To use this feature, use a newer browser. A son, Daniel, died in 1989. The Morgan of M*A*S*H and Dragnet yielded the name in the late 1950s, becoming Harry Morgan. Harry is Dexter Morgan's adoptive father, now deceased. [6] He originally aspired to a J.D. Among his other notable films were The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), with Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford, and Inherit the Wind (1960), with Spencer Tracy and Fredric March, in which he played a small-town Tennessee judge hearing arguments about evolution in the fictionalized version of the Scopes monkey trial. In How the West Was Won (1962) he played Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. 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. But I love both versions of the movie. 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). Dexter, meanwhile, begins to question Harry's "code", realizing that he is the only one in charge of his "Dark Passenger". Sadly the couple's relationship was cut off when Eileen died in 1985 after being married for 45 years. Things got rougher from then on. 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. 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. To relax, the colonel liked to paint and look after his horse, Sophie a sort of inside joke, since the real Harry Morgan raised quarter horses on a ranch in Santa Rosa. After appearing in a one-act play in Santa Barbara titled Hello Out There, he was offered a contract with 20th Century Fox and, going by Henry Morgan, promptly made six movies, starting with To the Shores of Tripoli., Morgan went on to appear in such films as High Noon (1953), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Inherit the Wind (1960), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) and his personal favorite, 1943s The Ox-Bow Incident.. He was best known for playing Colonel Sherman T. Potter on the long-running army comedy. Character actor best known for playing Col. Sherman T. Potter, Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet. YOU'VE REACHED YOUR MONTHLY ARTICLE LIMIT. English To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. In addition to "M*A*S*H" and "Dragnet," Morgan scored small screen success playinga henpecked husband on Pete and Gladys (1960-62), which originated out of a supporting part he played on December Bride (1954-59). 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Learn more about merges. 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. Harry Morgan was a prolific character actor who starred in over 100 films and was a stage performer. In July 1996, he was arrested on domestic battery charges for striking his wife Barbara which caused her to be admitted to the hospital. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Aside from Daniel, the movie icon was also father to three other sons. Morgan was eventually released, and he didn't make headlines for another domestic mishap. Morgan is even more widely recognized as Officer Bill Gannon, Joe Friday's partner in the revived version of Dragnet (19671970). He returned as Bill Gannon, by now promoted to captain, in the 1987 movie Dragnet, a comedy remake of the series starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks. When MASH was ending in 1983 he told The Times: The sadness will fade after a while. In the fall of 1937 he went to New York City and appeared in several Broadway productions, using the name Harry Bratsburg. (1976) and Hunter (1976). In 2006, Morgan was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In my ignorance, I thought to myself, Hey, this acting business is a great life! Little did I know! According to one source, when Morgan's father Henry registered at junior high school, "the registrar spelled it Brasburg instead of Bratsberg. | Photo: Getty Images. With his first wife, Eileen, Morgan had four sons. [2] Many sources, however, including some family records, list the spelling as "Bratsburg". For the first two seasons, he appeared only in flashbacks to Dexter's childhood. Try again later. "M*A*S*H'' premiered in 1972, and Morgan made his first appearance (a guest appearance) on the show during its third episode. Son of the actor Harry Morgan. Morgan's first marriage was to Eileen Detchon from 1940 until her death in 1985. The entertainment icon also once admitted Colonel Potter was the best role he "ever had. 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. The son of an auto mechanic, he was born Harry Bratsberg in Detroit on April 10, 1915. There were eventually a number of comedies on his rsum, among them John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965), with Shirley MacLaine and Peter Ustinov; The Flim-Flam Man (1967), with George C. Scott; Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), with James Garner and Walter Brennan; and The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), a Disney movie with Tim Conway and Don Knotts. The role of Col. Potter in MASH came along when the fictional surgical unit needed a new commanding officer after McLean Stevenson left the show in 1975. Exuding an air of respectability, Morgan played the tough but reasonable judge in