Harry Morgan

Deceased · Born: Apr 10, 1915 · Died: Dec 7, 2011

Personal Details

Born Apr 10, 1915 Detroit, Michigan, USA

Spouse

Barbara Bushman
( Dec 17, 1986 to Dec 7, 2011 )
Eileen Ann Detchon
( Sep 1, 1940 to Feb 4, 1985 )

Parents

Henry Bratsberg
Hannah Bratsberg

Relatives

Rosemary Morgan (Grandchild)

Biography

Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his television serials roles as Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet and as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H.

Career

acting

1997

Family Plan as Sol Rubins

1996

3rd Rock from the Sun

3rd Rock from the Sun as Professor Suter

1995

The Simpsons as Bill Gannon (voice)

1994

Incident in a Small Town

Incident in a Small Town as Judge Bell

1992

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore as Judge Stoddard Bell

1990

The Incident as Judge Bell

1988

14 Going on 30 as Uncle Herb

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1987

Dragnet as Captain Gannon

1986

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote as Retired Lt. Richard Webb

1983

Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide as Captain Kemp

AfterMASH as Sherman T. Potter

1982

The Flight of Dragons

The Flight of Dragons as Carolinus

1980

Scout's Honor as Mr. Briggs

More Wild Wild West

More Wild Wild West as Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone

Roughnecks as Plug Champion

1979

You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You as Mr. DePinna

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as T.P. Gaskill

Better Late Than Never

Better Late Than Never as Mr. Scott

The Wild Wild West Revisited

The Wild Wild West Revisited as Robert T. Malone

Backstairs at the White House

Backstairs at the White House as Pres. Harry S. Truman

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations as Bob Campbell

1978

The Cat from Outer Space

The Cat from Outer Space as General Stilton

The Bastard as Capt. Caleb

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid as Hugo Peavey

Maneaters Are Loose!

Maneaters Are Loose! as Toby Waites

1977

Exo-Man as Arthur Travis

1976

The Shootist as Marshall Thibido

1975

The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang as Homer McCoy

1974

Sidekicks as Sheriff Jenkins

M*A*S*H as General Steele

1973

Charley and the Angel

Charley and the Angel as The Angel formerly Roy Zerney

1972

Snowball Express

Snowball Express as Jesse McCord

Hec Ramsey as Doc Amos Coogan

1971

The Feminist and the Fuzz

The Feminist and the Fuzz as Horace Bowers

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter as Taylor

Scandalous John

Scandalous John as Sheriff Pippin

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You as Insp. Richard Queen

The Barefoot Executive

The Barefoot Executive as E.J. Crampton

The D.A. as H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

Night Gallery as Thaddeus Conway

1970

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

But I Don't Want to Get Married! as Mr. Good

Gunsmoke as Osgood Pickett

1969

Dragnet 1966 as Bill Gannon

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff! as Olly Perkins

Viva Max as Chief of Police Sylvester

1967

The Flim-Flam Man

The Flim-Flam Man as Sheriff Slade

Dragnet 1967 as Officer Bill Gannon

1966

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Major Pott

Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny as Cully

1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Sarajevo

1962

The Virginian as Kendall Jones

1960

The Mountain Road

The Mountain Road as Mike Michaelson

Cimarron as Jessie Rickey

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind as Judge Mel

Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys

1959

It Started with a Kiss

It Started with a Kiss as Charles Meriden

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Hermie Jenkins

1957

The Teahouse of the August Moon

The Teahouse of the August Moon as Sergeant Gregovich

Under Fire as Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak

1956

Backlash as Tony Welker

Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust as Lew Hogan

1955

Not as a Stranger

Not as a Stranger as Oley

1954

The Forty-Niners

The Forty-Niners as Alf Billings

About Mrs. Leslie

About Mrs. Leslie as Fred Blue

Prisoner of War

Prisoner of War as Maj. O.D. Hale

The Far Country

The Far Country as Ketchum

The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story as Chummy MacGregor

December Bride as Pete Porter

1953

Champ for a Day

Champ for a Day as Al Muntz

Thunder Bay as Rawlings

Torch Song as Joe Denner

Arena as Lew Hutchins

1952

Boots Malone as Quarter Horse Henry

Bend of the River

Bend of the River as Shorty

High Noon as Sam Fuller

My Six Convicts

My Six Convicts as Dawson

Stop, You're Killing Me

Stop, You're Killing Me as Innocence

Toughest Man in Arizona

Toughest Man in Arizona as Verne Kimber

Scandal Sheet as Biddle

Apache War Smoke

Apache War Smoke as Ed Cotten

1951

Belle Le Grand as Abel Stone

1950

Dark City as Soldier

The Showdown as Rod Main

Appointment with Danger

Appointment with Danger as George Soderquist

Outside the Wall

Outside the Wall as Garth

1949

Strange Bargain

Strange Bargain as Richard Webb

Holiday Affair as Police Lieutenant

Red Light as Rocky

Madame Bovary as Hyppolite

Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships as Britton

1948

Yellow Sky as Half Pint

The Big Clock as Bill Womack

The Saxon Charm

The Saxon Charm as Hermy

Race Street as Hal Towers

All My Sons as Frank Lubey

Moonrise as Billy Scripture

1947

The Gangster as Shorty

1946

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Gus Rivers

Dragonwyck as Klaas Bleecker

Johnny Comes Flying Home

Johnny Comes Flying Home as Joe Patillo

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward as Hank Beesley

1945

State Fair as Barker

A Bell for Adano

A Bell for Adano as Capt. N. Purvis

1944

The Eve of St. Mark

The Eve of St. Mark as Private Shevlin

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Roger Touhy, Gangster as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon

Gentle Annie as Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer as Malcolm Brainard

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident as Art Croft

Crash Dive as Brownie

Happy Land as Tony Cavrek

1942

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Ebenezer Burling

To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli as Mouthy

The Omaha Trail

The Omaha Trail as Henchman Nat

appearances

2024

M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television

M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television

2002

'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion

'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion

2001

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

1991

Memories of M*A*S*H

Memories of M*A*S*H