#Fact1Morgan served in the US Army during WW2 where he joined other actors making training films. One of his works, "The Rifle Platoon" made in 1942 is available on YouTube.2He is attending his grandson Spencer's wedding in Houston, Texas. [May 2008]3On Dragnet 1967 (1967), his character's wife's name was Eileen, in real-life, his wife's name was also Eileen.4Attended the funeral of McLean Stevenson when the actor passed away in 1996.5Longtime friend of John Wayne.6Worked at Jack Webb's production company, Mark VIII, from 1966 to 1974.7His second wife Barbara Bushman had said prior to Morgan's arrest, the argument that began during a dinner party earlier in the evening continued when the couple returned home, then turned violent.8Acting ran in his family.9When Morgan guest-starred on an episode of Murder, She Wrote: The Days Dwindle Down (1987), they used that footage from his movie Strange Bargain (1949).10When Morgan's father Henry registered at junior high school, the registrar spelled it Bratsburg instead of Bratsberg. His father did not demur.11Met Jack Webb in the movie Dark City (1950). Some 2 years later, Morgan would guest-star opposite Webb in Dragnet (1951), years before he would co-star opposite Webb in Dragnet 1967 (1967).12According to his ex-M*A*S*H (1972) co-star, Mike Farrell, he said in an interview, Morgan would never boast about the famed actors whom he had worked with and befriended, but, if prompted, would happily share memories.13A cowboy buff.14Met Lee J. Cobb, Elia Kazan, Sanford Meisner and Karl Malden at a group theater in New York City.15His son, Daniel Morgan, died in 1989.16Stepfather of Katherine Quine and Victoria Quine.17His acting mentor was the late Spring Byington.18His favorite movie was The Ox-Bow Incident (1943).19Became best friends with McLean Stevenson from 1974 until his death in 1996.20Had a dog named Sterling, who died in 2008.21Played Colonel Sherman T. Potter twice: M*A*S*H (1972) and its sequel After MASH (1983).22Neighbor of Loretta Swit.23Often enjoyed reading poetry.24Met Karl Malden in the play of 'Golden Boy.' They would later be friends for over 70 years until Malden's death in 2009.25Two of his grandchildren, by Christopher Morgan, are in the film business.26Before John Ritter would have a successful career, he used to work with him on both of Morgan's movies: The Barefoot Executive (1971) and Scandalous John (1971).27Appeared on the front cover of TV Guide six times.28Met Spring Byington in the movie Dragonwyck (1946), exactly eight years later, he would later co-star as her wisecracking neighbor on December Bride (1954).29Acting mentor and friends of Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, David Ogden Stiers and the late John Ritter.30Appeared with Robert Horton in three films of Horton's early career: Apache War Smoke (1952), Arena (1953) and Prisoner of War (1954).31Former neighbor of Lionel Stander.32Attended Muskegon Community College in Muskegon, Michigan.33His brother, Arnold Bratsburg, died on January 4, 2001. He lived to be age 81.34All of his children were born in Los Angeles, California.35Morgan's popularity on M*A*S*H (1972) led him to a trip to Muskegon, Michigan, where he was the spokesperson for Lifesavers Candy.36Appeared in the original production of 'Golden Boy' by 'Clifford Odoets' opposite Luther Adler and Frances Farmer.37He did summer stock at the Pine Brook Country Club in Nichols, Connecticut.38Used to play handball with Elia Kazan.39Traveled to Mt. Kisco, New York's Summer Stock Theater Company, where he met and acted frequently with Frances Farmer.40His father, Henry Bratsberg, worked for war hero, Eddie Rickenbacker, who was also a car designer.41Through Elia Kazan, he met classmate Eileen Dutchon, where the two would eventually wed in 1940 until her death in 1985.42It was Jack Webb, who allowed Morgan to show his own sense of humor on Dragnet 1967 (1967).43When he was working as a salesman, he joined the theater group in Washington, D.C.44Made his stage debut in Ben Hecht's "The Front Page," and "The Petrified Forest.".45Traveled to New York City in 1937, where he appeared in several Broadway stage plays.46Attended the funeral of best friend and actor, Jack Webb, when the actor passed away in 1982.47Was one of the actors to have had the longest acting career than anybody else in the business, between movies and television; behind Mickey Rooney, Bob Hope, Barbara Stanwyck, Eddie Albert and Jane Wyman; but in-front of Karl Malden and Ernest Borgnine.48Took acting classes with Elia Kazan.49Had appeared with Robert Conrad twice: The D.A. (1971) and More Wild Wild West (1980).50Between 1959 and 1983, he received 11 Emmy nominations. He won his only Emmy in 1980 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series.51Had never listened to the radio show December Bride (1954), until he auditioned for Pete Porter.52It was Parke Levy's idea for Morgan to star in Pete and Gladys (1960), with Cara Williams.53Had