Biography
Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor whose TV 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 MASH (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985). Morgan also appeared as a supporting player in more than 100 films.
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1980
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1983 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1982 · nominated
- Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series · 1981 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1981 · nominated
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- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series · 1980 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1980 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1979 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1978 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1977 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1976 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1959 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Simpsons
M*A*S*H
Night Gallery
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Inherit the Wind
High Noon
The Ox-Bow Incident
Los Angeles Plays Itself
3rd Rock from the Sun
Murder, She Wrote
Roots: The Next Generations
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Big Clock
Incident in a Small Town
The Shootist
Adam-12
You Can't Take it With You
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Dragnet 1967
How the West Was Won
The Glenn Miller Story
Bend of the River
Scandal Sheet
The Partridge Family
The Mountain Road
The Far Country
Holiday Affair
Snowball Express
Madame Bovary
Renegade
The Flight of Dragons
Gunsmoke
Dragonwyck
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Support Your Local Gunfighter
State Fair
The Incident
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
The Virginian
Backlash
Dark City
Scandalous John
Crash Dive
The Love Boat
Not as a Stranger
Moonrise
Strategic Air Command
Cimarron
Dragnet