Harry Morgan

Acting • 1915-04-10 • Detroit, Michigan, USA

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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2013
Greenboy: Prescription for DeathFilm
Bill Gannon (archive footage)
2002
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary ReunionFilm
Himself
★ 6.2
2001
The Shootist: The Legend Lives OnFilm
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
1999
Love & MoneyTV
★ 6.0
1997
Family PlanFilm
Sol Rubins
★ 5.3
1996
3rd Rock from the SunTV
Professor Suter • 3 episodes
★ 7.5
1995
The Jeff Foxworthy ShowTV
★ 7.5
1994
Incident in a Small TownFilm
Judge Bell
★ 7.1
1993
Grace Under FireTV
★ 5.6
1992
RenegadeTV
★ 6.8
1992
Against Her Will: An Incident in BaltimoreFilm
Judge Stoddard Bell
★ 6.1
1991
Memories of M*A*S*HFilm
Self / Sherman Potter
★ 8.5
1990
The IncidentFilm
Judge Bell
★ 6.3
1989
The SimpsonsTV
Bill Gannon (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1988
14 Going on 30Film
Uncle Herb
★ 5.6
1987
DragnetFilm
Captain Gannon
★ 6.0
1987
You Can't Take It with YouTV
Martin Vanderhof • 22 episodes
★ 10.0
1986
Blacke's MagicTV
Leonard Blacke • 13 episodes
★ 6.8
1985
The Twilight ZoneTV
★ 7.7
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Retired Lt. Richard Webb • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1983
AfterMASHTV
Sherman T. Potter • 31 episodes
★ 5.5
1983
Sparkling CyanideFilm
Captain Kemp
★ 6.0
1982
The Flight of DragonsFilm
Carolinus (voice)
★ 6.8
1982
Showbiz Goes to WarFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
1981
Rivkin: Bounty HunterFilm
Father Everett Kolodny
★ 9.0
1981
Making 'M*A*S*H'Film
Self
1980
More Wild Wild WestFilm
Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone
★ 6.4
1980
Scout's HonorFilm
Mr. Briggs
★ 7.5
1980
RoughnecksFilm
Plug Champion
★ 7.0
1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides AgainFilm
T.P. Gaskill
★ 6.4
1979
Roots: The Next GenerationsTV
Bob Campbell • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1979
The Wild Wild West RevisitedFilm
Robert T. Malone
★ 5.4
1979
Backstairs at the White HouseTV
Pres. Harry S. Truman • 4 episodes
★ 6.1
1979
Better Late Than NeverFilm
Mr. Scott
★ 9.0
1979
You Can't Take it With YouFilm
Mr. DePinna
★ 7.0
1978
The Cat from Outer SpaceFilm
General Stilton
★ 6.0
1978
Maneaters Are Loose!Film
Toby Waites
★ 10.0
1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidFilm
Hugo Peavey
★ 7.0
1978
The BastardTV
Capt. Caleb • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1978
Murder at the Mardi GrasFilm
Jim Bob Jackson
★ 7.0
1978
Confessions of the D.A. ManFilm
H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
1977
The Love BoatTV
Wendell Snead • 1 episodes
★ 6.3
1977
The Love BoatTV
Charly Fields • 2 episodes
★ 6.3
1977
The Love BoatTV
Professor Milo Endler • 2 episodes
★ 6.3
1977
Exo-ManFilm
Arthur Travis
★ 4.7
1976
The ShootistFilm
Marshall Thibido
★ 7.1
1975
The Apple Dumpling GangFilm
Homer McCoy
★ 6.6
1975
The Last DayFilm
Narrator
★ 6.5
1974
Dinah!TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1974
SidekicksFilm
Sheriff Jenkins
★ 6.5
1973
Charley and the AngelFilm
Angel
★ 5.7
1972
M*A*S*HTV
General Steele • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1972
M*A*S*HTV
Sherman Potter • 179 episodes
★ 8.0
1972
