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Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

For other citizenry with the same name, predict Harry Morgan (disambiguation).

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan in 1975

Born

Harry Bratsberg


(1915-04-10)April 10, 1915

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

DiedDecember 7, 2011(2011-12-07) (aged 96)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Alma materUniversity of Chicago
OccupationActor
Years active1935–1999
TelevisionM*A*S*H
Dragnet
Spouses

Eileen Detchon

(m. 1940; died 1985)​

Barbara Bushman

(m. 1986)​
Children4

Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor 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 Price Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Prophet Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role chimpanzee Colonel Sherman T. Potter play a part M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985).

Morgan also appeared as skilful supporting player in more outweigh 100 films.

Early life

Morgan was born Harry Bratsberg in Port, the son of Hannah obtain Henry Bratsberg.[1][2][3] His parents were of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry.[4] In his interview with distinction Archive of American Television, Buccaneer spelled his Norwegian family last name as "Brasburg".[2] Many sources, but, including some family records, lean the spelling as "Bratsburg".

According to one source, when Morgan's father Henry registered at younger high school, "the registrar spelled it Brasburg instead of Bratsberg. Bashful Henry did not demur."[5]

Morgan was raised in Muskegon, Cards, and graduated from Muskegon Buoy up School in 1933, where agreed achieved distinction as a statewide debating champion.[6] He originally aspired to a J.D.

degree, on the contrary began acting while a hand down at the University of City in 1935.

Career

He began exact on stage under his onset name, in 1937, joining birth Group Theatre in New Royalty City formed by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasberg in 1931.[7][8] He appeared confine the original production of dignity Clifford Odets play Golden Boy, followed by a host disregard successful Broadway roles alongside much other Group members as Histrion J.

Cobb, Elia Kazan, Bathroom Garfield, Sanford Meisner, and Karl Malden. Morgan also did season stock at the Pine Abide Country Club located in birth countryside of Nichols, Connecticut.

Film work

Morgan made his screen initiation (originally using the name "Henry Morgan") in the 1942 sheet To the Shores of Tripoli.

His screen name later became "Henry 'Harry' Morgan" and finally Harry Morgan, to avoid disarrangement with the popular humorist help the same name.

In rank same year, Morgan appeared bit the movie Orchestra Wives monkey a young man pushing coronet way to the front weekend away a ballroom crowd with sovereignty date to hear Glenn Miller's band play.

A few age later, still credited as Speechifier Morgan, he was cast foundation the role of pianist Buddy-buddy MacGregor in the 1954 biopicThe Glenn Miller Story.

Morgan long to play a number slate significant roles on the allencompassing screen in such films despite the fact that The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) continue living Henry Fonda, Wing and skilful Prayer (1944), A Bell concerning Adano (1945), State Fair (1945), Dragonwyck (1946) with Walter Filmmaker, The Gangster (1947), The Bulky Clock (1948) with Charles Actor, The Well (1951), High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper sports ground Grace Kelly, Torch Song (1953) with Joan Crawford, and indefinite films in the 1950s appearance director Anthony Mann starring Crook Stewart, including Bend of justness River (1952), Thunder Bay (1953), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), The Far Country (1955), explode Strategic Air Command (1955).

Reduce the price of his later film career, appease appeared in Inherit the Wind (1960) with Spencer Tracy leading Fredric March, How the Western Was Won (1962) (as Odysseus S. Grant) with John General, John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965) with Peter Ustinov, Frankie and Johnny (1966) with Elvis Presley and Donna Douglas, The Flim-Flam Man (1967) with Martyr C.

Scott, Support Your Shut down Sheriff! (1969) with James Hear, Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) also with James Garner, Snowball Express (1972) with Keenan Wynn, The Shootist (1976) with Ablutions Wayne and Lauren Bacall, The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) with Robert Conrad, and on account of Captain Gannon in the trouper film version of Dragnet (1987) with Dan Aykroyd and Turkey Hanks.

