Harry Morgan
Acting1915Detroit, 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
Acting History
2024
Bakari
Producer
2013
Greenboy: Prescription for Death
as Bill Gannon (archive footage)
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)
2002
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
as Himself
2001
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
1997
Family Plan
as Sol Rubins
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
TVas Professor Suter• 3 eps
1995
The Simpsons
TVas Bill Gannon (voice)• 1 eps
1994
Incident in a Small Town
as Judge Bell
1992
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
as Judge Stoddard Bell
1991
Memories of M*A*S*H
as Self / Sherman Potter
1990
The Incident
as Judge Bell
1988
14 Going on 30
as Uncle Herb
1987
Dragnet
as Captain Gannon
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Retired Lt. Richard Webb• 1 eps
1986
Blacke's Magic
TVas Leonard Blacke
1983
Sparkling Cyanide
as Captain Kemp
AfterMASH
TVas Sherman T. Potter• 31 eps
1982
The Flight of Dragons
as Carolinus (voice)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1981
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
as Father Everett Kolodny
The Love Boat
TVas Professor Milo Endler / Charly Fields / Wendell Snead• 2 eps
1980
1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as T.P. Gaskill
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as Robert T. Malone
You Can't Take it With You
as Mr. DePinna
Better Late Than Never
as Mr. Scott
Roots: The Next Generations
TVas Bob Campbell
Backstairs at the White House
TVas Pres. Harry S. Truman
1978
The Cat from Outer Space
as General Stilton
The Bastard
as Capt. Caleb
Maneaters Are Loose!
as Toby Waites
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Hugo Peavey
Murder at the Mardi Gras
as Jim Bob Jackson
Confessions of the D.A. Man
as H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
1977
Exo-Man
as Arthur Travis
1976
The Shootist
as Marshall Thibido
1975
The Last Day
as Narrator
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Homer McCoy
M*A*S*H
TVas Sherman Potter / General Steele• 179 eps
Dinah!
TVas Self• 1 eps
1973
Charley and the Angel
as Angel
1972
Snowball Express
as Jesse McCord
The Century Turns
as Doc Amos B. Coogan
Night Gallery
TVas Thaddeus Conway• 1 eps
Hec Ramsey
TVas Doc Amos Coogan
M*A*S*H
TVDirector
Hec Ramsey
TVDirector
1971
The Barefoot Executive
as E.J. Crampton
Scandalous John
as Sheriff Pippin
Cat Ballou
as The Rancher
The Feminist and the Fuzz
as Horace Bowers
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
as Insp. Richard Queen
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Taylor
The D.A.
TVas H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
as Mr. Good
Love, American Style
TVas Woody• 1 eps
The Partridge Family
TVas Willie Larkin• 1 eps
1969
Viva Max!
as Chief of Police Sylvester
Dragnet
as Bill Gannon
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Olly Perkins
Adam-12
TVDirector• 1 eps
1968
Star Spangled Salesman
as TV Cop
1967
The Flim-Flam Man
as Sheriff Slade
Dragnet
TVas Officer Bill Gannon• 98 eps
1966
Frankie and Johnny
as Cully
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy
as Major Pott
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Sarajevo
Dr. Kildare
TVas Francis X. Healy• 3 eps
1964
Kentucky Jones
TVas Seldom Jackson
1963
1962
How the West Was Won
as Ulysses S. Grant
Ensign O'Toole
TVas Charlie
The Untouchables
TVas George 'Bugs' Moran• 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVDirector
1960
1959
It Started with a Kiss
as Charles Meriden
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Hermie Jenkins• 1 eps
1958
Have Gun, Will Travel
TVas Fred Braus• 1 eps
1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Sergeant Gregovich
Under Fire
as Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TVas Mike Feeney• 1 eps
1956
Operation Teahouse
as Self
Backlash
as Tony Welker
Star in the Dust
as Lew Hogan
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Felix - Barkeep
Cavalcade of America
TVas Homer Byington• 1 eps
1955
Strategic Air Command
as Sergeant Bible
Not as a Stranger
as Oley
1954
About Mrs. Leslie
as Fred Blue
The Glenn Miller Story
as Chummy MacGregor
The Far Country
as Ketchum
Prisoner of War
as Maj. O.D. Hale
The Forty-Niners
as Alf Billings
December Bride
TVas Pete Porter• 157 eps
The Lone Wolf
TVas Jim Strait / Rev. Jeffrey Hallam
1953
1952
Bend of the River
as Shorty
My Six Convicts
as Dawson
Boots Malone
as Quarter Horse Henry
High Noon
as Sam Fuller
What Price Glory
as Sergeant Moran
Scandal Sheet
as Biddle
Stop, You're Killing Me
as Innocence
Apache War Smoke
as Ed Cotten
Toughest Man in Arizona
as Verne Kimber
The Devil and John Q
as Abe Lincoln
1951
The Well
as Claude Packard
The Blue Veil
as Charles Hall
Belle Le Grand
as Abel Stone
When I Grow Up
as Father Reed (Modern)
1950
Dark City
as Soldier
The Showdown
as Rod Main
Appointment with Danger
as George Soderquist
Outside the Wall
as Garth
1949
Madame Bovary
as Hyppolite
Strange Bargain
as Richard Webb
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Britton
Red Light
as Rocky
Holiday Affair
as Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
Hello Out There
as The Young Gambler
1948
Moonrise
as Billy Scripture
All My Sons
as Frank Lubey
The Big Clock
as Bill Womack
Race Street
as Hal Towers
Yellow Sky
as Half Pint
The Saxon Charm
as Hermy
1947
The Gangster
as Shorty
1946
Johnny Comes Flying Home
as Joe Patillo
Dragonwyck
as Klaas Bleecker
Somewhere in the Night
as Bath Attendant
From This Day Forward
as Hank Beesley
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Gus Rivers
1945
State Fair
as Barker
A Bell for Adano
as Capt. N. Purvis
1944
Wing and a Prayer
as Malcolm Brainard
Gentle Annie
as Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Touhy, Gangster
as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
The Eve of St. Mark
as Private Shevlin
1943
1942
Orchestra Wives
as Cully Anderson
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Mouthy
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Ebenezer Burling
The Omaha Trail
as Henchman Nat
1933
The Kennel Murder Case
as Gamble (uncredited)