rancher

1971

Scandalous John

Sheriff Pippin

1971

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Taylor

1971

The Barefoot Executive

E.J. Crampton

1971

The Feminist and the Fuzz

Horace Bowers

1971

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

Mr. Good

1970

Viva Max!

Chief of Police Sylvester

1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Olly Perkins

1969

Dragnet

Bill Gannon

1969

Star Spangled Salesman

TV Cop

1968

The Flim-Flam Man

Sheriff Slade

1967

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Major Pott

1966

Frankie and Johnny

Cully

1966

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Sarajevo

1965

How the West Was Won

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

1962

Cimarron

Jessie Rickey

1960

Inherit the Wind

Judge Mel

1960

The Mountain Road

Mike Michaelson

1960

It Started with a Kiss

Charles Meriden

1959

Under Fire

Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak

1957

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Sergeant Gregovich

1957

Operation Teahouse

Self

1956

Star in the Dust

Lew Hogan

1956

Backlash

Tony Welker

1956

Not as a Stranger

Oley

1955

Strategic Air Command

Sergeant Bible

1955

About Mrs. Leslie

Fred Blue

1954

The Forty-Niners

Alf Billings

1954

Prisoner of War

Maj. O.D. Hale

1954

The Far Country

Ketchum

1954

The Glenn Miller Story

Chummy MacGregor

1954

Torch Song

Joe Denner

1953

Champ for a Day

Al Muntz

1953

Arena

Lew Hutchins

1953

Thunder Bay

Rawlings

1953

Stop, You're Killing Me

Innocence

1952

Toughest Man in Arizona

Verne Kimber

1952

Apache War Smoke

Ed Cotten

1952

What Price Glory

Sergeant Moran

1952

High Noon

Sam Fuller

1952

My Six Convicts

Dawson

1952

The Devil and John Q

Abe Lincoln

1952

Bend of the River

Shorty

1952

Scandal Sheet

Biddle

1952

Boots Malone

Quarter Horse Henry

1952

The Blue Veil

Charles Hall

1951

The Well

Claude Packard

1951

The Highwayman

1951

When I Grow Up

Father Reed (Modern)

1951

Belle Le Grand

Abel Stone

1951

Dark City

Soldier

1950

The Showdown

Rod Main

1950

Appointment with Danger

George Soderquist

1950

Outside the Wall

Garth

1950

Holiday Affair

Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)

1949

Strange Bargain

Richard Webb

1949

Red Light

Rocky

1949

Madame Bovary

Hyppolite

1949

Down to the Sea in Ships

Britton

1949

Hello Out There

The Young Gambler

1949

Yellow Sky

Half Pint

1948

Moonrise

Billy Scripture

1948

The Saxon Charm

Hermy

1948

Race Street

Hal Towers

1948

All My Sons

Frank Lubey

1948

The Big Clock

Bill Womack

1948

The Gangster

Shorty

1947

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Gus Rivers

1946

Somewhere in the Night

Bath Attendant

1946

Dragonwyck

Klaas Bleecker

1946

Johnny Comes Flying Home

Joe Patillo

1946

From This Day Forward

Hank Beesley

1946

State Fair

Barker

1945

A Bell for Adano

Capt. N. Purvis

1945

Gentle Annie

Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)

1944

Take It or Leave It

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1944

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Thomas "Smoke" Reardon

1944

The Eve of St. Mark

Private Shevlin

1944

Wing and a Prayer

Malcolm Brainard

1944

Happy Land

Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)

1943

Crash Dive

Brownie

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

Art Croft

1943

To the Shores of Tripoli

Mouthy

1942

Orchestra Wives

Cully Anderson

1942

The Omaha Trail

Henchman Nat

1942

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Ebenezer Burling

1942

The Kennel Murder Case

Gamble (uncredited)

1933