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Harry Morgan was an American actor and director whose television 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 M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985). Morgan appeared in more than 100 films.

Birth Name

Harry Bratsberg

Born

Saturday, 10 April 1915

Died

Wednesday, 07 December 2011

Actor Filmography

Title

Character

Year

The '80s: Top Ten

Self

2022

History of the Sitcom

Col. Sherman T. Potter, Self - Actor

2021

History's Greatest Mysteries

Sherman T. Potter

2020

Silicon Cowboys

Self

2016

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Colonel Sherman T. Potter

2016

The Sixties

Officer Bill Gannon - Dragnet 1967

2013

Greenboy: Prescription for Death

Bill Gannon (archive footage) / Bill Gannon

2013

Hit Celebrity TV Commercials

Pete Porter - for Carnation Instant Non Fat Dry Milk

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet

2003

'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion

Col. Sherman T. Potter / Self / Himself

2002

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title

Character

Year

The '80s: Top Ten

Self

2022

History of the Sitcom

Col. Sherman T. Potter, Self - Actor

2021

History's Greatest Mysteries

Sherman T. Potter

2020

Silicon Cowboys

Self

2016

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Colonel Sherman T. Potter

2016

The Sixties

Officer Bill Gannon - Dragnet 1967

2013

Greenboy: Prescription for Death

Bill Gannon (archive footage) / Bill Gannon

2013

Hit Celebrity TV Commercials

Pete Porter - for Carnation Instant Non Fat Dry Milk

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet

2003

'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion

Col. Sherman T. Potter / Self / Himself

2002

Love & Money

Fletcher Conklin

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

Officer Bill Gannon

1999

20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years

Actor 'Crash Dive'

1997

Family Plan

Sol Rubins

1997

3rd Rock from the Sun

Professor Suter

1996

The Jeff Foxworthy Show

Raymond

1995

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Self

1995

Incident in a Small Town

Judge Bell

1994

Grace Under Fire

George

1993

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Judge Stoddard Bell

1992

The Incident

Judge Bell

1990

The Simpsons

Bill Gannon

1989

14 Going on 30

Uncle Herb

1988

You Can't Take It with You

Martin Vanderhof

1987

Dragnet

Gannon / Captain Gannon

1987

Blacke's Magic

Leonard Blacke

1986

The Twilight Zone

Edgar Witherspoon

1985

Murder, She Wrote

Retired Lt. Richard Webb

1984

Sparkling Cyanide

Captain Kemp

1983

AfterMASH

Dr. Sherman T. Potter / Sherman T. Potter, Dr. Sherman T. Potter

1983

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

1982

The Flight of Dragons

Carolinus

1982

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Father Kolodny / Father Everett Kolodny

1981

More Wild Wild West

Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone / Skinny Malone

1980

Scout's Honor

Mr. Briggs

1980

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

T.P. Gaskill / Major Gaskill

1979

You Can't Take It with You

Mr. DePinna

1979

The Wild Wild West Revisited

Robert T. Malone

1979

Roots: The Next Generations

Bob Campbell

1979

Backstairs at the White House

President Harry S. Truman / Pres. Harry S. Truman

1979

The Cat from Outer Space

General Stilton

1978

The Bastard

Capt. Caleb

1978

Maneaters Are Loose!

Toby Waites

1978

Confessions of the D.A. Man

H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

1978

The Love Boat

Professor Milo Endler, Charly Fields, Wendel Snead

1977

The Shootist

Marshall Thibido / Marshall Walter Thibido

1976

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Homer McCoy

1975

The Last Day

Narrator

1975

Dinah!

Self - Guest

1974

Bicentennial Minutes

Self - Narrator

1974

Sidekicks

Sheriff Jenkins

1974

Charley and the Angel

The Angel formerly Roy Zerney

1973

Hec Ramsey

Doc Amos Coogan / Doc Amos B. Coogan, Doc Amos Coogan, Doc Amos B. Coogan / Doc Amos Coogan

1972

M*A*S*H

Col. Sherman T. Potter / Sherman Potter, Col. Sherman T. Potter, Sherman T. Potter, Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele

1972

The Mouse Factory

Harry Morgan, Self

1972

Snowball Express

Jesse McCord

1972

The D.A.

H.M. 'Staff' Stafford

1971

Scandalous John

Sheriff Pippin

1971

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Taylor

1971

The Barefoot Executive

E.J. Crampton

1971

The Feminist and the Fuzz

Dr. Horace Bowers / Horace Bowers

1971

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

Mr. Good

1970

The Partridge Family

Cal, Willie Larkin

1970

Viva Max

Chief of Police Sylvester

1969

Night Gallery

Thaddeus Conway (segment "The Late Mr. Peddington")

1969

Love, American Style

Woody (segment "Love and the Motel")

1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Olly Perkins

1969

Star Spangled Salesman

TV Cop

1968

The Jerry Lewis Show

Self, Self - as Officer Bill Gannon

1967

The Flim-Flam Man

Sheriff Slade

1967

Dragnet 1967

Officer Bill Gannon

1967

Frankie and Johnny

Cully

1966

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Maj. Pott / Major Pott

1966

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo / Deems Sarajevo

1965

Kentucky Jones

Seldom Jackson

1964

The Richard Boone Show

(credit only), Senator Clements, Walker, Vinny, Sig Caleb, Sidney Hagen, Sergeant Proser, Sailor Cowden, Robert Logan, Police Detective, Luke, Joe, Hutch, Hit Man, Hap Felcher, First Examiner, Eddie, Dr. Philip Lindstrom, Dorotea's Father, Deputy P.G. Thayer, Cody Wilson, Bjornsson

1963

How the West Was Won

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant / Ulysses S. Grant

1962

Going My Way

Al Everett

1962

Ensign O'Toole

Charlie

1962

The Virginian

Kendall Jones