Harry Morgan
Known for acting · Born 10 April 1915 · Died 7 December 2011 · aged 96 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
170 credits
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
M*A*S*H
1972
Dragnet
1967
December Bride
1954
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
The Cat from Outer Space
1978
Dragnet
1987
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
Inherit the Wind
1960
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
The Flight of Dragons
1982
Acting (164)
2013Greenboy: Prescription for DeathBill Gannon (archive footage)Film
2002M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary ReunionHimselfFilm
2001The Shootist: The Legend Lives OnSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1999Love & MoneySeries
1997Family PlanSol RubinsFilm
19963rd Rock from the SunProfessor Suter · 3 episodesSeries
1995The Jeff Foxworthy ShowSeries
1994Incident in a Small TownJudge BellFilm
1993Grace Under FireSeries
1992RenegadeSeries
1992Against Her Will: An Incident in BaltimoreJudge Stoddard BellFilm
1991Memories of M*A*S*HSelf / Sherman PotterFilm
1990The IncidentJudge BellFilm
1989The SimpsonsBill Gannon (voice)Series
198814 Going on 30Uncle HerbFilm
1987DragnetCaptain GannonFilm
1987You Can't Take It with YouMartin Vanderhof · 22 episodesSeries
1986Blacke's MagicLeonard Blacke · 13 episodesSeries
1985The Twilight ZoneSeries
1984Murder, She WroteRetired Lt. Richard WebbSeries
1983Sparkling CyanideCaptain KempFilm
1983AfterMASHSherman T. Potter · 31 episodesSeries
1982The Flight of DragonsCarolinus (voice)Film
1982Showbiz Goes to WarSelf (archive footage)Film
1981Rivkin: Bounty HunterFather Everett KolodnyFilm
1981Making 'M*A*S*H'SelfFilm
1980More Wild Wild WestRobert T. 'Skinny' MaloneFilm
1980Scout's HonorMr. BriggsFilm
1980RoughnecksPlug ChampionFilm
1979The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides AgainT.P. GaskillFilm
1979Roots: The Next GenerationsBob CampbellSeries
1979The Wild Wild West RevisitedRobert T. MaloneFilm
1979Backstairs at the White HousePres. Harry S. Truman · 4 episodesSeries
1979You Can't Take it With YouMr. DePinnaFilm
1979Better Late Than NeverMr. ScottFilm
1978The Cat from Outer SpaceGeneral StiltonFilm
1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidHugo PeaveyFilm
1978Maneaters Are Loose!Toby WaitesFilm
1978Murder at the Mardi GrasJim Bob JacksonFilm
1978The BastardCapt. CalebSeries
1978Confessions of the D.A. ManH.M. 'Staff' StaffordFilm
1977The Love BoatWendell Snead, Charly Fields · 2 episodes, Professor Milo Endler · 2 episodesSeries
1977Exo-ManArthur TravisFilm
1976The ShootistMarshall ThibidoFilm
1975The Apple Dumpling GangHomer McCoyFilm
1975The Last DayNarratorFilm
1974Dinah!SelfSeries
1974SidekicksSheriff JenkinsFilm
1973Charley and the AngelAngelFilm
1972M*A*S*HGeneral Steele, Sherman Potter · 179 episodesSeries
1972Snowball ExpressJesse McCordFilm
1972Hec RamseyDoc Amos Coogan · 11 episodesSeries
1972The Century TurnsDoc Amos B. CooganFilm
1971Support Your Local GunfighterTaylorFilm
1971The Barefoot ExecutiveE.J. CramptonFilm
1971Scandalous JohnSheriff PippinFilm
1971The Feminist and the FuzzHorace BowersFilm
1971Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind YouInsp. Richard QueenFilm
1971The D.A.H.M. 'Staff' Stafford · 15 episodesSeries
1971Cat BallouThe RancherFilm
1970Night GalleryThaddeus ConwaySeries
1970The Partridge FamilyWillie Larkin, CalSeries
1970But I Don't Want to Get Married!Mr. GoodFilm
1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Olly PerkinsFilm
1969Love, American StyleWoodySeries
1969Viva Max!Chief of Police SylvesterFilm
1969DragnetBill GannonFilm
1968Star Spangled SalesmanTV CopFilm
1967The Flim-Flam ManSheriff SladeFilm
1967DragnetGannon · 98 episodesSeries
1966Frankie and JohnnyCullyFilm
1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?Major PottFilm
1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!SarajevoFilm
