Harry Morgan
Acting Born Apr 10, 1915 Died Dec 7, 2011 Detroit, Michigan, USA 178 credits
Biography
Harry Morgan was an American actor born on April 10, 1915, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. His acting career spanned six decades. Morgan's notable roles included Pete Porter in two television series, Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet, Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey, and Colonel Sherman T. Potter in MASH and AfterMASH. He also appeared in over 100 films as a supporting player. Morgan's known credits total 167. He was also known as Henry Morgan. Morgan passed away on December 7, 2011, at the age of 96.
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Career overview
Harry Morgan was an American actor with a career spanning six decades. He appeared in numerous films and television shows. Morgan's notable television roles included Pete Porter in two series, December Bride and Pete and Gladys. He also played Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet and Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey.
Morgan's starring role was that of Colonel Sherman T. Potter in the television series MASH and its spin-off AfterMASH. He portrayed this character for a combined total of nine years. In addition to his television work, Morgan appeared in over 100 films as a supporting player. His extensive body of work showcases his versatility as an actor.
Morgan's acting credits total 167. He was born on April 10, 1915, in Detroit, Michigan, and passed away on December 7, 2011, at the age of 96.
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Bakari · Producer
Greenboy: Prescription for Death
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Love & Money
Family Plan
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Incident in a Small Town
Grace Under Fire
RenegadeAgainst Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Memories of M*A*S*H
The Incident
The Simpsons
14 Going on 30
DragnetYou Can't Take It with You
Blacke's Magic
The Twilight Zone
Murder, She Wrote
AfterMASHSparkling Cyanide
The Flight of DragonsShowbiz Goes to War
Making 'M*A*S*H'Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
More Wild Wild WestRoughnecksScout's Honor
Roots: The Next GenerationsBackstairs at the White HouseThe Apple Dumpling Gang Rides AgainThe Wild Wild West RevisitedBetter Late Than Never
The BastardThe Cat from Outer SpaceManeaters Are Loose!Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidMurder at the Mardi Gras
The Love BoatThe Love BoatThe Love BoatExo-Man
The Shootist
The Apple Dumpling GangThe Last Day
Dinah!Sidekicks
Charley and the Angel
Full Filmography
178 titles- Bakari (2024) Producer
- Greenboy: Prescription for Death (2013) as Bill Gannon (archive footage)
- M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2002) as Himself
- The Shootist: The Legend Lives On (2001) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Love & Money (1999)
- Family Plan (1997) as Sol Rubins
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) as Professor Suter
- The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995)
- Incident in a Small Town (1994) as Judge Bell
- Grace Under Fire (1993)
- Renegade (1992)
- Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992) as Judge Stoddard Bell
- Memories of M*A*S*H (1991) as Self / Sherman Potter
- The Incident (1990) as Judge Bell
- The Simpsons (1989) as Bill Gannon (voice)
- 14 Going on 30 (1988) as Uncle Herb
- Dragnet (1987) as Captain Gannon
- You Can't Take It with You (1987) as Martin Vanderhof
- Blacke's Magic (1986) as Leonard Blacke
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Retired Lt. Richard Webb
- AfterMASH (1983) as Sherman T. Potter
- Sparkling Cyanide (1983) as Captain Kemp
- The Flight of Dragons (1982) as Carolinus (voice)
- Showbiz Goes to War (1982) as Self (archive footage)
- Making 'M*A*S*H' (1981) as Self
- Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981) as Father Everett Kolodny
- More Wild Wild West (1980) as Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone
- Roughnecks (1980) as Plug Champion
- Scout's Honor (1980) as Mr. Briggs
- Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as Bob Campbell
- Backstairs at the White House (1979) as Pres. Harry S. Truman
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) as T.P. Gaskill
- The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) as Robert T. Malone
- Better Late Than Never (1979) as Mr. Scott
- You Can't Take it With You (1979) as Mr. DePinna
- The Bastard (1978) as Capt. Caleb
- The Cat from Outer Space (1978) as General Stilton
- Maneaters Are Loose! (1978) as Toby Waites
- Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978) as Hugo Peavey
- Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978) as Jim Bob Jackson
- Confessions of the D.A. Man (1978) as H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
- The Love Boat (1977) as Wendell Snead
- The Love Boat (1977) as Charly Fields
- The Love Boat (1977) as Professor Milo Endler
- Exo-Man (1977) as Arthur Travis
- The Shootist (1976) as Marshall Thibido
- The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) as Homer McCoy
- The Last Day (1975) as Narrator
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- Sidekicks (1974) as Sheriff Jenkins
- Charley and the Angel (1973) as Angel
- M*A*S*H (1972) as General Steele
- M*A*S*H (1972) as Sherman Potter
- M*A*S*H (1972) Director
- Snowball Express (1972) as Jesse McCord
- Hec Ramsey (1972) as Doc Amos Coogan
- Hec Ramsey (1972) Director
- The Century Turns (1972) as Doc Amos B. Coogan
- The Barefoot Executive (1971) as E.J. Crampton
- Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) as Taylor
- Scandalous John (1971) as Sheriff Pippin
- The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971) as Horace Bowers
- The D.A. (1971) as H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
- Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971) as Insp. Richard Queen
- Cat Ballou (1971) as The Rancher
- The Partridge Family (1970) as Willie Larkin
- The Partridge Family (1970) as Cal
- Night Gallery (1970) as Thaddeus Conway