received the Gold Award of Purple Heart Veterans Rehabilitation Service in the 1970s.54Had wanted to be a lawyer.55When the Writer's Guild went on strike, he and M*A*S*H (1972) co-star, Loretta Swit, were both presented on stage for their own Emmies, when there was no ceremony. Morgan had the award on his desk for over 30 years.56He and future M*A*S*H (1972) co-star, Mike Farrell, were both contract players at Universal Studios, before they both joined the cast for the show's fourth season.57Met Cara Williams in the movie, The Saxon Charm (1948). Some 12 years later, she would co-star on the sequel to December Bride (1954), Pete and Gladys (1960), as Morgan's wife.58Had a photographic memory.59His ex-M*A*S*H (1972) co-star and neighbor, Loretta Swit, wrote an obituary for him in Entertainment Weekly's Best and Worst 2011 column (29 December 2011).60His father and 2 uncles worked on the Erie Canal, after his parents moved to Michigan.61Met future wife, Eileen Detchon, in the play 'My Heart's in the Highlands'. They were married for nearly 45 years.62Starred in a pilot of a 1971 TV show alongside E.G. Marshall that did not sell.63On M*A*S*H (1972), his character rode horses, in real-life, he raised quarter horses on a ranch in Santa Rosa, California.64His widow, Barbara Bushman, was 11 years Morgan's junior.65Actor Jamie Farr bestowed him a Toledo Mud Hens baseball cap for him to wear.66His first wife, Eileen Dutchon, died on February 4, 1985, just 7 months before they would have celebrated their 45th Wedding Anniversary.67His ex-M*A*S*H (1972) co-star, Larry Linville, died on Morgan's 85th birthday in 2000.68Died just 6 1/2 months after the death of his best friend James Arness. Morgan guest-starred alongside Arness for 4 episodes of Gunsmoke (1955).69Through his best friend Norman Lloyd, he worked on an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955).70Was a very popular student at Muskegon High School, where he played varsity football, and by his senior year, he was class president.71Played Off. Bill Gannon, four times on: Dragnet (1951), Dragnet 1967 (1967), Dragnet (1987) and The Simpsons (1989).72Was the second actor to have directed more episodes of M*A*S*H (1972), behind co-star Alan Alda.73Was supposed to reprise his role as Off. Bill Gannon, on the revival of the third incarnation of Dragnet (1951), in 1982, but was unavailable, because he was under contract with 20th Century Fox, hence Kent McCord was supposed to play Jack Webb's new partner in the series. Unfortunately, those two plans have been scrapped when Webb passed away, late in 1982.74Survived by his wife, Barbara, of nearly 25 years, his 3 children and 8 grandchildren.75Was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 2006.76The oldest of three children.77Was charged with abusing his wife a year earlier, after a beating left her with injuries to her eye, foot, and arm. Prosecutors dropped the charges after Morgan completed a six-month domestic violence counseling program. [2 July 1996].78According to his son, Charles, he suffered pneumonia, at the time of his death.79Despite not appearing in the same seasons of M*A*S*H (1972) with McLean Stevenson, though Morgan guest-starred for one episode, they both starred in The Cat from Outer Space (1978). Morgan played the general, Stevenson played the doctor.80Died 10 days before his 25th wedding anniversary to Barbara Bushman.81In various episodes of M*A*S*H (1972), his real-life wife, Eileen Detchon, stood in for his character's wife, Mildred's portrait on his character's desk.82Enjoyed golfing, traveling, dining, fishing, spending time with his family, reading, raising quarter-horses, horseback riding, animals, painting and poetry.83His favorite actor was Alan Alda, who grew up watching him before he co-starred with Morgan on M*A*S*H (1972).84Was regarded as one of the busiest actors on television, who had continuing roles in at least 10 series, which, combined with his guest appearances, amounted to hundreds of episodes.85Upon his return to Muskegon, Michigan, his mother, Anna Olsen, passed away in 1942.86Upon his death he was cremated, his ashes are in possession of family.87Despite not being an original cast member, next to Mike Farrell, he appeared in each and every episode of M*A*S*H (1972), with the exception of 2, after he joined the cast in 1975, until its series cancellation in 1983.88Shortly before his death, he and his family had lunch with ex-M*A*S*H (1972) co-star, Mike Farrell, with his second wife, Shelley Fabares.89Harry Morgan passed away on December 7, 2011. This day was also actor Eli Wallach's 96th birthday. He and Morgan were both featured actors in the 1963 film How the West Was Won (1962).90After his last guest-starring role on Love & Money (1999), he retired from acting at age 84.91He replaced McLean Stevenson in the role of Colonel Sherman Potter on M*A*S*H (1972), for the series' fourth season, primarily because of his long association with Gene Reynolds.92Was