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Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Acting·1915–2011·120 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.

Filmography

High Noon
High Noon (1952)Sam Fuller
Dragnet
Dragnet (1987)Captain Gannon
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won (1962)Ulysses S. Grant
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind (1960)Judge Mel
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)Art Croft
The Shootist
The Shootist (1976)Marshall Thibido
Bend of the River
Bend of the River (1952)Shorty
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)Olly Perkins
The Big Clock
The Big Clock (1948)Bill Womack
The Far Country
The Far Country (1954)Ketchum
The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)Chummy MacGregor
The Cat from Outer Space
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)General Stilton
The Apple Dumpling Gang
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)Homer McCoy
Yellow Sky
Yellow Sky (1948)Half Pint
Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck (1946)Klaas Bleecker
The Flight of Dragons
The Flight of Dragons (1982)Carolinus (voice)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)Taylor
Holiday Affair
Holiday Affair (1949)Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
Cimarron
Cimarron (1960)Jessie Rickey
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)T.P. Gaskill
Moonrise
Moonrise (1948)Billy Scripture
Somewhere in the Night
Somewhere in the Night (1946)Bath Attendant
State Fair
State Fair (1945)Barker
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet (1952)Biddle
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary (1949)Hyppolite
Frankie and Johnny
Frankie and Johnny (1966)Cully
Backlash
Backlash (1956)Tony Welker
Dark City
Dark City (1950)Soldier
Snowball Express
Snowball Express (1972)Jesse McCord
Not as a Stranger
Not as a Stranger (1955)Oley
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)Major Pott
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)Sergeant Gregovich
The Barefoot Executive
The Barefoot Executive (1971)E.J. Crampton
Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command (1955)Sergeant Bible
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay (1953)Rawlings
Family Plan
Family Plan (1997)Sol Rubins
Appointment with Danger
Appointment with Danger (1950)George Soderquist
All My Sons
All My Sons (1948)Frank Lubey
Crash Dive
Crash Dive (1943)Brownie
Torch Song
Torch Song (1953)Joe Denner
Red Light
Red Light (1949)Rocky
Star in the Dust
Star in the Dust (1956)Lew Hogan
The Flim-Flam Man
The Flim-Flam Man (1967)Sheriff Slade
What Price Glory
What Price Glory (1952)Sergeant Moran
14 Going on 30
14 Going on 30 (1988)Uncle Herb
Race Street
Race Street (1948)Hal Towers
The Gangster
The Gangster (1947)Shorty
Down to the Sea in Ships
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)Britton
The Well
The Well (1951)Claude Packard
To the Shores of Tripoli
To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)Mouthy
It Started with a Kiss
It Started with a Kiss (1959)Charles Meriden
The Wild Wild West Revisited
The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)Robert T. Malone
Charley and the Angel
Charley and the Angel (1973)Angel
The Incident
The Incident (1990)Judge Bell
A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano (1945)Capt. N. Purvis
Outside the Wall
Outside the Wall (1950)Garth
Strange Bargain
Strange Bargain (1949)Richard Webb
Sparkling Cyanide
Sparkling Cyanide (1983)Captain Kemp
Orchestra Wives
Orchestra Wives (1942)Cully Anderson
Wing and a Prayer
Wing and a Prayer (1944)Malcolm Brainard
From This Day Forward
From This Day Forward (1946)Hank Beesley
The Eve of St. Mark
The Eve of St. Mark (1944)Private Shevlin
My Six Convicts
My Six Convicts (1952)Dawson
Arena
Arena (1953)Lew Hutchins
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)Sarajevo
The Mountain Road
The Mountain Road (1960)Mike Michaelson
Scandalous John
Scandalous John (1971)Sheriff Pippin
Gentle Annie
Gentle Annie (1944)Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
Viva Max!
Viva Max! (1969)Chief of Police Sylvester
The Blue Veil
The Blue Veil (1951)Charles Hall
Incident in a Small Town
Incident in a Small Town (1994)Judge Bell
About Mrs. Leslie
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)Fred Blue
Exo-Man
Exo-Man (1977)Arthur Travis
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)Judge Stoddard Bell
Prisoner of War
Prisoner of War (1954)Maj. O.D. Hale
The Last Day
The Last Day (1975)Narrator
The Forty-Niners
The Forty-Niners (1954)Alf Billings
Hello Out There
Hello Out There (1949)The Young Gambler
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)Ebenezer Burling
The Showdown
The Showdown (1950)Rod Main
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946)Gus Rivers
The Saxon Charm
The Saxon Charm (1948)Hermy
The Bottom of the Bottle
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)Felix - Barkeep
The Feminist and the Fuzz
The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)Horace Bowers
Boots Malone
Boots Malone (1952)Quarter Horse Henry
More Wild Wild West
More Wild Wild West (1980)Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2002)Himself
Happy Land
Happy Land (1943)Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
Scout's Honor
Scout's Honor (1980)Mr. Briggs
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
When I Grow Up
When I Grow Up (1951)Father Reed (Modern)
Stop, You're Killing Me
Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)Innocence
Belle Le Grand
Belle Le Grand (1951)Abel Stone
Champ for a Day
Champ for a Day (1953)Al Muntz
Star Spangled Salesman
Star Spangled Salesman (1968)TV Cop
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971)Insp. Richard Queen
Roughnecks
Roughnecks (1980)Plug Champion
Memories of M*A*S*H
Memories of M*A*S*H (1991)Self / Sherman Potter
Apache War Smoke
Apache War Smoke (1952)Ed Cotten
The Omaha Trail
The Omaha Trail (1942)Henchman Nat
Take It or Leave It
Take It or Leave It (1944)(archive footage) (uncredited)
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978)Hugo Peavey
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On (2001)Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Under Fire
Under Fire (1957)Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak
Sidekicks
Sidekicks (1974)Sheriff Jenkins
You Can't Take it With You
You Can't Take it With You (1979)Mr. DePinna
Maneaters Are Loose!
Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)Toby Waites
Better Late Than Never
Better Late Than Never (1979)Mr. Scott
Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)Self (archive footage)
Operation Teahouse
Operation Teahouse (1956)Self
Cat Ballou
Cat Ballou (1971)The Rancher
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)Mr. Good
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978)Jim Bob Jackson
The Highwayman
The Highwayman (1951)
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981)Father Everett Kolodny
Toughest Man in Arizona
Toughest Man in Arizona (1952)Verne Kimber
Johnny Comes Flying Home
Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946)Joe Patillo
The Century Turns
The Century Turns (1972)Doc Amos B. Coogan
Greenboy: Prescription for Death
Greenboy: Prescription for Death (2013)Bill Gannon (archive footage)
Confessions of the D.A. Man
Confessions of the D.A. Man (1978)H.M. 'Staff' Stafford