Harry Morgan

Acting · Born 1915-04-10 · 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.

Known for

• Greenboy: Prescription for Death (2013)
• M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2002)
• The Shootist: The Legend Lives On (2001)
• Family Plan (1997)
• Incident in a Small Town (1994)
• Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)
• Memories of M*A*S*H (1991)
• The Incident (1990)
• 14 Going on 30 (1988)
• Dragnet (1987)
• Sparkling Cyanide (1983)
• Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
• Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981)
• Making 'M*A*S*H' (1981)
• Roughnecks (1980)
• Scout's Honor (1980)
• More Wild Wild West (1980)
• The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
• The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
• You Can't Take it With You (1979)
• Better Late Than Never (1979)
• Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)
• The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
• Confessions of the D.A. Man (1978)