Snowball ExpressFilm
Jesse McCord
★ 6.7
1972
Hec RamseyTV
Doc Amos Coogan • 11 episodes
★ 7.3
1972
The Century TurnsFilm
Doc Amos B. Coogan
1971
Support Your Local GunfighterFilm
Taylor
★ 6.6
1971
The Barefoot ExecutiveFilm
E.J. Crampton
★ 5.5
1971
Scandalous JohnFilm
Sheriff Pippin
★ 6.4
1971
The Feminist and the FuzzFilm
Horace Bowers
★ 5.3
1971
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind YouFilm
Insp. Richard Queen
★ 8.5
1971
The D.A.TV
H.M. 'Staff' Stafford • 15 episodes
★ 7.0
1971
Cat BallouFilm
The Rancher
★ 7.0
1970
Night GalleryTV
Thaddeus Conway • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1970
The Partridge FamilyTV
Cal • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1970
The Partridge FamilyTV
Willie Larkin • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married!Film
Mr. Good
★ 10.0
1969
Love, American StyleTV
Woody • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!Film
Olly Perkins
★ 6.9
1969
Viva Max!Film
Chief of Police Sylvester
★ 5.4
1969
DragnetFilm
Bill Gannon
★ 6.0
1968
Star Spangled SalesmanFilm
TV Cop
★ 8.0
1967
DragnetTV
Gannon • 98 episodes
★ 7.0
1967
The Flim-Flam ManFilm
Sheriff Slade
★ 7.0
1966
Frankie and JohnnyFilm
Cully
★ 5.6
1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?Film
Major Pott
★ 5.9
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!Film
Sarajevo
★ 3.8
1965
The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyTV
★ 6.3
1964
Kentucky JonesTV
Seldom Jackson • 26 episodes
★ 7.0
1963
The Richard Boone ShowTV
★ 7.5
1962
The VirginianTV
Kendall Jones • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1962
How the West Was WonFilm
Ulysses S. Grant
★ 7.0
1962
Ensign O'TooleTV
Charlie • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1962
Going My WayTV
★ 5.8
1961
Dr. KildareTV
Francis X. Healy • 3 episodes
★ 5.7
1960
Inherit the WindFilm
Judge Mel
★ 7.6
1960
CimarronFilm
Jessie Rickey
★ 6.3
1960
The Mountain RoadFilm
Mike Michaelson
★ 6.5
1960
Pete and GladysTV
★ 6.2
1960
Here's HollywoodTV
★ 4.8
1959
The UntouchablesTV
George 'Bugs' Moran • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
1959
It Started with a KissFilm
Charles Meriden
★ 5.7
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelTV
Fred Braus • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelTV
Sheriff Ernie Backwater • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1957
The Teahouse of the August MoonFilm
Sergeant Gregovich
★ 6.2
1957
Under FireFilm
Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak
★ 7.5
1956
BacklashFilm
Tony Welker
★ 6.5
1956
Star in the DustFilm
Lew Hogan
★ 5.1
1956
The Bottom of the BottleFilm
Felix - Barkeep
★ 5.8
1956
Operation TeahouseFilm
Self
★ 6.5
1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV
Hermie Jenkins • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1955
GunsmokeTV
Osgood Pickett • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1955
GunsmokeTV
John Milligan • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1955
GunsmokeTV
Jed Hockett • 2 episodes
★ 6.7
1955
Not as a StrangerFilm
Oley
★ 6.2
1955
Strategic Air CommandFilm
Sergeant Bible
★ 6.1
1955
The 20th Century Fox HourTV
Mike Feeney • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1954
The Far CountryFilm
Ketchum
★ 6.9
1954
The Glenn Miller StoryFilm
