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Harry Morgan (I) (1915–2011)


Harry Morgan was a prolific character actor who starred in over 100 films and was a stage performer. Known to a younger generation of fans as "Col. Sherman T. Potter" on M*A*S*H. Also known for his commanding personality throughout his career, he tackled movies and television in a way no other actor would do it... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (161 titles)
1999 Crosswalk (short)
Dr. Chandler
 
1999 Love & Money (TV series)
Fletcher Conklin
Career Daze (1999) … Fletcher Conklin
 
1997 Family Plan
Sol Rubins
 
1996-1997 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV series)
Professor Suter
Selfish Dick (1996) … Professor Suter
 
1996 Grace Under Fire (TV series)
George
Head Games (1996) … George
 
1995 The Simpsons (TV series)
Bill Gannon
Mother Simpson (1995) … Bill Gannon (voice)
 
1995 The Jeff Foxworthy Show (TV series)
Raymond
Jeff & Ray & Racal's Big Adventure (1995) … Raymond
 
1990 The Incident (TV movie)
Judge Bell
 
1988 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
Edgar Witherspoon
The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon (1988) … Edgar Witherspoon
 
1988 14 Going on 30 (TV movie)
 
1987 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Retired Lt. Richard Webb
The Days Dwindle Down (1987) … Retired Lt. Richard Webb (also archive footage)
 
1986 Blacke's Magic (TV series)
Leonard Blacke
Wax Poetic (1986) … Leonard Blacke
 
1983-1984 After MASH (TV series)
Dr. Sherman T. Potter / Col. Sherman T. Potter
 
1983 Sparkling Cyanide (TV movie)
Captain Kemp
 
1974-1983 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Colonel Sherman T. Potter / Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele
 
1982 The Flight of Dragons
Carolinus (voice)
 
1981 Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (TV movie)
Father Kolodny
 
1980 Scout's Honor (TV movie)
Mr. Briggs
 
1980 Roughnecks (TV movie)
Plug Champion
 
1979 Better Late Than Never (TV movie)
Mr. Scott
 
1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Maj. T.P. Gaskill
 
1979 Backstairs at the White House (TV mini-series)
President Harry S. Truman
Episode #1.3 (1979) … President Harry S. Truman (credit only)
Episode #1.1 (1979) … President Harry S. Truman (credit only)
Episode #1.2 (1979) … President Harry S. Truman (credit only)
 
1979 Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series)
Bob Campbell
Episode #1.2 (1979) … Bob Campbell
 
1978 Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (TV movie)
Hugo Peavey
 
1978 The Bastard (TV movie)
Capt. Caleb
 
1978 Murder at the Mardi Gras (TV movie)
Jim Bob Jackson
 
1978 Maneaters Are Loose! (TV movie)
Toby Waites
 
1977 The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (TV movie)
J.J. Strange
 
1977 Exo-Man (TV movie)
Arthur Travis
 
1976 The Shootist
Marshall Thibido
 
1975 The Apple Dumpling Gang
Homer McCoy
 
1975 The Last Day (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1970-1975 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Jed Hockett / John Milligan / Osgood Pickett
The Wiving (1974) … Jed Hockett
Milligan (1972) … John Milligan
The Witness (1970) … Osgood Pickett
 
1972-1974 Hec Ramsey (TV series)
Doc Amos B. Coogan
Dead Heat (1974) … Doc Amos B. Coogan
 
1974 Sidekicks (TV movie)
Sheriff Jenkins
 
1973 Charley and the Angel
The Angel formerly Roy Zerney
 
1973 The Mouse Factory (TV series)
Harry Morgan
Trains (1973) … Harry Morgan
 
1972 Snowball Express
Jesse McCord
 
1970-1972 The Partridge Family (TV series)
Cal / Willie Larkin
All's War in Love and Fairs (1972) … Cal
The Sound of Money (1970) … Willie Larkin
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Thaddeus Conway
 
1971 The D.A. (TV series)
H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
 
1971/II Cat Ballou (TV movie)
The Rancher
 
1971 Scandalous John
Sheriff Pippin
 
1971 The Barefoot Executive
E.J. Crampton
 
1971 The Feminist and the Fuzz (TV movie)
Dr. Horace Bowers
 
1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married! (TV movie)
Mr. Good
 
1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
Woody (segment "Love and the Motel")
Love and the Father/Love and the Motel (1970) … Woody (segment "Love and the Motel")
 
1969 Viva Max
Chief of Police Sylvester
 
1969 Dragnet 1966 (TV movie)
Officer Bill Gannon
 
1968 Star Spangled Salesman (documentary short)
TV Cop
 
1967 The Flim-Flam Man
Sheriff Slade
 
1966 Frankie and Johnny
Cully
 
1965 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Francis X Healy
Going Home (1965) … Francis X Healy
 
1964-1965 Kentucky Jones (TV series)
Seldom Jackson
The Victim (1965) … Seldom Jackson
The Big Shot (1965) … Seldom Jackson
 
