Harry Morgan
Born
April 10, 1915
Died
December 7, 2011 (96 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg) 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.

Greenboy: Prescription for Death
Bill Gannon (archive footage)
2013

Los Angeles Plays Itself
Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)
2004

M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Himself
2002

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001

Love & Money
(1 episode)
1999

Family Plan
Sol Rubins
1997

3rd Rock from the Sun
Professor Suter · (3 episodes)
1996

The Jeff Foxworthy Show
(1 episode)
1995

Incident in a Small Town
Judge Bell
1994

Grace Under Fire
(1 episode)
1993

Renegade
(1 episode)
1992

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Judge Stoddard Bell
1992

Memories of M*A*S*H
Self / Sherman Potter
1991

The Incident
Judge Bell
1990

The Simpsons
Bill Gannon (voice) · (1 episode)
1989

14 Going on 30
Uncle Herb
1988

Dragnet
Captain Gannon
1987

Blacke's Magic
Leonard Blacke · (13 episodes)
1986

The Twilight Zone
(1 episode)
1985

Murder, She Wrote
Retired Lt. Richard Webb · (1 episode)
1984

Sparkling Cyanide
Captain Kemp
1983

AfterMASH
Sherman T. Potter · (31 episodes)
1983

Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982

The Flight of Dragons
Carolinus (voice)
1982

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Father Everett Kolodny
1981

More Wild Wild West
Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone
1980

Scout's Honor
Mr. Briggs
1980

Roughnecks
Plug Champion
1980

Better Late Than Never
Mr. Scott
1979

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
T.P. Gaskill
1979

You Can't Take it With You
Mr. DePinna
1979

The Wild Wild West Revisited
Robert T. Malone
1979

Roots: The Next Generations
Bob Campbell · (7 episodes)
1979

Backstairs at the White House
Pres. Harry S. Truman · (4 episodes)
1979

The Cat from Outer Space
General Stilton
1978

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Hugo Peavey
1978

The Bastard
Capt. Caleb
1978

Murder at the Mardi Gras
Jim Bob Jackson
1978

Maneaters Are Loose!
Toby Waites
1978

Confessions of the D.A. Man
H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
1978

The Love Boat
Wendell Snead · (1 episode)
1977

The Love Boat
Charly Fields · (2 episodes)
1977

The Love Boat
Milo Endler · (2 episodes)
1977

Exo-Man
Arthur Travis
1977

The Shootist
Marshall Thibido
1976

The Apple Dumpling Gang
Homer McCoy
1975

The Last Day
Narrator
1975

Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
1974

Sidekicks
Sheriff Jenkins
1974

Charley and the Angel
Angel
1973

Snowball Express
Jesse McCord
1972

The Century Turns
Doc Amos B. Coogan
1972

M*A*S*H
General Steele · (1 episode)
1972

M*A*S*H
Sherman Potter · (179 episodes)
1972

Hec Ramsey
Doc Amos Coogan · (11 episodes)
1972

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Insp. Richard Queen
1971
The D.A.
H.M. 'Staff' Stafford · (15 episodes)
1971

Cat Ballou
The Rancher
1971

Scandalous John
Sheriff Pippin
1971

Support Your Local Gunfighter
Taylor
1971

The Barefoot Executive
E.J. Crampton
1971

The Feminist and the Fuzz
Horace Bowers
1971

Night Gallery
Thaddeus Conway · (1 episode)
1970

But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Mr. Good
1970

The Partridge Family
Cal · (1 episode)
1970

The Partridge Family
Willie Larkin · (1 episode)
1970

Viva Max!
Chief of Police Sylvester
1969

Love, American Style
Woody · (1 episode)
1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!
Olly Perkins
1969

Dragnet
Bill Gannon
1969

Star Spangled Salesman
TV Cop
1968

The Flim-Flam Man
Sheriff Slade
1967

Dragnet
Officer Bill Gannon · (98 episodes)
1967

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Major Pott
1966

Frankie and Johnny
Cully
1966

The Wackiest Ship in the Army
(1 episode)
1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Sarajevo
1965
Kentucky Jones
Seldom Jackson · (26 episodes)
1964