Chummy MacGregor
★ 7.0
1954
December BrideTV
Pete Porter • 157 episodes
★ 6.2
1954
About Mrs. LeslieFilm
Fred Blue
★ 7.4
1954
The Forty-NinersFilm
Alf Billings
★ 6.0
1954
The Lone WolfTV
Jim Strait • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1954
The Lone WolfTV
Rev. Jeffrey Hallam • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1954
Prisoner of WarFilm
Maj. O.D. Hale
★ 4.5
1953
Thunder BayFilm
Rawlings
★ 6.0
1953
Torch SongFilm
Joe Denner
★ 5.9
1953
ArenaFilm
Lew Hutchins
★ 5.0
1953
Champ for a DayFilm
Al Muntz
★ 7.0
1952
High NoonFilm
Sam Fuller
★ 7.7
1952
Bend of the RiverFilm
Shorty
★ 7.1
1952
Scandal SheetFilm
Biddle
★ 7.0
1952
What Price GloryFilm
Sergeant Moran (uncredited)
★ 5.8
1952
My Six ConvictsFilm
Dawson
★ 6.5
1952
Boots MaloneFilm
Quarter Horse Henry
★ 8.1
1952
Cavalcade of AmericaTV
Homer Byington • 1 episodes
★ 4.6
1952
Stop, You're Killing MeFilm
Innocence
★ 7.7
1952
Apache War SmokeFilm
Ed Cotten
★ 5.0
1952
Toughest Man in ArizonaFilm
Verne Kimber
★ 7.0
1952
The Devil and John QFilm
Abe Lincoln
1951
The WellFilm
Claude Packard
★ 7.3
1951
The Blue VeilFilm
Charles Hall
★ 6.8
1951
When I Grow UpFilm
Father Reed (Modern)
★ 7.3
1951
The HighwaymanFilm
Tim
★ 10.0
1951
Belle Le GrandFilm
Abel Stone
★ 5.3
1951
The Amazing Mr. MaloneTV
★ 7.0
1950
Dark CityFilm
Soldier
★ 6.5
1950
Appointment with DangerFilm
George Soderquist
★ 5.7
1950
Outside the WallFilm
Garth
★ 6.1
1950
The ShowdownFilm
Rod Main
★ 6.0
1949
Holiday AffairFilm
Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
★ 6.9
1949
Madame BovaryFilm
Hyppolite
★ 6.7
1949
Down to the Sea in ShipsFilm
Britton
★ 7.2
1949
Red LightFilm
Rocky
★ 6.0
1949
Strange BargainFilm
Richard Webb
★ 5.8
1949
Hello Out ThereFilm
The Young Gambler
★ 5.5
1948
The Big ClockFilm
Bill Womack
★ 7.3
1948
Yellow SkyFilm
Half Pint
★ 7.0
1948
MoonriseFilm
Billy Scripture
★ 6.4
1948
All My SonsFilm
Frank Lubey
★ 6.5
1948
Race StreetFilm
Hal Towers
★ 6.0
1948
The Saxon CharmFilm
Hermy
★ 4.6
1947
The GangsterFilm
Shorty
★ 5.2
1946
DragonwyckFilm
Klaas Bleecker
★ 6.6
1946
Somewhere in the NightFilm
Bath Attendant
★ 6.7
1946
From This Day ForwardFilm
Hank Beesley
★ 5.4
1946
It Shouldn't Happen to a DogFilm
Gus Rivers
★ 5.8
1946
Johnny Comes Flying HomeFilm
Joe Patillo
★ 8.0
1945
State FairFilm
Barker
★ 6.6
1945
A Bell for AdanoFilm
Captain Purvis
★ 6.0
1944
Wing and a PrayerFilm
Malcolm Brainard
★ 6.7
1944
The Eve of St. MarkFilm
Private Shevlin
★ 5.9
1944
Gentle AnnieFilm
Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
★ 5.7
1944
Roger Touhy, GangsterFilm
Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
★ 7.0
1944
Take It or Leave ItFilm
(archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.0
1943
The Ox-Bow IncidentFilm
Art Croft
★ 7.7
1943
Crash DiveFilm
Brownie
★ 6.4
1943
Happy LandFilm
Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
★ 7.1
1942
To the Shores of TripoliFilm
Mouthy
★ 5.5
1942
Orchestra WivesFilm
Cully Anderson
★ 6.5
1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan PoeFilm
Ebenezer Burling
★ 6.1
1942
The Omaha TrailFilm
Henchman Nat
★ 7.0

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M*A*S*H

3rd Rock from the Sun

High Noon

Dragnet

The Flight of Dragons

The Glenn Miller Story

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