1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo
 
1963-1964 The Richard Boone Show (TV series)
Senator Clements / Deputy Thayer / Dr. Lindstrom / …
A Need of Valor (1964) … Robert Logan
The Arena: Part 2 (1964) … Senator Clements
The Arena: Part 1 (1964) … Senator Clements
Run, Pony, Run (1964) … Eddie
A Tough Man to Kill (1964) … Sig
 
1963 The Wall to Wall War (TV movie)
 
1963 The Virginian (TV series)
Kendall Jones
Strangers at Sundown (1963) … Kendall Jones
 
1958-1963 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Fred Braus / Sheriff Ernie Backwater
American Primitive (1963) … Sheriff Ernie Backwater (as 'Henry [Harry] Morgan')
A Snare for Murder (1958) … Fred Braus
 
1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
Bugs Moran
Doublecross (1962) … Bugs Moran
 
1962 Going My Way (TV series)
Al Everett
Like My Own Brother (1962) … Al Everett
 
1962 How the West Was Won
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
 
1962 Ensign O'Toole (TV series)
Charlie
Operation: Mess (1962) … Charlie
 
1960-1962 Pete and Gladys (TV series)
Pete Porter
The Arrival (1962) … Pete Porter
Step on Me (1962) … Pete Porter
 
1960 Cimarron
Jessie Rickey (as Henry {Harry} Morgan)
 
1960 The Mountain Road
Sgt. 'Mike' Michaelson (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
 
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Hermie Jenkins
Anniversary Gift (1959) … Hermie Jenkins
 
1959 It Started with a Kiss
Charles Meriden (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
 
1954-1959 December Bride (TV series)
Pete Porter
Bald Baby (1959) … Pete Porter
Linda on TV (1959) … Pete Porter
 
1957 Under Fire
Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak (as Henry Morgan)
 
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Mike Feeney
The Marriage Broker (1957) … Mike Feeney
 
1956 The Teahouse of the August Moon
Sgt. Gregovich (as Henry {Harry} Morgan)
 
1956 Star in the Dust
Lew Hogan
 
1953-1956 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Homer Byington
Who Is Byington? (1956) … Homer Byington
 
1956 Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers (documentary)
Pilot on Radio (uncredited) (voice)
 
1956 Backlash
Tony Welker
 
1956 The Bottom of the Bottle
Felix--Barkeep (as Henry Morgan)
 
1955 Pete Kelly's Blues (uncredited)
 
1955 Not as a Stranger
Oley
 
1955 Strategic Air Command
Sgt. Bible (flight engineer) (as Henry Morgan)
 
1954 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
Jim Strait / Rev. Jeffrey Hallam
The Minister Story (1954) … Rev. Jeffrey Hallam (as Henry Morgan)
Plantation Story … Jim Strait (as Henry Morgan)
 
1954 The Far Country
Ketchum (as Henry Morgan)
 
1954 About Mrs. Leslie
Fred Blue (as Henry Morgan)
 
1954 The Forty-Niners
Alfred 'Alf' Billings (as Henry Morgan)
 
1954 Prisoner of War
Maj. O.D. Hale
 
1954 The Glenn Miller Story
Chummy MacGregor (as Henry Morgan)
 
1953 Torch Song
Joe Denner (as Henry Morgan)
 
1953 Champ for a Day
Al Muntz (as Henry Morgan)
 
1953 Arena
Lew Hutchins (as Henry Morgan)
 
1953 Thunder Bay
Rawlings (as Henry Morgan)
 
1952 Stop, You're Killing Me
Innocence (as Henry Morgan)
 
1952 The Doctor (TV series)
The Red Wig (1952) (as Henry Morgan)
 
1952 Toughest Man in Arizona
Verne Kimber (as Henry Morgan)
 
1952 Apache War Smoke
Ed Cotten
 
1952 Big Jim McLain
Narrator (uncredited)
 
1952 What Price Glory
Sgt. Moran (uncredited)
 
1952 High Noon
Sam Fuller (as Henry Morgan)
 
1952 My Six Convicts
Dawson
 
1952 Bend of the River
Shorty (as Henry Morgan)
 
1952 Scandal Sheet
Biddle (as Henry Morgan)
 
1952 Boots Malone
Quarter Horse Henry (as Henry Morgan)
 
1951 The Blue Veil
Charles Hall
 
1951 The Amazing Mr. Malone (TV series)
 
1951 The Well
Claude Packard (as Henry Morgan)
 
1951 The Highwayman
Tim (as Henry Morgan)
 
1951 Appointment with Danger
George Soderquist (as Henry Morgan)
 
1951 When I Grow Up
Father Reed (modern) (as Henry Morgan)
 
1951 Belle Le Grand
Abel Stone (as Henry Morgan)
 
1950 Dark City
Soldier (as Henry Morgan)
 
1950 The Showdown
Rod Main (as Henry Morgan)
 
1950 The Amazing Mr. Malone (TV movie)
 
1950 Outside the Wall
Garth (as Henry Morgan)
 
1949 Holiday Affair
Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
 
1949 Red Light
Rocky (as Henry Morgan)
 
1949 Strange Bargain
Lt. Richard Webb (as Henry Morgan)
 
1949 Madame Bovary
Hyppolite (as Henry Morgan)
 
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Hoodlum (uncredited)
 
