Harry Morgan, born Harry Bratsberg in 1915, navigated the television and film industries for six decades, amassing a résumé that includes seminal roles like Pete Porter in "December Bride" and "Pete and Gladys," Officer Bill Gannon in "Dragnet," and Amos Coogan in "Hec Ramsey." Yet, it was his portrayal of Colonel Sherman T. Potter in "M*A*S*H" and its spin-off "AfterMASH" that solidified his status as a beloved character actor, delivering a decade of unyielding warmth and integrity that resonated with audiences. His work extends beyond these iconic turns, with over a hundred film appearances that underscore his enduring presence in American pop culture.
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Orchid Moon | Bar Customer | Film |
| 1997 | Family Plan | Sol Rubins | Film |
| 1994 | Incident in a Small Town | Judge Bell | Film |
| 1990 | The Incident | Judge Bell | Film |
| 1988 | 14 Going on 30 | Uncle Herb | Film |
| 1987 | Dragnet | Captain Gannon | Film |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | Leonard Blacke | TV |
| 1983 | AfterMASH | Sherman T. Potter | TV |
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide | Captain Kemp | Film |
| 1982 | The Flight of Dragons | Carolinus (voice) | Film |
| 1980 | More Wild Wild West | Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone | Film |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Pres. Harry S. Truman | TV |
| 1979 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | T.P. Gaskill | Film |
| 1979 | The Wild Wild West Revisited | Robert T. Malone | Film |
| 1979 | Better Late Than Never | Mr. Scott | Film |
| 1978 | Maneaters Are Loose! | Toby Waites | Film |
| 1978 | The Bastard | Capt. Caleb | TV |
| 1978 | The Cat from Outer Space | General Stilton | Film |
| 1977 | Exo-Man | Arthur Travis | Film |
| 1976 | The Shootist | Marshall Thibido | Film |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | Homer McCoy | Film |
| 1973 | Charley and the Angel | Angel | Film |
| 1972 | Snowball Express | Jesse McCord | Film |
| 1972 | Hec Ramsey | Doc Amos Coogan | TV |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Sherman Potter | TV |
| 1972 | The Flim Flam Man | Sheriff Slade | Film |
| 1971 | The Barefoot Executive | E.J. Crampton | Film |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Taylor | Film |
| 1971 | The Feminist and the Fuzz | Horace Bowers | Film |
| 1971 | The D.A. | H.M. 'Staff' Stafford | TV |
| 1971 | Scandalous John | Sheriff Pippin | Film |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Olly Perkins | Film |
| 1969 | Viva Max! | Chief of Police Sylvester | Film |
| 1969 | Dragnet | Bill Gannon | Film |
| 1967 | The Flim-Flam Man | Sheriff Slade | Film |
| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Major Pott | Film |
| 1966 | Frankie and Johnny | Cully | Film |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Sarajevo | Film |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Ulysses S. Grant | Film |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Judge Mel | Film |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Jessie Rickey | Film |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | TV | |
| 1960 | The Mountain Road | Mike Michaelson | Film |
| 1959 | It Started with a Kiss | Charles Meriden | Film |
| 1957 | The Teahouse of the August Moon | Sergeant Gregovich | Film |
| 1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle | Felix - Barkeep | Film |
| 1956 | Star in the Dust | Lew Hogan | Film |
| 1956 | Backlash | Tony Welker | Film |
| 1955 | Not as a Stranger | Oley | Film |
| 1955 | Strategic Air Command | Sergeant Bible | Film |
| 1954 | December Bride | Pete Porter | TV |
| 1954 | The Glenn Miller Story | Chummy MacGregor | Film |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie | Fred Blue | Film |
| 1954 | The Far Country | Ketchum | Film |
| 1953 | Arena | Lew Hutchins | Film |
| 1953 | Thunder Bay | Rawlings | Film |
| 1953 | Torch Song | Joe Denner | Film |
| 1952 | What Price Glory | Sergeant Moran | Film |
| 1952 | Boots Malone | Quarter Horse Henry | Film |
| 1952 | Bend of the River | Shorty | Film |
| 1952 | Scandal Sheet | Biddle | Film |
| 1952 | My Six Convicts | Dawson | Film |
| 1952 | Stop, You're Killing Me | Innocence | Film |
| 1952 | Apache War Smoke | Ed Cotten | Film |
| 1952 | High Noon | Sam Fuller | Film |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | Charles Hall | Film |
| 1951 | The Well | Claude Packard | Film |
| 1951 | Belle Le Grand | Abel Stone | Film |
| 1951 | The Highwayman | Film | |
| 1950 | Dark City | Soldier | Film |
| 1950 | Outside the Wall | Garth | Film |
| 1950 | Appointment with Danger | George Soderquist | Film |
| 1950 | The Showdown | Rod Main | Film |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary | Hyppolite | Film |
| 1949 | Holiday Affair | Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan) | Film |
| 1949 | Red Light | Rocky | Film |
| 1949 | Strange Bargain | Richard Webb | Film |
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Britton | Film |
| 1949 | Hello Out There | The Young Gambler | Film |
| 1948 | The Saxon Charm | Hermy | Film |
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