the famous "monkey trial" of 1925, in which a schoolteacher was tried for teaching Darwin's theory ofevolution, in Stanley Kramer's Inherit the Wind (1960), and was General Ulysses S Grant in How the West Was Won (1962). Sorry! In 1967, Morgan replaced Ben Alexander as the partner of Jack Webbs Sgt. Biography - A Short Wiki. However, on the upside, I can publically share with newer generations what I told him as well as asking for his (above mentioned). It was also based on a popular radio show that transferred into television. He was 96. With his first wife, Eileen, Morgan had four sons. . Morgans eight-year run on MASH, the pinnacle of his seven-decade acting career, began when he was 60 and had already appeared on the Broadway stage, in dozens of television shows and more than 50 films. So now he's almost the same. [7][8] He appeared in the original production of the Clifford Odets play Golden Boy, followed by a host of successful Broadway roles alongside such other Group members as Lee J. Cobb, Elia Kazan, John Garfield, Sanford Meisner, and Karl Malden. 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 memorial has been copied to your clipboard. With the beginning of the American . A son, Daniel, died in 1989. 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 wonderfully witty and sharp television series set in an army camp during the Korean war. Morgan had four sons with his first wife: Christopher, Charles, Paul, and Daniel (who died in 1989). Oops, we were unable to send the email. Actor Harry Morgan, best known for his role as Col. Sherman Potter in the television series "MASH," was charged Wednesday with beating his wife, officials said. In Dark City (1950), an ex-boxer (Morgan) and cardshark (Jack Webb) are at each other's throats. that benefits the victims. Failed to remove flower. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? I thought you might like to see a memorial for Daniel Howard Morgan I found on Findagrave.com. | Photo: Getty Images. Search above to list available cemeteries. 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Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Bill Gannon" in the film, Dragnet (1987), which starred Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks. I never had a living grandfather, and for whatever reason I kind of imagined Col. Potter as mine when I was young. Below is all you want to know regarding the death of Harry Morgan and more! Duane only appeared on one episode of "The Walking Dead," the show's 2010 pilot. Failed to report flower. Morgan is even more widely recognized as Officer Bill Gannon, Joe Friday 's partner in the revived version of Dragnet (1967-1970). Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Daniel Howard Morgan (1946-1989) He was the son of Harry Morgan and Eileen Ann Morgan (Detchon) At the time of his death, he was 42 years old. Emmy Award-winning actor Harry Morgan, who played the crusty yet sympathetic Col. Sherman T. Potter in the sitcom MASH and the hard-nosed LAPD Officer Bill Gannon in the television drama Dragnet, died Wednesday. Morgan's ability to effortlessly assume a dozen characters placed him on high demands even during the early days of his career. 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.. In 1967, Morgan replaced Ben Alexander as the partner of Jack Webbs Sgt. AMC. "The day they lay you away, what I do on your grave won't pass for flowers!" based on information from your browser. Morgan loved his first wife and cherished her memory even after her death. Learn how your comment data is processed. [10] The case was later dismissed.[11]. In 1980 Morgan won an Emmy Award for best in U.S. TV for his work on the CBS series. Morgan was close friends with bandleader Glenn Miller, whom he met while filming Orchestra Wives in 1942, until Miller's death two years later. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Morgan hosted the NBC radio series Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre in 1947. He was most recognized however for his work on two other series; Dragnet and M*A*S*H. On Dragnet, he played Officer Bill Gannon as slightly less-serious cop when compared to Jack Webbs always-by-the-book Sgt. Morgan maintained his acting career for many years, acting way into his 70s. I think it's the best part I ever had. "[9] After the end of the series, Morgan reprised the Potter role in a short-lived spinoff series, AfterMASH. At this time Morgan started using Harry as his first name to avoid being confused with television comic Henry Morgan. In the episode "Change of Command" on "M*A*SH," Potter kept a portrait of Mildred on his desk and made loving comments on the image throughout the series. On television, he played Officer Bill Gannon with a phlegmatic but light touch to Jack Webbs always-by-the-book Sgt. He had worked with the greats and never saw himself as one of them. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Daniel Morgan (219014200)? https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219014200/daniel-howard-morgan. Remembering how Morgan was, Farrell said: "He was full of fun, and he was smart as a whip. 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. