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Harry Morgan

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Harry Morgan

Born April 10, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, USADied December 7, 2011114 films

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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
High Noon poster7.7High Noon1952Inherit the Wind poster7.7Inherit the Wind1960How the West Was Won poster7.0How the West Was Won1962The Shootist poster7.1The Shootist1976Bend of the River poster7.1Bend of the River1952The Big Clock poster7.3The Big Clock1948Dragnet poster6.0Dragnet1987Support Your Local Sheriff! poster6.9Support Your Local Sheriff!1969

Filmography

114 films as actor
  1. 1997Family PlanSol Rubins
  2. 1994Incident in a Small TownJudge Bell
  3. 1992Against Her Will: An Incident in BaltimoreJudge Stoddard Bell
  4. 1990The IncidentJudge Bell
  5. 198814 Going on 30Uncle Herb
  6. 1987DragnetCaptain Gannon
  7. 1983Sparkling CyanideCaptain Kemp
  8. 1982The Flight of DragonsCarolinus (voice)
  9. 1981Rivkin: Bounty HunterFather Everett Kolodny
  10. 1980More Wild Wild WestRobert T. 'Skinny' Malone
  11. 1980Scout's HonorMr. Briggs
  12. 1980RoughnecksPlug Champion
  13. 1979Better Late Than NeverMr. Scott
  14. 1979The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides AgainT.P. Gaskill
  15. 1979You Can't Take it With YouMr. DePinna
  16. 1979The Wild Wild West RevisitedRobert T. Malone
  17. 1978The Cat from Outer SpaceGeneral Stilton
  18. 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidHugo Peavey
  19. 1978Murder at the Mardi GrasJim Bob Jackson
  20. 1978Maneaters Are Loose!Toby Waites
  21. 1978Confessions of the D.A. ManH.M. 'Staff' Stafford
  22. 1977Exo-ManArthur Travis
  23. 1976The ShootistMarshall Thibido
  24. 1975The Apple Dumpling GangHomer McCoy
  25. 1975The Last DayNarrator
  26. 1974SidekicksSheriff Jenkins
  27. 1973Charley and the AngelAngel
  28. 1972Snowball ExpressJesse McCord
  29. 1972The Century TurnsDoc Amos B. Coogan
  30. 1971Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind YouInsp. Richard Queen
  31. 1971Cat BallouThe Rancher
  32. 1971Scandalous JohnSheriff Pippin
  33. 1971Support Your Local GunfighterTaylor
  34. 1971The Barefoot ExecutiveE.J. Crampton
  35. 1971The Feminist and the FuzzHorace Bowers
  36. 1970But I Don't Want to Get Married!Mr. Good
  37. 1969Viva Max!Chief of Police Sylvester
  38. 1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Olly Perkins
  39. 1969DragnetBill Gannon
  40. 1967The Flim-Flam ManSheriff Slade
  41. 1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?Major Pott
  42. 1966Frankie and JohnnyCully
  43. 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!Sarajevo
  44. 1962How the West Was WonUlysses S. Grant
  45. 1960CimarronJessie Rickey
  46. 1960Inherit the WindJudge Mel
  47. 1960The Mountain RoadMike Michaelson
  48. 1959It Started with a KissCharles Meriden
  49. 1957Under FireSgt. Joseph C. Dusak
  50. 1957The Teahouse of the August MoonSergeant Gregovich
  51. 1956Star in the DustLew Hogan
  52. 1956BacklashTony Welker
  53. 1956The Bottom of the BottleFelix - Barkeep
  54. 1955Not as a StrangerOley
  55. 1955Strategic Air CommandSergeant Bible
  56. 1954About Mrs. LeslieFred Blue
  57. 1954The Forty-NinersAlf Billings
  58. 1954Prisoner of WarMaj. O.D. Hale
  59. 1954The Far CountryKetchum
  60. 1954The Glenn Miller StoryChummy MacGregor
  61. 1953Torch SongJoe Denner
  62. 1953Champ for a DayAl Muntz
  63. 1953ArenaLew Hutchins
  64. 1953Thunder BayRawlings
  65. 1952Stop, You're Killing MeInnocence
  66. 1952Toughest Man in ArizonaVerne Kimber
  67. 1952Apache War SmokeEd Cotten
  68. 1952What Price GlorySergeant Moran (uncredited)
  69. 1952High NoonSam Fuller
  70. 1952My Six ConvictsDawson
  71. 1952The Devil and John QAbe Lincoln
  72. 1952Bend of the RiverShorty
  73. 1952Scandal SheetBiddle
  74. 1952Boots MaloneQuarter Horse Henry
  75. 1951The Blue VeilCharles Hall
  76. 1951The WellClaude Packard
  77. 1951The HighwaymanTim
  78. 1951When I Grow UpFather Reed (Modern)
  79. 1951Belle Le GrandAbel Stone
  80. 1950Dark CitySoldier
  81. 1950The ShowdownRod Main
  82. 1950Appointment with DangerGeorge Soderquist
  83. 1950Outside the WallGarth
  84. 1949Holiday AffairPolice Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
  85. 1949Strange BargainRichard Webb
  86. 1949Red LightRocky
  87. 1949Madame BovaryHyppolite
  88. 1949Down to the Sea in ShipsBritton
  89. 1949Hello Out ThereThe Young Gambler
  90. 1948Yellow SkyHalf Pint
  91. 1948MoonriseBilly Scripture
  92. 1948The Saxon CharmHermy
  93. 1948Race StreetHal Towers
  94. 1948All My SonsFrank Lubey
  95. 1948The Big ClockBill Womack
  96. 1947The GangsterShorty
  97. 1946It Shouldn't Happen to a DogGus Rivers
  98. 1946Somewhere in the NightBath Attendant
  99. 1946DragonwyckKlaas Bleecker
  100. 1946Johnny Comes Flying HomeJoe Patillo
  101. 1946From This Day ForwardHank Beesley
  102. 1945State FairBarker
  103. 1945A Bell for AdanoCaptain Purvis
  104. 1944Gentle AnnieCottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
  105. 1944Roger Touhy, GangsterThomas "Smoke" Reardon
  106. 1944The Eve of St. MarkPrivate Shevlin
  107. 1944Wing and a PrayerMalcolm Brainard
  108. 1943Happy LandTony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
  109. 1943Crash DiveBrownie
  110. 1943The Ox-Bow IncidentArt Croft
  111. 1942Orchestra WivesCully Anderson
  112. 1942The Omaha TrailHenchman Nat
  113. 1942The Loves of Edgar Allan PoeEbenezer Burling
  114. 1942To the Shores of TripoliMouthy