Harry Morgan Biography (1915-)

Original name, Harry Bratsburg; born April 10, 1915, in Detroit, MI; marriedEileen Detchon, 1940 (died, 1985); married Barbara Bushman Quine, December 12, 1986; children: (first marriage) Chris (a producer), Charles (an attorney),Paul (an attorney), Daniel (deceased). Addresses: Agent: The ArtistsGroup, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2490, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: April 10, 1915; Detroit, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(As Henry Morgan) Mouthy, To the Shores of Tripoli, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942
(As Henry Morgan) Ebenezer Burling, The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe,Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942
(Uncredited) Cully Anderson, Orchestra Wives, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942
(As Henry Morgan) Henchman Nat, The Omaha Trail, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1942
(As Henry Morgan) Art Croft, The Ox-Bow Incident (also known as Strange Incident), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943
(As Henry Morgan) Tony Cavrek, Happy Land, Twentieth Century-Fox,1943
(As Henry Morgan) Brownie, Crash Dive, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943
(As Henry Morgan) Malcolm Brainard, Wing and a Prayer, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944
(As Henry Morgan) Thomas J. "Smoke" Reardon, Roger Touhy, Gangster(also known as The Last Gangster and Roger Touhy), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944
(As Henry Morgan) Private Shevlin, The Eve of St. Mark, 1944
(As Henry Morgan) Cottonwood Goss, Gentle Annie, 1944
(Uncredited) The Horn Blows at Midnight, 1945
(As Henry Morgan) Captain N. Purvis, A Bell for Adano, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945
(As Henry Morgan) Barker, State Fair (also known as It HappenedOne Summer), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945
(As Henry Morgan) Joe Patillo, Johnny Comes Flying Home, TwentiethCentury- Fox, 1946
(As Henry Morgan) Gus Rivers, It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (also known as It Couldn't Happen to a Dog), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946
(As Henry Morgan) Klaus Bleecker, Dragonwyck, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946
(As Henry Morgan) Hank Beesley, From This Day Forward, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946
(Uncredited) Bath attendant, Somewhere in the Night, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946
(Uncredited) Jervis, Crime Doctor's Man Hunt, 1946
(As Henry Morgan) Shorty, The Gangster (also known as Low Company), Allied Artists, 1947
(As Henry Morgan) Half Pint, Yellow Sky, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948
(Uncredited) McComb's tailor, Silver River, Warner Bros., 1948
(As Henry Morgan) Hal Towers, Race Street, RKO, 1948
(As Henry Morgan) Hermy, The Saxon Charm, Universal, 1948
(As Henry Morgan) Billy Scripture, Moonrise, Republic, 1948
(As Henry Morgan) Bill Womack, The Big Clock, Paramount, 1948
(As Henry Morgan) Frank Lubey, All My Sons, Universal, 1948
(As Henry Morgan) Lieutenant Richard Webb, Strange Bargain, RKO, 1949
(As Henry Morgan) Rocky, Red Light, United Artists, 1949
(As Henry Morgan) Hippolyte, Madame Bovary, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
The young gambler, Hello Out There, 1949
Police lieutenant, Holiday Affair, RKO, 1949
(As Henry Morgan) Britton, Down to the Sea in Ships, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1949
(As Henry Morgan) Garth, Outside the Wall, Universal, 1950
(As Henry Morgan) Soldier, Dark City, Paramount, 1950
(As Henry Morgan) Rod Main, The Showdown, 1950
(As Henry Morgan) Abel Stone, Belle Le Grand, 1951
(As Henry Morgan) Tim, The Highwayman, Allied Artists, 1951
(As Henry Morgan) Claude Packard, The Well, United Artists, 1951
(As Henry Morgan) George Soderquist, Appointment with Danger, Paramount, 1951
(As Henry Morgan) Father Reed, When I Grow Up, Eagle-Lion Classics, 1951
Charles Hall, The Blue Veil, RKO, 1951
(As Henry Morgan) Shorty, Bend of the River (also known as Where the River Bends), Universal, 1952
Biddle, Scandal Sheet (also known as The Dark Page), Columbia, 1952
(As Henry Morgan) Dawson, My Six Convicts, Columbia, 1952
(As Henry Morgan) Sam Fuller, High Noon, United Artists, 1952
(As Henry Morgan) Quarter Horse Henry, Boots Malone, Columbia, 1952
(As Henry Morgan) Sergeant Moran, What Price Glory?, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952
(As Henry Morgan) Verne Kimber, The Toughest Man in Arizona, Republic, 1952
(Uncredited) Narrator, Big Jim McLain (also known as Jim McLain), 1952
Ed Cotten, Apache War Smoke, 1952
Innocence, Stop, You're Killing Me, Warner Bros., 1952
(As Henry Morgan) Lew Hutchins, Arena, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
(As Henry Morgan) Joe Dennar, Torch Song, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
(As Henry Morgan) Rawlings, Thunder Bay, Universal, 1953
Al Muntz, Champ for a Day, Republic, 1953
(As Henry Morgan) Chummy MacGregor, The Glenn Miller Story, Universal, 1954