1965The Wackiest Ship in the ArmySeries
1964Kentucky JonesSeldom Jackson · 26 episodesSeries
1963The Richard Boone Show · 15 episodesSeries
1962How the West Was WonUlysses S. GrantFilm
1962The VirginianKendall JonesSeries
1962Ensign O'TooleCharlieSeries
1962Going My WaySeries
1961Dr. KildareFrancis X. Healy · 3 episodesSeries
1960Inherit the WindJudge MelFilm
1960CimarronJessie RickeyFilm
1960The Mountain RoadMike MichaelsonFilm
1960Pete and Gladys · 72 episodesSeries
1960Here's HollywoodSeries
1959The UntouchablesGeorge 'Bugs' MoranSeries
1959It Started with a KissCharles MeridenFilm
1957The Teahouse of the August MoonSergeant GregovichFilm
1957Have Gun, Will TravelFred Braus, Sheriff Ernie BackwaterSeries
1957Under FireSgt. Joseph C. DusakFilm
1956BacklashTony WelkerFilm
1956Star in the DustLew HoganFilm
1956The Bottom of the BottleFelix - BarkeepFilm
1956Operation TeahouseSelfFilm
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsHermie JenkinsSeries
1955GunsmokeOsgood Pickett, John Milligan, Jed Hockett · 2 episodesSeries
1955Strategic Air CommandSergeant BibleFilm
1955Not as a StrangerOleyFilm
1955The 20th Century Fox HourMike FeeneySeries
1954The Far CountryKetchumFilm
1954The Glenn Miller StoryChummy MacGregorFilm
1954About Mrs. LeslieFred BlueFilm
1954Prisoner of WarMaj. O.D. HaleFilm
1954The Forty-NinersAlf BillingsFilm
1954December BridePete Porter · 157 episodesSeries
1954The Lone WolfJim Strait, Rev. Jeffrey HallamSeries
1953Thunder BayRawlingsFilm
1953Torch SongJoe DennerFilm
1953ArenaLew HutchinsFilm
1953Champ for a DayAl MuntzFilm
1952High NoonSam FullerFilm
1952Bend of the RiverShortyFilm
1952Scandal SheetBiddleFilm
1952What Price GlorySergeant Moran (uncredited)Film
1952My Six ConvictsDawsonFilm
1952Boots MaloneQuarter Horse HenryFilm
1952Cavalcade of AmericaHomer ByingtonSeries
1952Stop, You're Killing MeInnocenceFilm
1952Apache War SmokeEd CottenFilm
1952Toughest Man in ArizonaVerne KimberFilm
1952The Devil and John QAbe LincolnFilm
1951The WellClaude PackardFilm
1951The Blue VeilCharles HallFilm
1951Belle Le GrandAbel StoneFilm
1951When I Grow UpFather Reed (Modern)Film
1951The HighwaymanTimFilm
1951The Amazing Mr. MaloneSeries
1950Dark CitySoldierFilm
1950Appointment with DangerGeorge SoderquistFilm
1950Outside the WallGarthFilm
1950The ShowdownRod MainFilm
1949Holiday AffairPolice Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)Film
1949Madame BovaryHyppoliteFilm
1949Red LightRockyFilm
1949Down to the Sea in ShipsBrittonFilm
1949Strange BargainRichard WebbFilm
1949Hello Out ThereThe Young GamblerFilm
1948The Big ClockBill WomackFilm
1948Yellow SkyHalf PintFilm
1948MoonriseBilly ScriptureFilm
1948All My SonsFrank LubeyFilm
1948Race StreetHal TowersFilm
1948The Saxon CharmHermyFilm
1947The GangsterShortyFilm
1946DragonwyckKlaas BleeckerFilm
1946Somewhere in the NightBath AttendantFilm
1946From This Day ForwardHank BeesleyFilm
1946It Shouldn't Happen to a DogGus RiversFilm
1946Johnny Comes Flying HomeJoe PatilloFilm
1945State FairBarkerFilm
1945A Bell for AdanoCaptain PurvisFilm
1944Wing and a PrayerMalcolm BrainardFilm
1944The Eve of St. MarkPrivate ShevlinFilm
1944Gentle AnnieCottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)Film
1944Roger Touhy, GangsterThomas "Smoke" ReardonFilm
1944Take It or Leave It(archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1943The Ox-Bow IncidentArt CroftFilm
1943Crash DiveBrownieFilm
1943Happy LandTony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)Film
1942To the Shores of TripoliMouthyFilm
1942Orchestra WivesCully AndersonFilm
1942The Loves of Edgar Allan PoeEbenezer BurlingFilm
1942The Omaha TrailHenchman NatFilm
Directing (5)
1972M*A*S*HDirectorSeries
1972Hec RamseyDirectorSeries
1968Adam-12DirectorSeries
1963The Richard Boone ShowDirectorSeries
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourDirectorSeries
Production (1)
2024BakariProducerFilm