- But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970) as Mr. Good
- Love, American Style (1969) as Woody
- Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) as Olly Perkins
- Viva Max! (1969) as Chief of Police Sylvester
- Dragnet (1969) as Bill Gannon
- Adam-12 (1968) Director
- Star Spangled Salesman (1968) as TV Cop
- Dragnet (1967) as Gannon
- The Flim-Flam Man (1967) as Sheriff Slade
- Frankie and Johnny (1966) as Cully
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) as Major Pott
- The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965)
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965) as Sarajevo
- Kentucky Jones (1964) as Seldom Jackson
- The Richard Boone Show (1963)
- The Richard Boone Show (1963) Director
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) Director
- The Virginian (1962) as Kendall Jones
- Ensign O'Toole (1962) as Charlie
- Going My Way (1962)
- How the West Was Won (1962) as Ulysses S. Grant
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Francis X. Healy
- Pete and Gladys (1960)
- Here's Hollywood (1960)
- Inherit the Wind (1960) as Judge Mel
- The Mountain Road (1960) as Mike Michaelson
- Cimarron (1960) as Jessie Rickey
- The Untouchables (1959) as George 'Bugs' Moran
- It Started with a Kiss (1959) as Charles Meriden
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) as Fred Braus
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) as Sheriff Ernie Backwater
- The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957) as Sergeant Gregovich
- Under Fire (1957) as Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak
- Star in the Dust (1956) as Lew Hogan
- Backlash (1956) as Tony Welker
- The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) as Felix - Barkeep
- Operation Teahouse (1956) as Self
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Osgood Pickett
- Gunsmoke (1955) as John Milligan
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Jed Hockett
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Hermie Jenkins
- The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as Mike Feeney
- Strategic Air Command (1955) as Sergeant Bible
- Not as a Stranger (1955) as Oley
- December Bride (1954) as Pete Porter
- The Lone Wolf (1954) as Jim Strait
- The Lone Wolf (1954) as Rev. Jeffrey Hallam
- The Glenn Miller Story (1954) as Chummy MacGregor
- The Far Country (1954) as Ketchum
- About Mrs. Leslie (1954) as Fred Blue
- Prisoner of War (1954) as Maj. O.D. Hale
- The Forty-Niners (1954) as Alf Billings
- Arena (1953) as Lew Hutchins
- Torch Song (1953) as Joe Denner
- Thunder Bay (1953) as Rawlings
- Champ for a Day (1953) as Al Muntz
- Cavalcade of America (1952) as Homer Byington
- High Noon (1952) as Sam Fuller
- Bend of the River (1952) as Shorty
- What Price Glory (1952) as Sergeant Moran
- Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) as Innocence
- My Six Convicts (1952) as Dawson
- Apache War Smoke (1952) as Ed Cotten
- Toughest Man in Arizona (1952) as Verne Kimber
- Boots Malone (1952) as Quarter Horse Henry
- Scandal Sheet (1952) as Biddle
- The Devil and John Q (1952) as Abe Lincoln
- The Blue Veil (1951) as Charles Hall
- The Highwayman (1951)
- When I Grow Up (1951) as Father Reed (Modern)
- Belle Le Grand (1951) as Abel Stone
- The Well (1951) as Claude Packard
- The Amazing Mr. Malone (1951)
- Appointment with Danger (1950) as George Soderquist
- Dark City (1950) as Soldier
- Outside the Wall (1950) as Garth
- The Showdown (1950) as Rod Main
- Hello Out There (1949) as The Young Gambler
- Madame Bovary (1949) as Hyppolite
- Holiday Affair (1949) as Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
- Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) as Britton
- Red Light (1949) as Rocky
- Strange Bargain (1949) as Richard Webb
- The Big Clock (1948) as Bill Womack
- All My Sons (1948) as Frank Lubey
- Yellow Sky (1948) as Half Pint
- The Saxon Charm (1948) as Hermy
- Race Street (1948) as Hal Towers
- Moonrise (1948) as Billy Scripture
- The Gangster (1947) as Shorty
- Dragonwyck (1946) as Klaas Bleecker
- Somewhere in the Night (1946) as Bath Attendant
- From This Day Forward (1946) as Hank Beesley
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) as Gus Rivers
- Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946) as Joe Patillo
- A Bell for Adano (1945) as Capt. N. Purvis
- State Fair (1945) as Barker
- Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
- Wing and a Prayer (1944) as Malcolm Brainard
- Take It or Leave It (1944) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Eve of St. Mark (1944) as Private Shevlin
- Gentle Annie (1944) as Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) as Art Croft
- Crash Dive (1943) as Brownie
- Happy Land (1943) as Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
- To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) as Mouthy
- Orchestra Wives (1942) as Cully Anderson
- The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) as Ebenezer Burling
- The Omaha Trail (1942) as Henchman Nat
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Harry Morgan best known for?
Harry Morgan is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including The Yakuza (1974), 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996), The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995), Grace Under Fire (1993).
When and where was Harry Morgan born?
Harry Morgan was born on April 10, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. They passed away on December 7, 2011.
How many credits does Harry Morgan have?
Harry Morgan has accumulated over 178 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1942 to 2024.
What is Harry Morgan's background in cinema and television?
Harry Morgan was an American actor born on April 10, 1915, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. His acting career spanned six decades. Morgan's notable roles included Pete Porter in two television series, Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet, Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey, and Colonel Sherman T. Potter in MASH and AfterMASH. He also appea...