). Three years after it debuted, he joined the show in 1975 as commanding officer of the unorthodox 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, which patched together the wounded during the Korean War. But he was. Bill Gannon. He also starred in "Inherit the Wind" in 1960 with Spencer Tracy. Would love your thoughts, please comment. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? The son of an auto mechanic, he was born Harry Bratsberg in Detroit on April 10, 1915. Morgan died at his home in Brentwood after a bout with pneumonia, his daughter-in-law, Beth Morgan, told the Associated Press. And the greatest and most selfless tribute to the experience we enjoyed was paid by Harry at the press conference when our show ended. Dexter prizes these lessons as a means to satisfy his homicidal urges with his father's approval, dubbing the rules as the "Code of Harry". She died in 1985 after they had been together for 45 years. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Appearing on a talk show to focus on himself because he was Harry Morgan, he said, was not nearly as natural as appearing in a role as Pete Porter or Bill Gannon or Colonel Potter, or as the cowboy drifter who wandered into town with Henry Fonda and got wrapped up in a vigilante brigade in Ox-Bow Incident., Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H, Dies at 96, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html. Cast members react to executive producer Burt Metcalfes final wrap call. Although "M*A*S*H" made him a television icon,Morgan first came to attention for his role as Officer Bill Gannon, Joe Friday's partner on the revived version of "Dragnet," which aired on NBC from 1967-70. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Previous Next. For the third time, the show was still a hit with fans, and at 60, he was nominated for Emmies nine times and won his first and only Emmy in 1980, for Outstanding Supporting Actor. (1965) with Peter Ustinov, Frankie and Johnny (1966) with Elvis Presley and Donna Douglas, The Flim-Flam Man (1967) with George C. Scott, Support Your Local Sheriff! The marriage lasted until his death. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. There was an error deleting this problem. ", Although Morgan starred in a couple of renowned movies, his time playing Colonel Sherman T. Potter led to more fame. "The day they lay you away, what I do on your grave won't pass for flowers!" He then married Barbara Bushman Quine (granddaughter of silent film star Francis X. Bushman) on December 17, 1986. After Pete and Gladys ended production, Morgan guest-starred in the role of Al Everett in the 1962 episode "Like My Own Brother" on Gene Kelly's ABC drama series, Going My Way, loosely based on the 1944 Bing Crosby film of the same name. Copyright TV Series Finale. Try again later. Morgan's ability to effortlessly assume a dozen characters placed him on high demands even during the early days of his career. Are there any particular M*A*S*H scenes that come to mind? His screen name later became "Henry 'Harry' Morgan" and eventually Harry Morgan, to avoid confusion with the popular humorist of the same name. He was very humble about having such a successful career. (Harry keeps her in the dark about Dexter's "training".). In my ignorance, I thought to myself, Hey, this acting business is a great life! Little did I know! If I had had to struggle at the beginning like most actors Id never have stuck it out. Character actor Harry Morgan, beloved for his roles on both M*A*S*H and Dragnet, has died at the age of 96. I lived there during his MASH days and we were proud to say Hey, did you know he lived here in Muskegon. Webb and Morgan were again teamed as villains in Appointment With Danger (1951). Aside from Daniel, the movie icon was also father to three other sons. As Alan [Alda] said, he did not have an unadorable bone in his body. Harry Morgan, the prolific character actor best known for playing the acerbic but kindly Colonel Potter in the long-running television series M*A*S*H, died on Wednesday morning at his home in Los Angeles. Resend Activation Email. You can always change this later in your Account settings. But to many fans he was first and foremost Col. Sherman T. Potter, commander of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit in Korea. He grew up in Muskegon, Mich., played high school football despite his small stature and was a member of the schools champion debate team. Harry tells Dexter that he no longer needs him, and bids him goodbye. Morgan and Duane are seen on "TWD" pilot. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, "Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 96", "Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on Landmark TV Show 'M*A*S*H,' Is Dead at 96", Muskegon High School Distinguished Graduates, "Harry Morgan made small roles big in TV, movies", "Actor Harry Morgan Accused of Beating Wife", "Harry Morgan, M*A*S*H's Col. Potter, Dies At 96", "Harry Morgan remembered: Mike Farrell pays tribute to his, The Interviews: An Oral History of Television, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Morgan&oldid=1138451063, This page was last edited on 9 February 2023, at 19:37. Until MASH Morgan was best known for his role as Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet, a show that he had first appeared on in the 1940s on the radio. Kathleen Harris All that I was able to find has said that he was born in Detroit but was raised and went to school in Muskegon. based on information from your browser. When the 2 1/2-hour MASH finale aired in 1983, 77% of the people watching television were tuned