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My Take
Harry Morgan is my idea of the perfect character actor, the kind who never steals a scene yet makes every scene better. Six decades of steady work, a University of Chicago education behind the everyman face, and that warm, dry authority as Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H that earned him an Emmy. What I admire most is the absence of vanity in his craft. He could write and direct too, but he seemed content anchoring other people's stories rather than centering himself. Actors like Morgan are the connective tissue of American television, and audiences loved him for decades precisely because he never demanded it.
Overview
Harry Morgan (né 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 Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Harry Morgan
- Name (Japanese)
- ハリー・モーガン
- Reading
- はりー・もーがん
- Born
- April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rabbit
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / screenwriter / stage actor / television actor / television director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Muskegon High School
- University
- University of Chicago
Awards & achievements
- 1980 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.