The Richard Boone Show
(15 episodes)
1963

How the West Was Won
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
1962

Going My Way
(1 episode)
1962

Ensign O'Toole
Charlie · (1 episode)
1962

The Virginian
Kendall Jones · (1 episode)
1962

Dr. Kildare
Francis X. Healy · (3 episodes)
1961

Cimarron
Jessie Rickey
1960

Here's Hollywood
(1 episode)
1960

Pete and Gladys
(72 episodes)
1960

Inherit the Wind
Judge Mel
1960

The Mountain Road
Mike Michaelson
1960

The Untouchables
George 'Bugs' Moran · (1 episode)
1959

It Started with a Kiss
Charles Meriden
1959

Under Fire
Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
Sheriff Ernie Backwater · (1 episode)
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
Fred Braus · (1 episode)
1957

The Teahouse of the August Moon
Sergeant Gregovich
1957

Operation Teahouse
Self
1956

Star in the Dust
Lew Hogan
1956

Backlash
Tony Welker
1956

The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mike Feeney · (1 episode)
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hermie Jenkins · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Osgood Pickett · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
John Milligan · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Jed Hockett · (2 episodes)
1955

Strategic Air Command
Sergeant Bible
1955

Not as a Stranger
Oley
1955

December Bride
Pete Porter · (157 episodes)
1954

About Mrs. Leslie
Fred Blue
1954

The Forty-Niners
Alf Billings
1954

Prisoner of War
Maj. O.D. Hale
1954

The Lone Wolf
Jim Strait · (1 episode)
1954

The Lone Wolf
Rev. Jeffrey Hallam · (1 episode)
1954

The Far Country
Ketchum
1954

The Glenn Miller Story
Chummy MacGregor
1954

Torch Song
Joe Denner
1953

Champ for a Day
Al Muntz
1953

Arena
Lew Hutchins
1953

Thunder Bay
Rawlings
1953

Stop, You're Killing Me
Innocence
1952

Toughest Man in Arizona
Verne Kimber
1952

Cavalcade of America
Homer Byington · (1 episode)
1952

Apache War Smoke
Ed Cotten
1952

What Price Glory
Sergeant Moran
1952

High Noon
Sam Fuller
1952

My Six Convicts
Dawson
1952
The Devil and John Q
Abe Lincoln
1952

Bend of the River
Shorty
1952

Scandal Sheet
Biddle
1952

Boots Malone
Quarter Horse Henry
1952

The Blue Veil
Charles Hall
1951

The Well
Claude Packard
1951

The Highwayman
1951

When I Grow Up
Father Reed (Modern)
1951
The Amazing Mr. Malone
(1 episode)
1951

Belle Le Grand
Abel Stone
1951

Dark City
Soldier
1950

The Showdown
Rod Main
1950

Appointment with Danger
George Soderquist
1950

Outside the Wall
Garth
1950

Holiday Affair
Police Lieutenant
1949

Strange Bargain
Richard Webb
1949

Red Light
Rocky
1949

Madame Bovary
Hyppolite
1949

Down to the Sea in Ships
Britton
1949

Hello Out There
The Young Gambler
1949

Yellow Sky
Half Pint
1948

Moonrise
Billy Scripture
1948

The Saxon Charm
Hermy
1948

Race Street
Hal Towers
1948

All My Sons
Frank Lubey
1948

The Big Clock
Bill Womack
1948

The Gangster
Shorty
1947

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Gus Rivers
1946

Somewhere in the Night
Bath Attendant
1946

Dragonwyck
Klaas Bleecker
1946

Johnny Comes Flying Home
Joe Patillo
1946

From This Day Forward
Hank Beesley
1946

State Fair
Barker
1945

A Bell for Adano
Capt. N. Purvis
1945

Gentle Annie
Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
1944

Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1944

Roger Touhy, Gangster
Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
1944

The Eve of St. Mark
Private Shevlin
1944

Wing and a Prayer
Malcolm Brainard
1944

Happy Land
Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
1943

Crash Dive
Brownie
1943

The Ox-Bow Incident
Art Croft
1943

To the Shores of Tripoli
Mouthy
1942

Orchestra Wives
Cully Anderson
1942

The Omaha Trail
Henchman Nat
1942

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Ebenezer Burling
1942

The Kennel Murder Case
Gamble (uncredited)
1933