(As Henry Morgan) Fred Blue, About Mrs. Leslie, Paramount, 1954
Major O. D. Halle, Prisoner of War, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
(As Henry Morgan) Alfred "Alf" Billings, The Forty-Niners, AlliedArtists, 1954
(As Henry Morgan) Ketchum, The Far Country, Universal, 1955
(As Henry Morgan) Oley, Bruni's husband, Not as a Stranger (also known as Morton Thompson's Not as a Stranger), United Artists, 1955
Sergeant Bible, Strategic Air Command, Paramount, 1955
(Uncredited) Pete Kelly's Blues, 1955
Tony Welker, Backlash, Universal, 1956
(As Henry Morgan) Sergeant Gregovich, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
Lew Hogan, Star in the Dust (also known as Law Man), Universal, 1956
The Bottom of the Bottle (also known as Beyond the River),Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956
(Uncredited) Voice, Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers (also known as UFO), 1956
(Uncredited) Operation Teahouse, 1956
(As Henry Morgan) Sergeant Joe Dusak, Under Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
(As Henry Morgan) Charles Meriden, It Started with a Kiss, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959
(As Henry Morgan) Jessie Rickey, Cimarron, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1960
(As Henry Morgan) Sergeant Michaelson, The Mountain Road, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1960
Judge, Inherit the Wind, United Artists, 1960
General Ulysses S. Grant, How the West Was Won, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo, John Goldfarb, Please Come Home, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964
Major Pott, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, United Artists, 1966
T.V. cop, Star Spangled Salesman (documentary), U.S. Treasury Department, 1966
Cully the piano player, Frankie and Johnny, United Artists, 1966
Sheriff Slade, The Flim-Flam Man (also known as One Born EveryMinute), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
Chief of Police George Sylvester, Viva Max!, Commonwealth, 1969
Mayor Olly Perkins, Support Your Local Sheriff, United Artists, 1969
(Uncredited) Senator, Patton (also known as Blood and Guts, Patton: A Salute to a Rebel, and Patton: Lust for Glory), 1970

Sheriff Pippin, Scandalous John, Buena Vista, 1971
E. J. Crampton, The Barefoot Executive, Buena Vista, 1971
Taylor Barton, mine owner/mayor of Purgatory, Support Your Local Gunfighter (also known as Latigo), United Artists, 1971
The angel, Charley and the Angel, Buena Vista, 1972
Jesse McCord, Snowball Express, Buena Vista, 1972
Sheriff Homer McCoy, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Buena Vista, 1975
Marshal Thibido, The Shootist, Paramount, 1977
General Stilton, The Cat from Outer Space, Buena Vista, 1977
Major Gaskill, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, Buena Vista, 1979
Voice of Carolinus (the Green Wizard), The Flight of Dragons (animated; also known as Flight of the Dragon), Warner Bros., 1982
Captain Bill Gannon, Dragnet, Universal, 1987
Himself, Hollywood Maverick: The Life and Times of William A. Wellman (documentary; also known as Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick), Wild Bill Pictures, 1995
Saul Rubins, Family Plan, 1998
Dr. Chandler, Crosswalk, 1999
Television Appearances
Series
Pete Porter, December Bride, CBS, 1954-1959
Pete Porter, Pete and Gladys, CBS, 1960-1962
Repertory actor, The Richard Boone Show, NBC, 1963-1964
Seldom Jackson, Kentucky Jones, NBC, 1964-1965
Officer Bill Gannon, Dragnet '67, NBC, 1967
Officer Bill Gannon, Dragnet (also known as Badge 714), NBC, 1967-1970
Chief Deputy District Attorney H. M. "Staff" Stafford, The D.A., NBC, 1971-1972
Dr. Amos B. Coogan, Hec Ramsay, NBC, 1972-1974
Colonel Sherman T. Potter, M*A*S*H, CBS, 1975-1983
Colonel Sherman T. Potter, After M*A*S*H (also known as AfterMASH), CBS, 1983-1984
Leonard Blacke, Blacke's Magic, NBC, 1986-1988
Martin Vanderhoff, You Can't Take It with You, syndicated, 1987-1988
Professor Suter, a recurring role, 3rd Rock from the Sun (also known as Life As We Know It), NBC, 1996-1997
Pilots
Rancher, Cat Ballou, NBC, 1971
Doc Amos C. Coogan, Hec Ramsey: The Century Turns, NBC, 1972
Sheriff Bill Willett, McLaren's Riders, CBS, 1977
Robert T "Skinny" Malone, More Wild Wild West, CBS, 1980
Miniseries
Captain Caleb, The Bastard (also known as The Kent Family Chronicles and The Kent Chronicles), Operation Prime Time, 1978
President Harry S. Truman, Backstairs at the White House, ABC, 1979
Bob Campbell, Roots: The Next Generation, ABC, 1979
Movies
Light's Diamond Jubilee, 1954
Officer Bill Gannon, Dragnet 1966 (also known as World Premiere: Dragnet), NBC, 1969
Mr. Good, But I Don't Want to Get Married, ABC, 1970
Dr. Horace Bowers, The Feminist and the Fuzz, ABC, 1971
Inspector Richard Queen, Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You, NBC,1971
Sheriff Jenkins, Sidekicks, CBS, 1974
Narrator, The Last Day, 1975
Travis, The Exo-Man, NBC, 1977
J. J. Strange, The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (alsoknown as The Adventures of Freddy), NBC, 1977
