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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

177

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-04-10

Day of Death

2011-12-07 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Henry Morgan

Henry 'Harry' Morgan

Гарри Морган

Harry Bratsberg

هری مورگان

Harry Morgan

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.

Known For

Acting

High Noon

1952

High Noon

as

Sam Fuller

Dragnet

1987

Dragnet

as

Captain Gannon

Inherit the Wind

1960

Inherit the Wind

as

Judge Mel

The Barefoot Executive

1971

The Barefoot Executive

as

E.J. Crampton

Roughnecks

1980

Roughnecks

as

Plug Champion

Yellow Sky

1948

Yellow Sky

as

Half Pint

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!

as

Olly Perkins

Maneaters Are Loose!

1978

Maneaters Are Loose!

as

Toby Waites

Holiday Affair

1949

Holiday Affair

as

Police Lieutenant

How the West Was Won

1962

How the West Was Won

as

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Snowball Express

1972

Snowball Express

as

Jesse McCord

Appointment with Danger

1950

Appointment with Danger

as

George Soderquist

Dragonwyck

1946

Dragonwyck

as

Klaas Bleecker

The Gangster

1947

The Gangster

as

Shorty

The Shootist

1976

The Shootist

as

Marshall Thibido

Red Light

1949

Red Light

as

Rocky

Scandal Sheet

1952

Scandal Sheet

as

Biddle

The Flight of Dragons

1982

The Flight of Dragons

as

Carolinus (voice)

State Fair

1945

State Fair

as

Barker

Moonrise

1948

Moonrise

as

Billy Scripture

The Well

1951

The Well

as

Claude Packard

Strange Bargain

1949

Strange Bargain

as

Richard Webb

Dark City

1950

Dark City

as

Soldier

The Flim-Flam Man

1967

The Flim-Flam Man

as

Sheriff Slade

Thunder Bay

1953

Thunder Bay

as

Rawlings

Backlash

1956

Backlash

as

Tony Welker

Strategic Air Command

1955

Strategic Air Command

as

Sergeant Bible

My Six Convicts

1952

My Six Convicts

as

Dawson

All My Sons

1948

All My Sons

as

Frank Lubey

Madame Bovary

1949

Madame Bovary

as

Hyppolite

Bend of the River

1952

Bend of the River

as

Shorty

Cimarron

1960

Cimarron

as

Jessie Rickey

Viva Max!

1969

Viva Max!

as

Chief of Police Sylvester

The Glenn Miller Story

1954

The Glenn Miller Story

as

Chummy MacGregor

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975

The Apple Dumpling Gang

as

Homer McCoy

The Far Country

1954

The Far Country

as

Ketchum

The Cat from Outer Space

1978

The Cat from Outer Space

as

General Stilton

Wing and a Prayer

1944

Wing and a Prayer

as

Malcolm Brainard

The Big Clock

1948

The Big Clock

as

Bill Womack

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as

(archive footage)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as

Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)

Incident in a Small Town

1994

Incident in a Small Town

as

Judge Bell

Race Street

1948

Race Street

as

Hal Towers

Crash Dive

1943

Crash Dive

as

Brownie

Sidekicks

1974

Sidekicks

as

Sheriff Jenkins

The Wild Wild West Revisited

1979

The Wild Wild West Revisited

as

Robert T. Malone

The Showdown

1950

The Showdown

as

Rod Main

The Mountain Road

1960

The Mountain Road

as

Mike Michaelson

Scandalous John

1971

Scandalous John

as

Sheriff Pippin

About Mrs. Leslie

1954

About Mrs. Leslie

as

Fred Blue

Arena

1953

Arena

as

Lew Hutchins

Apache War Smoke

1952

Apache War Smoke

as

Ed Cotten

Star in the Dust

1956

Star in the Dust

as

Lew Hogan

The Blue Veil

1951

The Blue Veil

as

Charles Hall

Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944

Roger Touhy, Gangster

as

Thomas "Smoke" Reardon

The Saxon Charm

1948

The Saxon Charm

as

Hermy

From This Day Forward

1946

From This Day Forward

as

Hank Beesley

Hello Out There

1949

Hello Out There

as

The Young Gambler

Boots Malone

1952

Boots Malone

as

Quarter Horse Henry

It Started with a Kiss

1959

It Started with a Kiss

as

Charles Meriden

Prisoner of War

1954

Prisoner of War

as

Maj. O.D. Hale

Toughest Man in Arizona

1952

Toughest Man in Arizona

as

Verne Kimber

Confessions of the D.A. Man

1978

Confessions of the D.A. Man

as

H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

The Century Turns

1972

The Century Turns

as

Doc Amos B. Coogan

Happy Land

1943

Happy Land

as

Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)