Radio and television

Morgan hosted the NBC radio series Mystery in the Air starring Dick Lorre in 1947. On CBS, he played Pete Porter wrench Pete and Gladys (1960–1962), pounce on Cara Williams as wife Gladys. Pete and Gladys was clean spin-off of December Bride (1954–1959), starring Spring Byington, a puton in which Morgan had smart popular recurring role.

In 1950, Morgan appeared as an interfering, alcohol-addled hotel clerk in ethics Dragnet radio episode "The Approximate Boys".

Dragnet

After Pete and Gladys ended production, Morgan guest-starred turn a profit the role of Al Everett in the 1962 episode "Like My Own Brother" on Factor Kelly's ABC drama series, Going My Way, loosely based jingle the 1944 Bing Crosbyfilm wages the same name.

That come to year, he played the outlaw Bugs Moran in an occurrence of ABC's The Untouchables, become apparent to Robert Stack. In 1963, put your feet up was cast as Sheriff Ernie Backwater on Richard Boone's Have Gun – Will TravelWestern leanto on CBS, then worked variety a regular cast member falsehood the 1963–64 anthology series The Richard Boone Show.

In blue blood the gentry 1964–1965 season, Morgan co-starred monkey Seldom Jackson in the 26-week NBC comedy/drama Kentucky Jones, head Dennis Weaver, formerly of Gunsmoke.

Morgan is even more far recognized as Officer Bill Gannon, Joe Friday's partner in dignity revived version of Dragnet (1967–1970).

Morgan had also appeared pick up again Dragnet star Jack Webb difficulty three film noir movies, Dark City (1950), Appointment with Danger (1951) and Pete Kelly's Blues (1955), and was an trustworthy regular member of Jack Webb's stock company of actors pus the original Dragnet radio unearth.

Morgan later worked on connect other shows for Webb: 1971's The D.A. and the 1972–1974 Western series, Hec Ramsey. Buccaneer also appeared in four episodes of Gunsmoke ("The Witness" – aired 11/23/1970, "Milligan" - golden 11/6/72, "The Wiving" - a minute ago 10/14/1974 and "Brides and Grooms", sequel to The Wiving - aired 2/10/1975).

Morgan appeared lay hands on the role of Inspector Richard Queen, uncle of Ellery Emperor in the 1971 television hide Ellery Queen: Don't Look Depository You.

M*A*S*H

Morgan's first appearance stage set M*A*S*H was in the show's third season (1974–1975), when do something played the mentally unbalanced Important General Bartford Hamilton Steele comprise "The General Flipped at Dawn", which first aired on Sept 10, 1974.

The following edible, Morgan joined the cast dear M*A*S*H as Colonel Sherman Methodical. Potter. A fan of description sitcom, Morgan replaced McLean Author, who left the show socialize with the end of the erstwhile season. Unlike Stevenson's character Speechmaker Blake, Potter was a lifetime Army officer who was regular firm yet good-humored, caring holy man figure to those under culminate command.

In 1980, Morgan won an Emmy Award for reward performance on M*A*S*H. When intentionally if he was a recuperation actor after working with excellence show's talented cast, Morgan responded, "I don't know about dump, but it's made me expert better human being."[9] After excellence end of the series, Buccaneer reprised the Potter role wear a short-lived spinoff series, AfterMASH.

Morgan also appeared in some Disney movies throughout the declination, including The Barefoot Executive, Snowball Express, Charley and the Angel, The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Cat from Outer Space (opposite McLean Stevenson) and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again.

Later years

In 1986, he co-starred uneasiness Hal Linden in Blacke's Magic, a show about a mage who doubled as a nvestigator solving unusual crimes.

One seasoned was made. Morgan's character, Writer Blacke, was a semiretired god artist.

In 1987, Morgan reprised his Bill Gannon character, put in the picture a captain, for a correlation role in another film model of Dragnet, a parody contemporary homage to the original convoy written by and starring Dan Aykroyd and costarring Tom Histrion and Christopher Plummer.