the last minute replacement for the role of Officer Bill Gannon on the third revival of Dragnet 1967 (1967), with the help of his best friend Jack Webb.93Attended University of Chicago with a major of pre-law, but a lack of finances dropped him out.94He and Jack Webb were best friends from 1949 to Thursday, December 23rd, 1982, when Jack Webb lost his life.95By the time Morgan was a junior in high school at Muskegon High School, he won the Debate Championship at the University of Michigan's Hill Auditorium, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.96One of his sons was the friend of one of James Arness's children. One of Morgan's sons spent the night at Arness' ranch.97Despite high ratings, his second series Dragnet 1967 (1967) was canceled at the end of the fourth season, due to Jack Webb's planning on leaving the show, to continue producing both successful series: Adam-12 (1968) and Emergency! (1972). Later, Morgan would work with Webb again on both short-lived series: The D.A. (1971) and Hec Ramsey (1972).98The last original cast member of December Bride (1954) to die.99Remained friends with Mike Farrell, Loretta Swit, amongst the rest of the M*A*S*H (1972) cast, during and after the series' cancellation.100Was also good friends of John Garfield, Tim Conway and Don Knotts (who starred in both of his movies).101Was a spokesperson for both ERA real estate and Toyota in the 1980s.102Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Muskegon, Michigan, 42 miles west northwest of Grand Rapids.103Was a Democrat.104His M*A*S*H (1972) character was a heavy drinker and a smoker, as was Morgan, in real-life.105He and future co-star Mike Farrell were both fans of the M*A*S*H (1972) series, in the early years, before they both joined the cast in 1975.106Began his career as a contract player with 20th Century Fox in 1942.107Before he was a successful actor, he worked as a salesman.108His parents were Henry Bratsberg, a mechanic born in Norway, and Anna Olsen, a housewife born in Sweden.109Best remembered by the public for his starring roles as Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet 1967 (1967) and as Colonel - later Surgeon - Dr. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H (1972).110Was good friends with: Julie London, Bobby Troup, Jack Webb, Alan Alda, Gavin MacLeod, Shirley Jones, Robert Horton, Angela Lansbury, Robert Conrad, Larry Manetti, Desi Arnaz, Gale Gordon, Cara Williams, James Arness, Anne Baxter, Kathleen Freeman, Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Rory Calhoun, Norman Lloyd, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Elia Kazan, Jonathan Winters, McLean Stevenson, Walter Matthau, Gene Reynolds and Jack Elam.111Started using Harry rather than Henry when comedian Henry Morgan became popular on radio and TV in the early 1960s. Ironically, they were only born 11 days apart.112Grandfather of Spencer Morgan (son of Charles and Charlotte Morgan) of Los Angeles, California.113He was an active opponent of the anti-communist campaign in Hollywood.114In 1942, Morgan had a small part in Orchestra Wives (1942) featuring Glenn Miller. In 1953, co-starred in The Glenn Miller Story (1954).115Graduated from Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1933.116Second wife, Barbara Bushman, is the granddaughter of silent screen star Francis X. Bushman and the daughter of Francis X. Bushman Jr..117Had four sons by his first wife: Charles and Paul are both attorneys, Christopher Morgan, a TV producer, and Daniel, who died in 1989.118Prior to joining the cast of M*A*S*H (1972) in the fourth season as the stern but decent Colonel Potter, he appeared in the third season episode M*A*S*H: The General Flipped at Dawn (1974) as a crazed general who wanted to move the 4077 unit closer to the front line.119Grandfather of Rosemary Morgan, Terence N. Morgan and Jeremy Morgan.120Appeared with Lee J. Cobb, the father of his future daughter-in-law Julie Cobb in How the West Was Won (1962).121Reprised his Dragnet 1967 (1967), Dragnet 1966 (1969) and Dragnet (1987) character (Officer Bill Gannon) in The Simpsons (1989) episode "Mother Simpson".122In several episodes of M*A*S*H (1972), Col. Potter was seen painting portraits, mainly of the other characters. These portraits were actually painted by Morgan.123Once said that he enjoyed playing Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H (1972) so much that he felt that he could have "gone on forever" playing that character.124Was 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 (1972).125In the episode Murder, She Wrote: The Days Dwindle Down (1987), he played an LAPD Detective named Webb. In 1967, he had starred as a member of the LAPD in Dragnet 1967 (1967) which was created by and costarred Jack Webb.126Of Norwegian descent, his grandparents were immigrants from Scandinavia.127Once belonged to the Group Theater in New York.128Father of Christopher Morgan, Charley Morgan, Paul Morgan and Daniel Morgan.