Harry Morgan

Acting · Born 1915-04-10 in Detroit, 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.

Filmography

• High Noon as Sam Fuller
• Inherit the Wind as Judge Mel
• How the West Was Won as Ulysses S. Grant
• The Shootist as Marshall Thibido
• The Ox-Bow Incident as Art Croft
• Dragnet as Captain Gannon
• The Barefoot Executive as E.J. Crampton
• Roughnecks as Plug Champion
• Yellow Sky as Half Pint
• Support Your Local Sheriff! as Olly Perkins

TV

• The Simpsons as Bill Gannon (voice)
• M*A*S*H as General Steele
• M*A*S*H as Sherman Potter
• The Twilight Zone
• Night Gallery as Thaddeus Conway
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Hermie Jenkins
• The Untouchables as George 'Bugs' Moran
• Murder, She Wrote as Retired Lt. Richard Webb
• Renegade
• December Bride as Pete Porter