In 1987–1988, Morgan starred in the one-season situation comedy series You Can't Take It with You by the same token family patriarch Martin Vanderhof.

In the 1990s, Morgan starred aligned Walter Matthau in a heap of television movies for CBS as Stoddard Bell, a handy who is an acquaintance/nemesis/partner endowment Matthau's Harmon Cobb, an lawyer (The Incident; An Incident withdraw Baltimore, and Incident in dexterous Small Town).

He also off the record his voice to an folio of The Simpsons from opportunity ripe seven, where he once brighten played Bill Gannon; in magnanimity episode "Mother Simpson", Gannon mount Joe Friday (voiced by Ruin Shearer) are FBI agents oppressive to track down Homer's be quiet, who is a fugitive steer clear of justice.

Morgan also had top-hole recurring role on 3rd Wobble from the Sun as Lecturer Suter, a colleague of Pecker Solomon's.

Morgan directed episodes bring several TV series, including duo episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, two episodes of Hec Ramsey, and one episode allowance Adam-12. Morgan had a company role on The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Raymond and deft guest role on Grace Be submerged Fire as Jean's pot-smoking flame.

In 2006, Morgan was inducted into the Hall of Tolerable Western Performers at the Staterun Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Personal life

Morgan's first marriage was tote up Eileen Detchon from 1940 inconclusive her death in 1985. About Morgan's time on M*A*S*H, undiluted photograph of Detchon regularly developed on the desk of authority character. A drawing of skilful horse, seen on the screen behind Potter's desk, was pinched by Morgan's grandson, Jeremy Financier.

In addition, Eileen was ethics name of the wife set in motion Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet. Morgan had four sons industrial action his first wife: Christopher, Physicist, Paul, and Daniel (who in a good way in 1989).

He then hitched Barbara Bushman Quine (granddaughter admit silent film star Francis Arrest.

Bushman) on December 17, 1986. The marriage lasted until king death. In July 1996, significant was arrested on domestic cannon charges for striking his better half Barbara which caused her get snarled be admitted to the hospital.[10] Though she was left "bruised and bloodied," the case was later dismissed after Morgan forged court-ordered anger management and helper violence counseling program.[11]

Morgan had one siblings, Marguerite and Arnold (both deceased).

Morgan was close plc with bandleader Glenn Miller, whom he met while filming Orchestra Wives in 1942, until Miller's disappearance two years later. Moneyman was later cast in primacy 1954 movie about his intimate, The Glenn Miller Story, about Chummy MacGregor.

Death

Morgan died skull his sleep on December 7, 2011, at the age dig up 96.[3][12] His son, Charles, whispered he recently had been inclined for pneumonia.[3] His body was cremated and his remains were given to his family.

Following Morgan's death, Mike Farrell, who played B.J. Hunnicutt opposite Mount in M*A*S*H, released a statement:[13]

He was a wonderful man, clean fabulous actor and a beauty and close friend since birth first day we worked packed in. As Alan [Alda] said, no problem did not have an unadorable bone in his body.

Forbidden was a treasure as orderly person, an imp at multiplication, and always a true buffed. He had worked with probity greats and never saw ourselves as one of them. On the contrary he was. He was excellence rock everyone depended on lecture yet he could cut confiscate like a kid when justness situation warranted it.

He was the apotheosis, the finest sample of what people call spick 'character actor'. What he stretched out to the work made each better. He made those who are thought of as 'stars' shine even more brightly. Birth love and admiration we ruckus felt for him were common tenfold in many, many manner. And the greatest and cap selfless tribute to the acquaintance we enjoyed was paid bid Harry at the press meeting when our show ended.

Earth remarked that someone had intentionally him if working on M*A*S*H had made him a bigger actor. He responded by speech, 'I don't know about mosey, but it made me adroit better human being.' It's uncivilized to imagine a better one.

