8.0
TV
Acting
Harry Morgan
- Born
- Died
- (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Credits
- 167 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.0
TV
7.7
Movie
High Noon
7.9
TV
M*A*S*H
7.5
TV
3rd Rock from the Sun
6.0
Movie
Dragnet
7.0
Movie
How the West Was Won
7.6
Movie
Inherit the Wind
7.5
TV
Murder, She Wrote
7.7
Movie
The Ox-Bow Incident
7.1
Movie
The Shootist
7.8
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
TV
The Twilight Zone
7.0
Movie
Bend of the River
6.9
Movie
Support Your Local Sheriff!
6.2
TV
The Love Boat
7.3
Movie
The Big Clock
6.9
Movie
The Far Country
7.0
Movie
The Glenn Miller Story
Acting credits 164
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Greenboy: Prescription for Death Film | Bill Gannon (archive footage) |
| 2002 | M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion Film | Himself |
| 2001 | The Shootist: The Legend Lives On Film | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Love & Money TV | (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Family Plan Film | Sol Rubins |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun TV | Professor Suter (3 ep) |
| 1995 | The Jeff Foxworthy Show TV | (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Incident in a Small Town Film | Judge Bell |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire TV | (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Renegade TV | (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore Film | Judge Stoddard Bell |
| 1991 | Memories of M*A*S*H Film | Self / Sherman Potter |
| 1990 | The Incident Film | Judge Bell |
| 1989 | The Simpsons TV | Bill Gannon (voice) (1 ep) |
| 1988 | 14 Going on 30 Film | Uncle Herb |
| 1987 | You Can't Take It with You TV | Martin Vanderhof (22 ep) |
| 1987 | Dragnet Film | Captain Gannon |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic TV | Leonard Blacke (13 ep) |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone TV | (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Retired Lt. Richard Webb (1 ep) |
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide Film | Captain Kemp |
| 1983 | AfterMASH TV | Sherman T. Potter (31 ep) |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | The Flight of Dragons Film | Carolinus (voice) |
| 1981 | Rivkin: Bounty Hunter Film | Father Everett Kolodny |
| 1981 | Making 'M*A*S*H' Film | Self |
| 1980 | More Wild Wild West Film | Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone |
| 1980 | Scout's Honor Film | Mr. Briggs |
| 1980 | Roughnecks Film | Plug Champion |
| 1979 | Better Late Than Never Film | Mr. Scott |
| 1979 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Film | T.P. Gaskill |
| 1979 | You Can't Take it With You Film | Mr. DePinna |
| 1979 | The Wild Wild West Revisited Film | Robert T. Malone |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations TV | Bob Campbell (1 ep) |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House TV | Pres. Harry S. Truman (4 ep) |
| 1978 | The Cat from Outer Space Film | General Stilton |
| 1978 | Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid Film | Hugo Peavey |
| 1978 | The Bastard TV | Capt. Caleb (1 ep) |
| 1978 | Murder at the Mardi Gras Film | Jim Bob Jackson |
| 1978 | Maneaters Are Loose! Film | Toby Waites |
| 1978 | Confessions of the D.A. Man Film | H.M. 'Staff' Stafford |
| 1977 | The Love Boat TV | Wendell Snead, Charly Fields, Professor Milo Endler (1 ep) |
| 1977 | Exo-Man Film | Arthur Travis |
| 1976 | The Shootist Film | Marshall Thibido |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Film | Homer McCoy |
| 1975 | The Last Day Film | Narrator |
| 1974 | Dinah! TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Sidekicks Film | Sheriff Jenkins |
| 1973 | Charley and the Angel Film | Angel |
| 1972 | Snowball Express Film | Jesse McCord |
| 1972 | The Century Turns Film | Doc Amos B. Coogan |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H TV | General Steele, Sherman Potter (1 ep) |
| 1972 | Hec Ramsey TV | Doc Amos Coogan (11 ep) |
| 1971 | Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You Film | Insp. Richard Queen |
| 1971 | The D.A. TV | H.M. 'Staff' Stafford (15 ep) |
| 1971 | Cat Ballou Film | The Rancher |
| 1971 | Scandalous John Film | Sheriff Pippin |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter Film | Taylor |
| 1971 | The Barefoot Executive Film | E.J. Crampton |
| 1971 | The Feminist and the Fuzz Film | Horace Bowers |
Crew credits 6
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bakari Film | Producer |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H TV | Director (9 ep) |
| 1972 | Hec Ramsey TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 1968 | Adam-12 TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1963 | The Richard Boone Show TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV | Director (2 ep) |