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Harry Morgan

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 (1972). Also known for his commanding personality throughout his career, he tackled movies and television in a way no other actor would do it.

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  • Born In Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Born April 10, 1915
  • Died December 7, 2011
  • Gender Male
  • On Other Sites Wikipedia
  • Race White or Caucasian (Non-Hispanic)
  • Created October 12, 2020 by
    Administrator admin
  • Modified February 9, 2023 by
    NoemiTalavera

M*A*S*H

1972
as Colonel Sherman T. Potter

Greenboy: Prescription for Death

2013
as Bill Gannon (archive footage)

Scandal Sheet

1952
as Biddle (as Henry Morgan)

Belle Le Grand

1951
as Abel Stone

Backstairs at the White House

1979
as President Harry S. Truman

Gentle Annie

1944
as Cottonwood Goss

Arena

1953
as Lew Hutchins

All My Sons

1948
as Frank Lubey

The Forty-Niners

1954
as Alf Billings

Inherit the Wind

1960
as Judge Mel

The Last Day

1975
as Narrator

How the West Was Won

1962
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Holiday Affair

1949
as Police Lieutenant

Toughest Man in Arizona

1952
as Verne Kimber (as Henry Morgan)

Happy Land

1943
as Anton 'Tony' Cavrek

Madame Bovary

1949
as Hyppolite

AfterMASH

1983
as Dr. Sherman T. Potter

Hello Out There

1949
as The Young Gambler

My Six Convicts

1952
as Dawson

Viva Max!

1969
as Chief of Police Sylvester

When I Grow Up

1951
as Father Reed (modern)

Strange Bargain

1949
as Lt. Richard Webb

Dark City

1950
as Soldier (as Henry Morgan)

Dragonwyck

1946
as Klaus Bleecker (as Henry Morgan)

The Blue Veil

1951
as Charles Hall

Yellow Sky

1948
as Half Pint

The Cat from Outer Space

1978
as Gen. Stilton

Scandalous John

1971
as Sheriff Pippin

Red Light

1949
as Rocky (as Henry Morgan)

Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944
as Thomas J. 'Smoke' Reardon (as Henry Morgan)

Appointment with Danger

1951
as George Soderquist (as Henry Morgan)

Dragnet

1967
as Officer Bill Gannon

The Feminist and the Fuzz

1971
as Dr. Horace Bowers

Strategic Air Command

1955
as Sgt. Bible

The Showdown

1950
as Rod Main (as Henry Morgan)

The Well

1951
as Claude Packard (as Henry Morgan)

The Wild Wild West Revisited

1979
as Robert T. Malone

The Omaha Trail

1942
as Henchman Nat

Torch Song

1953
as Joe Denner

The Big Clock

1948
as Bill Womack

Dragnet

1987
as Captain Gannon

The Incident

1990
as Judge Bell

Outside the Wall

1950
as Garth (as Henry Morgan)

High Noon

1952
as Sam Fuller

Crash Dive

1943
as Brownie

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943
as Art Croft

Moonrise

1948
as Billy Scripture

Exo-Man

1977
as Arthur Travis

Goodbye, Farewell & Amen

1983
as Colonel Sherman T. Potter

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942
as Ebenezer Burling (as Henry Morgan)

The Far Country

1954
as Ketchum

A Bell for Adano

1945
as Capt. N. Purvis

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965
as Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo

Down to the Sea in Ships

1949
as Britton (as Henry Morgan)

Charley and the Angel

1973
as The Angel formerly Roy Zerney

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

1981
as Father Kolodny

The Shootist

1976
as Marshall Walter Thibido

What Price Glory

1952
as Sgt. Moran

Cimarron

1960
as Jessie Rickey

The Eve of St. Mark

1944
as Pvt. Shevlin

The Eve of St. Mark

1944
as Cpl. Tate

The Barefoot Executive

1971
as E.J. Crampton

From This Day Forward

1946
as Hank Beesley

Race Street

1948
as Hal Towers (as Henry Morgan)

Maneaters Are Loose!

1978
as Toby Waites

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975
as Sheriff Homer McCoy

Orchestra Wives

1942
as Cully Anderson (as Henry Morgan)

Star in the Dust

1956
as Lew Hogan

Backlash

1956
as Tony Welker

Apache War Smoke

1952
as Ed Cotten

State Fair

1945
as Barker

The Glenn Miller Story

1954
as Chummy MacGregor

Wing and a Prayer

1944
as Ens. Malcolm Brainard

Boots Malone

1952
as Quarter Horse Henry

The Mountain Road

1960
as Sgt. 'Mike' Michaelson

The Flim-Flam Man

1967
as Sheriff Slade

About Mrs. Leslie

1954
as Fred Blue

The Gangster

1947
as Shorty

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942
as Mouthy (as Henry Morgan)

Thunder Bay

1953
as Rawlings

Snowball Express

1972
as Jesse McCord

It Started With A Kiss

1959
as Charles Meriden

Director

Episode M*A*S*H
U.N., the Night and the Music
1983
Episode M*A*S*H
Tell it To the Marines
1981
Episode M*A*S*H
Stars and Stripes
1979
Episode M*A*S*H
Blood Brothers
1981
Episode M*A*S*H
The Novocaine Mutiny
1976
Episode Adam-12
Log 051: A Jumper - Code Two
1969
Episode M*A*S*H
End Run
1977
Episode M*A*S*H
Rally Round the Flagg, Boys
1979
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Who Needs an Enemy?
1964
Episode M*A*S*H
Who Knew?
1982
Episode M*A*S*H
Patent 4077
1978
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The World's Oldest Motive
1965

Writer

Movie The Homosexuals 1967

Producer

Movie The Homosexuals 1967

Crew

Movie Trepidation 2014

Guest Star

Episode Night Gallery
The Late Mr. Peddington
1972
Episode Love & Money
Career Daze
1970
Episode The Virginian
Strangers at Sundown
1963
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Much Ado About Dick
1996
Episode The Richard Boone Show
Statement Of Fact
1963
Episode The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979
Episode The Richard Boone Show
Wall to War War
1963
Episode M*A*S*H
The General Flipped at Dawn
1974
Episode The Richard Boone Show
Where do You Hide an Egg?
1963
Episode The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Jeff & Ray & Rascal's Big Adventure
1995
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Sensitive Dick
1997
Episode The Wild Wild West
More Wild Wild West
1980
Episode The Untouchables
Doublecross
1962
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
A Snare for Murder
1958
Episode Grace Under Fire
Head Games
1996
Episode Murder, She Wrote
The Days Dwindle Down
1987
Episode It's My Shout: Short Films from Wales
That's What I 'Eard
2018
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Anniversary Gift
1959
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
American Primitive
1963
Episode The Twilight Zone (1985)
The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon
1988
Episode Gunsmoke
Brides and Grooms
1975
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Selfish Dick
1996
Episode Gunsmoke
The Witness
1970
Episode The Simpsons
Mother Simpson
1995
Episode The Love Boat
Taking Sides/A Friendly Little Game/Going by the Book
1978
Episode Gunsmoke
Milligan
1972
Episode Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (Original Unsold Pilot)
1971
Episode Gunsmoke
The Wiving
1974