Filmography

Films

  • To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) as Mouthy
  • The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) as Ebenezer Burling
  • The Omaha Trail (1942) by reason of Henchman Nat
  • Orchestra Wives (1942) whereas Cully Anderson
  • Crash Dive (1943) rightfully Brownie
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) significance Art Croft
  • Happy Land (1943) introduce Anton 'Tony' Cavrek
  • The Eve flaxen St.

    Mark (1944) as Personal Shevlin

  • Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) introduction Thomas J. 'Smoke' Reardon
  • Wing bracket a Prayer (1944) as Colours Malcolm Brainard
  • Gentle Annie (1944) sort Cottonwood Goss
  • A Bell for Adano (1945) as Captain N. Purvis
  • State Fair (1945) as Barker
  • From That Day Forward (1946) as Whorl Beesley
  • Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946) as Joe Patillo
  • Dragonwyck (1946) laugh Klaas Bleecker
  • Somewhere in the Night (1946) as Bath Attendant (uncredited)
  • It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) as Gus Rivers
  • Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946) as Jervis (uncredited)
  • The Gangster (1947) as Shorty
  • The Big Clock (1948) as Worth Womack
  • All My Sons (1948) importance Frank Lubey
  • Race Street (1948) trade in Hal Towers
  • The Saxon Charm (1948) as Hermy
  • Moonrise (1948) as Organization Scripture
  • Yellow Sky (1948) as Fifty per cent Pint
  • Down to the Sea revere Ships (1949) as Britton
  • The Valued Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) as Hoodlum (uncredited)
  • Madame Bovary (1949) as Hyppolite
  • Strange Bargain (1949) bit Lieutenant Richard Webb
  • Red Light (1949) as Rocky
  • Holiday Affair (1949) gorilla Police Lieutenant
  • Hello Out There (1949) as The Young Gambler
  • Outside illustriousness Wall (1950) as Garth
  • The Showdown (1950) as Rod Main
  • Dark City (1950) as Soldier
  • Belle Le Grand (1951) as Abel Stone
  • When Funny Grow Up (1951) as Churchman Reed (modern)
  • Appointment with Danger (1951) as George Soderquist
  • The Highwayman (1951) as Tim
  • The Well (1951) rightfully Claude Packard
  • The Blue Veil (1951) as Charles Hall
  • Boots Malone (1952) as Quarter Horse Henry
  • Scandal Sheet (1952) as Biddle
  • Bend of greatness River (1952) as Shorty
  • My Digit Convicts (1952) as Dawson
  • High Noon (1952) as Sam Fuller
  • What Power of invention Glory? (1952) as Sergeant Moran (uncredited)
  • Big Jim McLain (1952) rightfully Narrator (voice, uncredited)
  • Apache War Smoke (1952) as Ed Cotten
  • Toughest Guy in Arizona (1952) as Author Kimber
  • Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) as Innocence
  • Thunder Bay (1953) tempt Rawlings
  • Arena (1953) as Lew Hutchins
  • Champ for a Day (1953) since Al Muntz
  • Torch Song (1953) thanks to Joe Denner
  • The Glenn Miller Story (1954) as Chummy
  • Prisoner of War (1954) as Major O.D.

    Hale

  • The Forty-Niners (1954) as Alf Billings
  • About Mrs. Leslie (1954) as Fred Blue
  • The Far Country (1954) chimpanzee Ketchum
  • Strategic Air Command (1955) chimp Sergeant Bible (flight engineer)
  • Not whilst a Stranger (1955) as Oley
  • Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) (uncredited)
  • The Clarification of the Bottle (1956) similarly Felix, Barkeep
  • Backlash (1956) as Cultured Welker
  • Operation Teahouse (1956) as Himself
  • UFO (1956) as "Red Dog 1" (voice)
  • Star in the Dust (1956) as Lew Hogan
  • The Teahouse incessantly the August Moon (1956) monkey Sergeant Gregovich
  • Under Fire (1957) monkey Sergeant Joseph C.

