Harry Morgan

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birthday: April 10, 1915

A familiar face to film and television audiences for over five decades, Emmy-winning actor Harry Morgan perfected the fine art of curmudgeonly behavior on one of television’s most iconic sitcoms, “M*A*S*H” (CBS, 1972-1983), as well as “December Bride” (CBS, 1954-1960) and its spin-off “Pete and Gladys” (CBS, 1960-62). Though primarily known for his dry comedic timing, Morgan also had a long career as a dramatic actor; he lent sturdy support to such leading men as John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda, and was Jack Webb’s equ…more

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Credits

Actor

AfterMASH
Dr Sherman Potter
You Can't Take It With You
Martin Vanderhoff
The D.A.
H M Staff Stafford; chief deputy
Blacke's Magic
Leonard Blacke
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Father Everett Kolodny

Director

Hec Ramsey
Director
The D.A.
Director
Adam-12
Director
M*A*S*H
Director

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Career Milestones

1996
Charged by his wife with spousal abuse
1994
Reprised the role of Judge Bell and reteamed with Matthau for the TV-movie sequel "The Family Secret: Incident in a Small Town"
1992
Co-starred as Judge Stoddard Bell with Walter Matthau and Susan Blakely in the telefilm "Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore", a sequel to the 1990 CBS TV-movie "The Incident"
1987
Returned to features after an eight-year absence to reprise the role of Bill Gannon, now a captain, for the feature spoof of "Dragnet" starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks
1986
Co-starred as the recovering con man father of magician-detective Hal Linden on "Blacke's Magic"