Toby Waites, Maneaters Are Loose!, CBS, 1978
Jim Bob Jackson, Murder at Mardi Gras, NBC, 1978
Hugo Peavey, Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid, ABC, 1978
Robert "Skinny" Malone, The Wild, Wild West Revisited, CBS, 1979
Mr. Scott, Better Late Than Never, NBC, 1979
Plug Champion, Roughnecks, syndicated, 1980
Mr. Briggs, Scout's Honor, NBC, 1980
Robert "Skinny" Malone, More Wild, Wild West, CBS, 1980
Father Everett Kolodny, Rivkin: Bounty Hunter, 1981
Captain Kemp, Agatha Christie's Sparkling Cyanide (also known as Sparkling Cyanide), CBS, 1983
Colonel Sherman T. Potter, M.D., M*A*S*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, 1983
Leonard Blacke, Blacke's Magic, 1986
Uncle Herb, 14 Going on 30, ABC, 1988
Judge Bell, The Incident, 1990
Judge Stoddard Bell, Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore, 1992
Judge Stoddard Bell, Incident in a Small Town (also known as The Incident), 1994
Episodic
"Sunset at Appomattox," Cavalcade of America, ABC, 1953
Homer Byington, "Who Is Byington?," Cavalcade or America, ABC, 1956
Mike Feeney, "The Marriage Broker," The 20th Century-Fox Hour, 1957
Fred Braus, "A Snare for Murder," Have Gun--Will Travel, CBS, 1958
Hermie Jenkins, "Anniversary Gift," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1959
"Like My Own Brother," Going My Way, ABC, 1962
"Operation Mess," Ensign O'Toole, NBC, 1962
Bugs Moran, "Double Cross," The Untouchables, ABC, 1962
Sheriff Ernie Backwater, "American Primitive," Have Gun--Will Travel, CBS, 1963
Kendall Jones, "Strangers at Sundown," The Virginian, NBC, 1963
"The Lady and the Luluai," Wackiest Ship in the Army, NBC, 1965
"Fathers and Daughters," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1965
Francis X. Healy, "A Gift of Love," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1965
Francis X. Healy, "The Tent Dwellers," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1965
Francis X. Healy, "Going Home," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1965
"Love and the Motel," Love, American Style, ABC, 1970
Willie Larkin, "The Sound of Money," The Partridge Family, ABC, 1970
Osgood Pickett, "The Witness," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1970
Thaddeus Conway, "The Late Mr. Peddington," Night Gallery, NBC, 1972
Cal Courtney, "All's War in Love and Fairs," The Partridge Family,ABC, 1972
John Milligan, "Milligan," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1972
Panelist, I've Got a Secret, syndicated, 1972, 1976
Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele, "The General Flipped at Dawn," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1974
Jed Hockett, "The Wiving," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1974
Jed Hockett, "Brides and Grooms," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1975
Wendell Snead, "A Friendly Little Game," The Love Boat, ABC, 1978
Professor, "The Professor's Wife: Parts 1 & 2," The Love Boat,ABC, 1981
"The Racer's Edge," The Love Boat, ABC, 1985
Retired Lieutenant Webb, "The Days Dwindle Down," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
Edgar Witherspoon, "The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon," The Twilight Zone, syndicated, 1988
Moses Walzer, "Hostage," Renegade, 1994
Voice of Officer Bill Gannon, "Mother Simpson," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1995
Raymond, "Jeff & Ray & Racal's Big Adventure," The Jeff Foxworthy Show, ABC, 1995
George, "Head Games," Grace under Fire, ABC, 1996
Fletcher Conklin, "Career Day," Love & Money, CBS, 1999
Specials
Jack Benny's Second Farewell Show, 1974
The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour, 1978
Mr. DePinna, You Can't Take It with You, CBS, 1979
Memories of M*A*S*H, CBS, 1991
Voice of William H. Seward, Lincoln, ABC, 1992
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion, Fox, 2002
Television Director
Episodic
"A Need of Valor," The Richard Boone Show, 1964
"Who Needs An Enemy?," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, 1964
"The World's Oldest Motive," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, 1965
"Log 51--A Jumper-Code Two," Adam-12, 1969
"The Novocaine Mutiny," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1976
"End Run," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1977
"Patient 4077," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1978
"Rally Round the Flagg, Boys," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1979
"Stars and Stripes," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1979
"Tell It to the Marines," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1981
"Blood Brothers," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1981
"Who Knew?," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1982
"U.N., the Night and the Music," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1983
Also directed episodes of The D.A. and Hec Ramsey.
Stage Appearances
The Gentle People, New York City, 1939
My Heart's in the Highlands, New York City, 1939
Thunder Rock, New York City, 1939
Also appeared in Night Music and Night before Christmas.

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