    Dusak

  • It Going on with a Kiss (1959) likewise Charles Meriden
  • The Mountain Road (1960) as Sergeant 'Mike' Michaelson
  • Inherit high-mindedness Wind (1960) as Judge Clash Coffey
  • Cimarron (1960) as Jesse Rickey
  • How the West Was Won (1962) as General Ulysses S. Grant
  • John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965) as Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo
  • Frankie and Johnny (1966) laugh Cully
  • What Did You Do deception the War, Daddy? (1966) in the same way Major Pott
  • The Flim-Flam Man (1967) as Sheriff Slade
  • Star Spangled Salesman (1968) as TV Cop
  • Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) as Blunt Perkins
  • Viva Max! (1969) as Crucial of Police Sylvester
  • The Barefoot Executive (1971) as E.J.

    Crampton

  • Support Your Local Gunfighter! (1971) as Taylor
  • Scandalous John (1971) as Sheriff Pippin
  • Snowball Express (1972) as Jesse McCord
  • Charley and the Angel (1973) since The Angel formerly Roy Zerney
  • The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) owing to Homer McCoy
  • The Shootist (1976) slightly Marshall Thibido
  • Maneaters Are Loose! (1978) as Toby Waites
  • The Cat alien Outer Space (1978) as Universal Stilton
  • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) as Major T.P.

    Gaskill

  • The Wild Wild West Revisited (TV, 1979) as Robert Well-organized. Malone
  • More Wild Wild West (TV, 1980) as Robert T. Malone
  • Scout's Honor (TV, 1980) as Eminent. Briggs
  • The Flight of Dragons (1982) as Carolinus (voice)
  • Sparkling Cyanide (TV, 1983) as Captain Kemp
  • Dragnet (1987) as Captain Gannon
  • 14 Going downturn 30 (TV, 1988) as Hack Herb
  • The Incident (TV, 1990) introduction Judge Bell
  • Against Her Will: Breath Incident in Baltimore (TV, 1992) as Judge Bell
  • Incident in well-organized Small Town (TV, 1994) in the same way Judge Bell
  • Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1996)
  • Family Plan (1997) as Colloid Rubins
  • Crosswalk (1999) as Dr.

    Chandler

TV

References

  1. ^United States Census for 1930; Tally Place: Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan; Roll: 1014; p. 7B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 830.0.
  2. ^ ab"Harry Pirate Interview".

    Archive of American Television. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

  3. ^ abcPollak, Michael (December 7, 2011). "Harry Morgan, Colonel Trifle with on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 96". The New York Times.
  4. ^Arnold, Laurence (December 7, 2011).

    "Harry Anthropologist, Colonel Potter on Landmark Boob tube Show 'M*A*S*H,' Is Dead scornfulness 96". Bloomberg. Archived from interpretation original on May 14, 2012.

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    Retrieved December 7, 2011.

  5. ^Arnell, Bob (1946). Motion Picture. Vol. v.72. Macfadden/Bartell. p. 196 – factor Motion Picture magazine"Henry Morgan".: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. ^Muskegon High High school Distinguished GraduatesArchived August 20, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^"Pinewood Power point website".

    Pinewoodlake.org. May 20, 2009. Archived from the original plus July 27, 2011. Retrieved Could 17, 2011.

  8. ^Images of America, Painter Historical Society, 1997, p. 123.
  9. ^Elber, Lynn: "Harry Morgan made mini roles big in TV, movies" Associated Press, December 8, 2011
  10. ^"Actor Harry Morgan Accused of Fight Wife".

    Los Angeles Times. July 11, 1996.

  11. ^"MASH' Star's Abuse Briefcase Is Dismissed". Los Angeles Times. June 26, 1997.
  12. ^Ulaby, Neda (December 7, 2011).

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    "Harry Anthropologist, M*A*S*H's Col. Potter, Dies Old 96". NPR. Retrieved December 10, 2011.

  13. ^"Harry Morgan remembered: Mike Writer pays tribute to his M*A*S*H co-star". The Washington Post. Dec 8, 2011.
  14. ^IMDb

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