1949 Down to the Sea in Ships
Britton (as Henry Morgan)
 
1949 Hello Out There (short)
The Young Gambler
 
1948 Yellow Sky
Half Pint (as Henry Morgan)
 
1948 Moonrise
Billy Scripture (as Henry Morgan)
 
1948 The Saxon Charm
Hermy (as Henry Morgan)
 
1948 Race Street
Hal Towers (as Henry Morgan)
 
1948 All My Sons
Frank Lubey (as Henry Morgan)
 
1948 The Big Clock
Bill Womack (as Henry Morgan)
 
1947 The Gangster
Shorty (as Henry Morgan)
 
1946 Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Jervis (uncredited)
 
1946 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Gus Rivers (as Henry Morgan)
 
1946 Somewhere in the Night
Bath Attendant (uncredited)
 
1946 Dragonwyck
Klaas Bleecker (as Henry Morgan)
 
1946 Johnny Comes Flying Home
Joe Patillo (as Henry Morgan)
 
1946 From This Day Forward
Hank Beesley (as Henry Morgan)
 
1945 State Fair
Barker (as Henry Morgan)
 
1945 A Bell for Adano
Capt. N. Purvis (as Henry Morgan)
 
1944 Gentle Annie
Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
 
1944 Wing and a Prayer
Ens. Malcolm Brainard (as Henry Morgan)
 
1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster
Thomas J. 'Smoke' Reardon (as Henry Morgan)
 
1944 The Eve of St. Mark
Pvt. Shevlin (as Henry Morgan)
 
1943 Happy Land
Anton 'Tony' Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
 
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
Art Croft (as Henry Morgan)
 
1943 Crash Dive
Brownie (as Henry Morgan)
 
1942 The Omaha Trail
Henchman Nat (as Henry Morgan)
 
1942 Orchestra Wives
Cully Anderson (as Henry Morgan)
 
1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Ebenezer Burling (as Henry Morgan)
 
1942 To the Shores of Tripoli
Mouthy (as Henry Morgan)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1974-1983 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Friends and Enemies (1983) (performer: "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" - uncredited)
The Foresight Saga (1981) (performer: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow")
Tell It to the Marines (1981) (performer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
Dear Uncle Abdul (1979) (performer: "Over There")
The Price (1979) (performer: "I'm an Old Cow Hand From the Rio Grande")
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
1976-1983 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Who Knew? (1982)
Blood Brothers (1981)
Stars and Stripes (1979)
 
1973-1974 Hec Ramsey (TV series)
 
1971 The D.A. (TV series)
 
1969 Adam-12 (TV series)
 
1964-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Who Needs an Enemy? (1964)
 
1964 The Richard Boone Show (TV series)
A Need of Valor (1964)
Occupational Hazard (1964)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2012 The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special) (in memory of)
 
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
Comparativa: Le llamaban Trinidad (2011) (in memory of)
 
1991 Memories of M*A*S*H (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (20 titles)
2002 'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) / Col. Sherman T. Potter (also archive footage)
 
1995 Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Memories of M*A*S*H (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) / Col. Sherman T. Potter (also archive footage)
 
1983 The 35th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series
 
1982 The 34th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series
 
1982 The 28th Annual Genii Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite Television Comedy Program
 
1982 The 34th Annual Directors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
 
1981 The 33rd Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series
 
1980 The 6th People's Choice Awards
Himself - Accepting Favourite TV Comedy Award
 
1979 The 31st Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series
 
1978 The 30th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1974 Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1972 The Mouse Factory (TV series)
Himself
Consciences (1972) … Himself
 
1968 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 October 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #5.122 (1968) … Himself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 November 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1956 Operation Teahouse (documentary short)
Himself
 
1954 Light's Diamond Jubilee (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1943 A Scrap of Paper (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2012 The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1995 50 Years of Funny Females (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Actor in 'The Ox-Bow Incident' (uncredited)
 
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV movie)
 
1973-1982 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Actor in 'The Ox-Bow Incident (uncredited)
 

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Other Works:

(1941) Stage: Appeared (as "Blocky Lockhart"; credited as Harry Bratburg) in "The Cream in the Well" on Broadway. Written by Lynn Riggs. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Martin Gabel. Booth Theatre: 20 Jan 1941-8 Feb 1941 (24 performances). Cast: Virginia Campbell... See more »

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Alternate Names:

'Henry [Harry] Morgan' | Henry 'Harry' Morgan | Henry {Harry} Morgan | Henry Morgan

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Personal Quote:

I've never been more comfortable in a part than with Colonel Potter. See more »

Trivia:

Started using Harry rather than Henry when comedian Henry Morgan became popular on radio and TV in the early 1960s. Ironically, they were only born 11 days apart. See more »

Trademark:

His commanding voice See more »

Star Sign:

Aries