The Eve of St. Mark

1944

The Eve of St. Mark

as

Private Shevlin

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

as

Art Croft

The Forty-Niners

1954

The Forty-Niners

as

Alf Billings

Outside the Wall

1950

Outside the Wall

as

Garth

The Bastard

1978

The Bastard

as

Capt. Caleb

Gentle Annie

1944

Gentle Annie

as

Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

1981

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

as

Father Everett Kolodny

The Feminist and the Fuzz

1971

The Feminist and the Fuzz

as

Horace Bowers

The Devil and John Q

1952

The Devil and John Q

as

Abe Lincoln

Exo-Man

1977

Exo-Man

as

Arthur Travis

Scout's Honor

1980

Scout's Honor

as

Mr. Briggs

Somewhere in the Night

1946

Somewhere in the Night

as

Bath Attendant

Belle Le Grand

1951

Belle Le Grand

as

Abel Stone

The Omaha Trail

1942

The Omaha Trail

as

Henchman Nat

Greenboy: Prescription for Death

2013

Greenboy: Prescription for Death

as

Bill Gannon (archive footage)

Orchestra Wives

1942

Orchestra Wives

as

Cully Anderson

Torch Song

1953

Torch Song

as

Joe Denner

Murder at the Mardi Gras

1978

Murder at the Mardi Gras

as

Jim Bob Jackson

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

as

Ebenezer Burling

More Wild Wild West

1980

More Wild Wild West

as

Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone

The Last Day

1975

The Last Day

as

Narrator

What Price Glory

1952

What Price Glory

as

Sergeant Moran

When I Grow Up

1951

When I Grow Up

as

Father Reed (Modern)

The Teahouse of the August Moon

1957

The Teahouse of the August Moon

as

Sergeant Gregovich

The Incident

1990

The Incident

as

Judge Bell

Champ for a Day

1953

Champ for a Day

as

Al Muntz

Take It or Leave It

1944

Take It or Leave It

as

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Dragnet

1969

Dragnet

as

Bill Gannon

14 Going on 30

1988

14 Going on 30

as

Uncle Herb

Memories of M*A*S*H

1991

Memories of M*A*S*H

as

Self / Sherman Potter

The Kennel Murder Case

1933

The Kennel Murder Case

as

Gamble (uncredited)

A Bell for Adano

1945

A Bell for Adano

as

Capt. N. Purvis

Better Late Than Never

1979

Better Late Than Never

as

Mr. Scott

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

2001

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sparkling Cyanide

1983

Sparkling Cyanide

as

Captain Kemp

Under Fire

1957

Under Fire

as

Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak

Family Plan

1997

Family Plan

as

Sol Rubins

Johnny Comes Flying Home

1946

Johnny Comes Flying Home

as

Joe Patillo

Cat Ballou

1971

Cat Ballou

as

The Rancher

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

1971

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

as

Insp. Richard Queen

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Retired Lt. Richard Webb

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

as

Bill Gannon (voice)

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

as

General Steele

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

as

Sherman Potter

December Bride

December Bride

as

Pete Porter

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Wendell Snead

AfterMASH

AfterMASH

as

Sherman T. Potter

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as

Osgood Pickett

Night Gallery

Night Gallery

as

Thaddeus Conway

Backstairs at the White House

Backstairs at the White House

as

Pres. Harry S. Truman

Hec Ramsey

Hec Ramsey

as

Doc Amos Coogan

The Virginian

The Virginian

as

Kendall Jones

The D.A.

The D.A.

as

H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

as

Homer Byington

Blacke's Magic

Blacke's Magic

as

Leonard Blacke

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

as

Francis X. Healy

Kentucky Jones

Kentucky Jones

as

Seldom Jackson

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Officer Bill Gannon

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as

John Milligan

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as

Jed Hockett

3rd Rock from the Sun

3rd Rock from the Sun

as

Professor Suter

The Untouchables

The Untouchables

as

George 'Bugs' Moran

Dinah!

Dinah!

as

Self

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

as

Willie Larkin

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Charly Fields

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

as

Sheriff Ernie Backwater

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Milo Endler

The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf

as

Jim Strait

The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf

as

Rev. Jeffrey Hallam

Production

Bakari

2024

Bakari

as

Crew

Directing