in, making it the most widely watched show in history. When Dexter is 20, Harry falls seriously ill and gives Dexter "permission" to kill Mary, one of his nurses, who is intentionally poisoning him with morphine. As Officer Bill Gannon, Morgan would later co-star with Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday in the 1967 revival of Dragnet onTV, which ran until 1970, as well as in the 1987 parody movie. Joe Friday in the show that lionized the Los Angeles Police Department. After a personable performance as Glenn Millers pianist, Chummy MacGregor, in The Glenn Miller Story (1954), starring James Stewart, he often played softer characters as well as his trademark hard-bitten tough guys. From left. Thu 8 Dec 2011 13.20 EST The actor Harry Morgan, who has died aged 96, was best known as Colonel Sherman T Potter, commander of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in M*A*S*H, the. In 1943 he appeared alongside Henry Fonda in "The Ox-Bow Incident;" He acted in "High Noon" with Gary Cooper in 1952, and he was in "The Glenn Miller Story" in 1954 with Jimmy Stewart. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. The intense two-day shooting schedule challenged Morgan, as did Webbs insistence that they speak in a flat monotone so they wouldnt appear to be emotionally involved with the other characters. The antiwar comedy, based on the 1970 film starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, debuted in 1972. At 70, he made appearances in two short-lived TV series, "Blacke's Magic" in 1986 and 1987's "You Can't Take It With You.". When Dexter is around 10 years old, Harry discovers that he has been killing neighborhood pets, and realizes that the boy has an innate need to kill. The character actor was arrested in 1996 and booked for spousal battery after police responded to a 911 call from his wife, Barbara Bushman. Try again later. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Its so sad. In the fall of 1937 he went to New York City and appeared in several Broadway productions, using the name Harry Bratsburg. Bill Gannon" role, supplying his voice on The Simpsons (1989). Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! Pete and Gladys was a spin-off of December Bride (19541959), starring Spring Byington, a show in which Morgan had a popular recurring role. Survivors include his second wife, Barbara; his sons Christopher, Charles and Paul; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Morgan loved his first wife and cherished her memory even after her death. However, on the upside, I can publically share with newer generations what I told him as well as asking for his (above mentioned). Hunnicut, and Harry Morgan, as Colonel Sherman T. Potter, on the television show, California, circa 1981. In 1987, Morgan reprised his Bill Gannon character, now a captain, for a supporting role in another film version of Dragnet, a parody and homage to the original series written by and starring Dan Aykroyd and costarring Tom Hanks and Christopher Plummer. ", However, Morgan, who appeared on the anti-war comedy series from 1975 to 1983, notably starred in many hit projects, which earned him awards. Played the role of Colonel Sherman Potter on the television series, M*A*S*H and Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet. Family members linked to this person will appear here. He went on to appear in All My Sons (1948), based on the Arthur Miller play, with Edward G. Robinson and Burt Lancaster; The Big Clock (1948), in which he played a silent, menacing bodyguard to Charles Laughton; Yellow Sky (1949), with Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter; and the critically praised western High Noon (1952), with Gary Cooper. Cast members of the television series MASH take a break. Morgan also had a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun as Professor Suter, a colleague of Dick Solomon's. After moving to California in 1942, he was spotted by a talent scout in a Santa Barbara stock companys production of William Saroyans one-act play Hello Out There. Signing a contract with 20th Century Fox, he originally used the screen name Henry Morgan, but changed Henry to Harry in the 1950s to avoid confusion with the radio and television humorist Henry Morgan. Morgan's eight - year run on "MASH," the pinnacle of his. When Juan Ryness, a pimp who murders his own prostitute, is released due to a faulty search warrant, Harry loses his temper and tells Dexter he was right in training him. Morgan hosted the NBC radio series Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre in 1947. His resonant voice and irascible verve made him a natural for parts as authority figures, and he was frequently called upon to play judges, lawmen and military officers. In the 1990s, Morgan starred alongside Walter Matthau in a series of television movies for CBS as Stoddard Bell, a judge who is an acquaintance/nemesis/partner of Matthau's Harmon Cobb, an attorney (The Incident; An Incident in Baltimore, and Incident in a Small Town). This is a carousel with slides. Morgan died at his home in Brentwood after a bout with pneumonia, his daughter-in-law, Beth Morgan, told the Associated Press. Bushman had a cut under her right eye and a swollen foot, according to reports. He gradually began to reveal amore likable side, as amusician buddy of Glenn Miller (James Stewart) in The Glenn Miller Story (1954) and in the typically bland 50s TV sitcom December Bride (1954-58). You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Played the role of Colonel Sherman Potter on the television series, M*A*S*H and Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet. That same year, he reprised his role, for a second time as "Off. But I love both versions of the movie. Anexception was his role of Edward G Robinson's superstitious neighbour in All My Sons (1948), the wordy and worthy screen adaptation of Arthur Miller's play. RIP Harry Morgan. With a wry smile, flat voice and sharp humor, Mr. Morgan played Colonel Potter from 1975 to 1983, when M*A*S*H went off the air. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. After those roles, Morgan ended his contract with both Universal and Mark VII, to sign with 20th Century Fox.Morgan's biggest role was that of a tough-talking, commanding, fun-loving, serious Army Officer, "Col. Sherman T. Potter" on M*A*S*H (1972), when he replaced McLean Stevenson, who left the show to unsuccessfully star in his own sitcom. There is a problem with your email/password. Morgan was born Harry Bratsberg in Detroit, the son of Hannah and Henry Bratsberg. But it was his Colonel Potter in M*A*S*H that gave him his widest claim to fame, and won him an Emmy in 1980 as outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series. speaks out against the above mentioned and. On the small screen, he played numerous guest roles and was a regular on several TV shows, including Pete and Gladys, December Bride, The Richard Boone Show, Kentucky Jones, The D.A., Hec Ramsey, and Blackes Magic. In The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), which starred Henry Fonda, he was praised for his portrayal of a drifter caught up in a lynching in a Western town. Harry Morgan will always be. Verify and try again. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. In 1963, he was cast as Sheriff Ernie Backwater on Richard Boone's Have Gun Will Travel Western series on CBS, then worked as a regular cast member on the 196364 anthology series The Richard Boone Show. When MASH was ending in 1983 he told The Times: The sadness will fade after a while. He was the rock everyone depended on and yet he could cut up like a kid when the situation warranted it. It is also revealed in season four that Harry had slept with many of his informants, not just Laura. Morgan had four sons with his first wife: Christopher, Charles, Paul, and Daniel (who died in 1989). My dad would read a script the way somebody else would read Time magazine and put it down and be on the set the next day, he said. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, as a supporting actor, he played runtish bad guys and worms that seldom turned. 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Morgan attended the University of Chicago but left in the 1930s to sell office equipment in Washington, D.C. As a salesman during the Depression he had free time, so he joined a theater group. For M*A*S*H, Morgan replaced McLean Stevenson as the commander of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit in Korea. A drawing of a horse, seen on the wall behind Potter's desk, was drawn by Morgan's grandson, Jeremy Morgan. The character actor was 96. He has been married to Elizabeth Morgan since May 1, 1989. In the late 1940s, to distinguish himself from a popular radio comic with the same name, he became Harry Morgan and played several nasty little thugs such as Shorty in The Gangster (1947), and a jumpy bank robber inWellman's Yellow Sky (1948). . In season eight, Dexter learns that Harry had confided in Dr. Evelyn Vogel (Charlotte Rampling) about young Dexter's homicidal urges, and that she had helped him create Dexter's "code". Harry finally parts ways with Dexter in the series' penultimate episode, "Monkey in a Box", when Dexter decides to leave serial killer Oliver Saxon (Darri Ingolfsson) for the police and join his son Harrison and girlfriend Hannah McKay (Yvonne Strahovski) at the airport to move to Argentina. After seven years on December Bride, Morgan appeared opposite Cara Williams in an early 1960s spinoff, Pete and Gladys. His TV career continued with the anthology series The Richard Boone Show and with Kentucky Jones, in which Morgan played a ranch handyman who works for the title character, portrayed by Dennis Weaver. Character actor best known for playing Col. Sherman T. Potter, Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet. Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 December 7, 2011) was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. What he brought to the work made everyone better. When Morgan hears that Wayne's ex-gunfighter has cancer, he starts to whoop and laugh. He was 96. In an interview for the Archive of American Television, Mr. Morgan said of his M*A*S*H character: He was firm. He was also a regular on The Richard Boone Show (1963-64), Kentucky Jones (1964-65), The D.A. (1971-72), Hec Ramsey (1972-74),You Cant Take It With You (1987) and Blackes Magic (1986). Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Daniel Morgan (219014200)? Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman Potter on the television show "MASH," late 1970s. The antiwar comedy, based on the 1970 film starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, debuted in 1972. Actor Harry Morgan on "M*A*S*H" [left] Harry Morgan and wife Eileen Morgan attend 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 13, 1981 [right] | Photo: Getty Images. Morgan made his screen debut (originally using the name "Henry Morgan") in the 1942 movie To the Shores of Tripoli. I loved playing Colonel Potter.". We have set your language to We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. He had worked with the greats and never saw himself as one of them. Harry Morgan, who played Col. Sherman Potter on TV's M*A*S*H and Jack Webb's detective partner in Dragnet, died Wednesday at age 96. [1][2][3] His parents were of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Throughout the next two decades, Morgan was active in films and on television, including the TV movies The Incident (1990), Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992) and Incident in a Small Town (1994), inall three of which Walter Matthau, asasmall-town lawyer, and Morgan, as a judge, sparred amiably. Although he set out to be a lawyer, Morgan fell into acting and stayed. Morgan also did summer stock at the Pine Brook Country Club located in the countryside of Nichols, Connecticut. During Morgan's time on M*A*S*H, a photograph of Detchon regularly appeared on the desk of his character. Morgan. He played Potter, an expert surgeon and a father figure in the camp, from 1978 until 1983. Morgan was also one of the oldest living Hollywood male actors. Joe Friday. His first was to Eileen Detchon. In 1941 he and his actress wife, Eileen, headed for Hollywood, and Morgan did hit a rocky patch of sorts he didnt work for five months. After seven years on December Bride, Morgan appeared opposite Cara Williams in an early 1960s spinoff, Pete and Gladys. His TV career continued with the anthology series The Richard Boone Show and with Kentucky Jones, in which Morgan played a ranch handyman who works for the title character, portrayed by Dennis Weaver. Since attaining fame, the actor remained top of the game throughout his TV and film career, spanning six decades. With his first wife, Eileen, Morgan had four sons. Born Harry Bratsberg in Detroit, he worked on stage before making his way to Hollywood in 1942. Things got rougher from then on. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. 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The son of Welsh immigrants, he initially saw service in the French and Indian War as a teamster before putting his marksmanship skills to use as a colonial ranger. He also lent his voice to an episode of The Simpsons from season seven, where he once again played Bill Gannon; in the episode "Mother Simpson", Gannon and Joe Friday (voiced by Harry Shearer) are FBI agents trying to track down Homer's mother, who is a fugitive from justice. Oops, something didn't work. The cup is so damn full that you cant really be sad that you dont have any more. I loved him in MASH! Things got rougher from then on. In 1980, Morgan won an Emmy Award for his performance on M*A*S*H. When asked if he was a better actor after working with the show's talented cast, Morgan responded, "I don't know about that, but it's made me a better human being. He remained a fixture for four seasons. That same year, he played the mobster Bugs Moran in an episode of ABC's The Untouchables, with Robert Stack. Harry Morgan, who plays next-door neighbor Peter Porter on the comedy series "December Bride," as he poses with his arms crossed, on February 14, 1955. Duane only appeared on one episode of "The Walking Dead," the show's 2010 pilot. Morgan's ironically gruff demeanor made him an in-demand character actor for nearly five decades. [3] His body was cremated and his remains were given to his family. His son Charles, a lawyer in Los Angeles, confirmed his death. A son, Daniel, died in 1989. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. But having such complete success at the beginning, I was stuck with being an actor for life, Morgan said in the 1983 book MASH: The Exclusive, Inside Story of TVs Most Popular Show.. Hunnicutt opposite Morgan in M*A*S*H, released a statement:[13]. After that he appeared in about 20 more TV productions, including a few episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun in the late 1990s. He left his office equipment job to appear in summer stock. A system error has occurred. Daniel Morgan's son says he refuses to accept the Met Police's apology after a bombshell report into his father's murder found the force was 'institutionally corrupt'. The "The Cat From Outer Space" star is survived by three sons and eight grandchildren. The TV series, starring Alan Alda, had already won an Emmy for outstanding comedy series and had long been declared a smash by The Times. Try again. He remained a fixture for four seasons. He is survived by Bushman; three sons from his first marriage, Christopher, Charles and Paul; and eight. Dexter, meanwhile, begins to question Harry's "code", realizing that he is the only one in charge of his "Dark Passenger". [2] Many sources, however, including some family records, list the spelling as "Bratsburg". Sophie, to whom Colonel Potter says goodbye in the final episode, was Mr. Morgans own horse. Mr. Morgans television credits were prodigious. Family (3) Trivia (4) Morgan, a prolific character actor, starred in more than 100 films before the end of his long-standing career. and the 19721974 Western series, Hec Ramsey. However, his lawyer Harland Braun said the actor never hit his wife but only grabbed her as she destroyed their furniture during the dispute. On CBS, he played Pete Porter in Pete and Gladys (19601962), with Cara Williams as wife Gladys. One of his early TV credits was December Bride, in which he played Pete Porter, the wry-humored, henpecked neighbor who cracked jokes about his wife, the never-seen Gladys. A son, Daniel, died in 1989. Reports showed that the Los Angeles police who received Quine's 911 call heard yelling and screaming inside the house, and the officers who arrived at the scene saw Quine limping. She died in 1985 after 45 years of marriage. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. All rights reserved. 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