Harry Morgan
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| Nickname: |
Harry Morgan / Henry Morgan / Henry 'Harry' Morgan / |
| Known for: |
Inherit the Wind, High Noon, The Glenn Miller Story |
| Birth name: |
Harry Bratsburg |
| Birthday: |
10 April 1915, Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Height: |
5' 4" (1.63 m) |
Trivia

Father of producer
Christopher Morgan.

Once belonged to the Group Theater in New York.

Of Norwegian descent, his grandparents were immigrants from Scandanavia.

In the episode "The Days Dwindle Down" (episode # 3.21) of "Murder, She Wrote" (1984)he played a LAPD Detective Webb. In 1967, he starred as a member of the LAPD in "Dragnet" which was created by and co-starred Jack Webb.

Is the former father-in-law of
Julie Cobb. In 1988, Cobb married
James Cromwell, who had made a guest appearance on
M*A*S*H.

Once said that he enjoyed playing Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H so much that he felt that he could have "gone on forever" playing that character.

In several episodes of M*A*S*H, Col. Potter was seen painting portraits, mainly of the other characters. These portraits were actually painted by Morgan.

Reprised his
Dragnet 1967,
Dragnet 1966 and
Dragnet character (Officer Bill Gannon) in
The Simpsons episode "Mother Simpson".

Appeared with
Lee J. Cobb, the father of his future daughter-in-law
Julie Cobb in
How the West Was Won.

Grandfather of
Rosemary Morgan and
Jeremy Morgan.

Prior to joining the cast of
M*A*S*H in the fourth season as the stern but decent Colonel Potter, he appeared in the third season episode "The General Flipped At Dawn" as a crazed general who wanted to move the 4077 unit closer to the front line.

Had four sons by his first wife: Charles and Paul are both attorneys,
Christopher Morgan, a TV producer, and Daniel, who died in 1989.

Second wife,
Barbara Bushman, is the granddaughter of silent screen star
Francis X. Bushman and the daughter of
Ralph Bushman.

Graduated from Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Michigan
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