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. On CBS, he played Pete Porter in Pete and Gladys (19601962), with Cara Williams as wife Gladys. degree, but began acting while a junior at the University of Chicago in 1935. | Photo: Getty Images. Mini Bio (1) Christopher Morgan was born on August 31, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. There was an error deleting this problem. Following Morgan's death, Mike Farrell, who played B.J. Webb and Morgan were again teamed as villains in Appointment With Danger (1951). He graduated from Muskegon High School. In addition, Eileen was the name of the wife of Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet. (Morgan later had a cameo in the 1987 Dan Aykroyd-Tom Hanks Dragnet spoof and provided the voice of Gannon for a 1995 episode of The Simpsons.). Before her death, Morgan and his first wife had one son Daniel, who died in 1989. Survivors include his second wife, Barbara; his sons Christopher, Charles and Paul; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. 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. Also known for his commanding personality throughout his career, he tackled movies and television in a way no other actor would do it. He was 96. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Survivors include his second wife, Barbara; his sons. 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. Bill Gannon. United States Census for 1930; Census Place: Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan; Roll: 1014; p. 7B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 830.0. Privacy Policy. Harry Morgan was a prolific character actor who starred in over 100 films and was a stage performer. With his first wife, Eileen, Morgan had four sons. We raise awareness about these issues to help potential victims seek professional counseling and prevent anyone from getting hurt. Morgan loved his first wife and cherished her memory even after her death. He was previously married to Julie Cobb and Nicole Pechoux. Morgan and his son, Duane, found Rick, took him in, and gave him a crash course on the new world. She died in 1985 after they had been together for 45 years. The late movie star started acting alongside big TV stars in the 1940s. Sophie, to whom Colonel Potter says goodbye in the final episode, was Mr. Morgans own horse. After graduating from Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Michigan, he took on a salesman job before becoming a successful actor.Several of his most memorable film roles were: The Omaha Trail (1942), in the next quarter-century, he would also appear in The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), Wing and a Prayer (1944), State Fair (1945), Dragonwyck (1946), All My Sons (1948), Red Light (1949), Outside the Wall (1950), Dark City (1950) where he met future Dragnet 1967 (1967) co-star Jack Webb, who would be best friends until Webb's death, late in 1982, along with Appointment with Danger (1950). He passed away at his home in Los Angeles from unknown causes but had recently been treated for pneumonia. He is survived by Bushman; three sons from his first marriage, Christopher, Charles and Paul; and eight. He responded by saying, 'I don't know about that, but it made me a better human being.' A drawing of a horse, seen on the wall behind Potter's desk, was drawn by Morgan's grandson, Jeremy Morgan. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Copyright TV Series Finale. Towards the end of his acting career, as he reached 80, he had a recurring role as the older college professor on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996), opposite John Lithgow. Family members linked to this person will appear here. He has been married to Elizabeth Morgan since May 1, 1989. He appeared in more than 100 films throughout his career, often playing bad guys and sidekicks. Harry Morgan will always be. Sadly the couple's relationship was cut off when Eileen died in 1985 after being married for 45 years. Among the later shows on which he appeared as a guest star were The Love Boat, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Murder, She Wrote and The Jeff Foxworthy Show.. | Photo: Getty Images. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. 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. The role of Col. Potter in MASH came along when the fictional surgical unit needed a new commanding officer after McLean Stevenson left the show in 1975. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. 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. That same year, he played the mobster Bugs Moran in an episode of ABC's The Untouchables, with Robert Stack. Read Summer For The Gods Bashful Henry did not demur."[5]. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. A fourth son, Daniel, died in 1989. Morgan directed episodes for several TV series, including two episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, two episodes of Hec Ramsey, one episode of Adam-12, and eight episodes of M*A*S*H. Morgan had a guest role on The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Raymond and a guest role on Grace Under Fire as Jean's pot-smoking boyfriend. Unlike Stevenson's character Henry Blake, Potter was a career Army officer who was a firm yet good-humored, caring father figure to those under his command. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. He made his professional acting debut in a summer stock production of At Mrs. Beams in Mount Kisco, N.Y., and his Broadway debut in 1937 in the original production of Golden Boy, starring Luther Adler, in a cast that also included Karl Malden. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. That same year, he reprised his role, for a second time as "Off. In the early 1970s Morgan worked on another Webb creation, the courtroom drama The D.A., and appeared opposite Richard Boone in Hec Ramsey, a western that was part of NBCs Sunday Mystery Movie series. Morgan walked down the aisle for the second time with Barbara Quine, a marriage that often made headlines for various scandals. After appearing in a one-act play in Santa Barbara titled Hello Out There, he was offered a contract with 20th Century Fox and, going by Henry Morgan, promptly made six movies, starting with To the Shores of Tripoli., Morgan went on to appear in such films as High Noon (1953), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Inherit the Wind (1960), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) and his personal favorite, 1943s The Ox-Bow Incident.. During Morgan's time on M*A*S*H, a photograph of Detchon regularly appeared on the desk of his character. He reprised the role of Sherman Potter in AfterMASH (1983-85), a short-lived spinoff. He was the apotheosis, the finest example of what people call a character actor. Portrait of American actors, from left, Alan Alda, as Captain Benjamin Hawkeye Pierce, Mike Farrell, as Captain B.J. 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Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman Potter on the television show "MASH," late 1970s. After that he appeared in about 20 more TV productions, including a few episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun in the late 1990s. news.AmoMama.com speaks out against the above mentioned and news.AmoMama.com advocates for a healthy discussion about the instances of violence, abuse, sexual misconduct, animal cruelty, abuse etc. The son of an auto mechanic, he was born Harry Bratsberg in Detroit on April 10, 1915. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Morgan was raised in Muskegon, Michigan, and graduated from Muskegon High School in 1933, where he achieved distinction as a statewide debating champion. Harry decides to train the boy as a vigilante, to hunt and kill murderers without leaving any clues. Try again later. One of Morgans sons, Daniel, died in 1989. He was a treasure as a person, an imp at times, and always a true professional. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! After Morgan got arrested, police reports revealed Quine had a red, swollen left foot, a one-quarter-inch cut near her right eye, and a bruised right arm. Healso appeared as Potter in the spinoff AfterMASH (1983-85), set in a veterans' hospital in the fictional town of River Bend, Missouri. 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. 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. He was born Harry Bratsburg, ofScandinavian descent, in Detroit and grew up in Muskegon, Michigan. A few years later, still credited as Henry Morgan, he was cast in the role of pianist Chummy MacGregor in the 1954 biopic The Glenn Miller Story. 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. ___________________________________________ Daniel Howard Morgan California Deaths, 1940 - 1997 Birth: Dec 23 1946 - California The following season, Morgan joined the cast of M*A*S*H as Colonel Sherman T. Potter. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. (Harry keeps her in the dark about Dexter's "training".). In 1980 his Colonel Potter earned him an Emmy Award as best supporting actor in a comedy series. Images of America, Trumbull Historical Society, 1997, p. 123. He was the rock everyone depended on and yet he could cut up like a kid when the situation warranted it. Note: Daniel Howard Morgan has a twin brother, Paul Anthony Morgan. Harry Morgan was an American actor, best remembered for playing the role of Colonel Sherman T. Potter in the war comedy series 'M*A*S*H'. Morgan continued to play a number of significant roles on the big screen in such films as The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) with Henry Fonda, Wing and a Prayer (1944), A Bell for Adano (1945), Dragonwyck (1946) with Walter Huston, The Gangster (1947), The Big Clock (1948) with Charles Laughton, The Well (1951), High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, Torch Song (1953) with Joan Crawford, and several films in the 1950s for director Anthony Mann starring James Stewart, including Bend of the River (1952), Thunder Bay (1953), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), The Far Country (1955), and Strategic Air Command (1955). Morgan was born Harry Bratsberg in Detroit, the son of Hannah and Henry Bratsberg. 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. 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