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{{Short description|American actor (1915–2011)}}
{{other people||Harry Morgan (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Harry Morgan
| image              = Harry Morgan in 1975.JPG
| caption            = Harry Morgan in 1975
| birth_name         = Harry Bratsberg
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1915|04|10}}
| birth_place        = [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2011|12|07|1915|04|10}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[University of Chicago]]
| television         = ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''<br />''[[Dragnet (franchise)|Dragnet]]''
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1935–1999
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Eileen Detchon|1940|1985|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Barbara Bushman|1986<!--As marriage ended by death of Morgan, not by death of his spouse, the year 2011 is omitted here. See instructions on [[Template:Marriage]] for more info-->}}
}}
| children           = 4
}}

'''Harry Morgan''' (born '''Harry 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); [[Dragnet (1967 TV series)|Officer Bill Gannon]] on ''[[Dragnet (1967 TV series)|Dragnet]]'' (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on ''[[Hec Ramsey]]'' (1972–1974); and his starring role as [[List of M*A*S*H characters#Sherman T. Potter|Colonel Sherman T. Potter]] in ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' (1975–1983) and ''[[AfterMASH]]'' (1983–1985). Morgan also appeared as a supporting player in more than 100 films.

==Early life==
Morgan was born Harry Bratsberg in [[Detroit]], the son of Hannah and Henry Bratsberg.<ref name="ReferenceA">United States Census for 1930; Census Place: Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan; Roll: 1014; p. 7B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 830.0.</ref><ref name="academy2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/harry-morgan | title=Harry Morgan Interview | work=[[Archive of American Television]] | publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation]] | access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="nytobit" /> His parents were of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on Landmark TV Show 'M*A*S*H,' Is Dead at 96 |url=http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-07/harry-morgan-colonel-potter-on-landmark-tv-show-m-a-s-h-is-dead-at-96?category=%2Fleaders%2F |publisher=Bloomberg |last=Arnold |first=Laurence |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=December 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514184853/http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-07/harry-morgan-colonel-potter-on-landmark-tv-show-m-a-s-h-is-dead-at-96?category=%2Fleaders%2F |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In his interview with the Archive of American Television, Morgan spelled his Norwegian family surname as "Brasburg".<ref name="academy2008" /> Many sources, however, including some family records, list the spelling as "Bratsburg". According to one source, when Morgan's father Henry registered at junior high school, "the registrar spelled it Brasburg instead of Bratsberg. Bashful Henry did not demur."<ref name="arnell">{{Cite book |title=Motion Picture |last=Arnell |first=Bob |year=1946 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mfIKAQAAMAAJ |type= Henry Morgan |publisher=Macfadden/Bartell |via=Motion Picture magazine |volume=v.72 |page=196}}</ref>

Morgan was raised in [[Muskegon, Michigan]], and graduated from [[Muskegon High School]] in 1933, where he achieved distinction as a statewide debating champion.<ref>[http://www.muskegon.k12.mi.us/mhs/DistinguishedGrads/DistinguishedGrads.html Muskegon High School Distinguished Graduates] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820083023/http://www.muskegon.k12.mi.us/mhs/DistinguishedGrads/DistinguishedGrads.html |date=August 20, 2004 }}</ref> He originally aspired to a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree, but began acting while a junior at the [[University of Chicago]] in 1935.

==Career==
He began acting on stage under his birth name, in 1937, joining the [[Group Theatre (New York City)|Group Theatre]] in New York City formed by [[Harold Clurman]], [[Cheryl Crawford]], and [[Lee Strasberg]] in 1931.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pinewoodlake.org/ |title=Pinewood Lake website |publisher=Pinewoodlake.org |date=May 20, 2009 |access-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727174723/http://www.pinewoodlake.org/ |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Images of America, Trumbull Historical Society, 1997, p. 123.</ref> He appeared in the original production of the [[Clifford Odets]] play ''[[Golden Boy (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]]. Morgan also did [[summer stock]] at the [[Pine Brook Country Club]] located in the countryside of [[Nichols, Connecticut]].

===Film work===
[[File:Harry Morgan Cara Williams Pete and Gladys 1960.JPG|thumb|With [[Cara Williams]] in ''[[Pete and Gladys]]'']]
Morgan made his screen debut (originally using the name "Henry Morgan") in the 1942 movie ''[[To the Shores of Tripoli]]''. His screen name later became "Henry 'Harry' Morgan" and eventually Harry Morgan, to avoid confusion with the popular [[Henry Morgan (humorist)|humorist of the same name]].

In the same year, Morgan appeared in the movie ''[[Orchestra Wives]]'' as a young man pushing his way to the front of a ballroom crowd with his date to hear [[Glenn Miller]]'s band play. 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]]''.

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), ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]'' (1945), ''[[Dragonwyck (film)|Dragonwyck]]'' (1946) with [[Walter Huston]], ''[[The Gangster (1947 film)|The Gangster]]'' (1947), ''[[The Big Clock (film)|The Big Clock]]'' (1948) with [[Charles Laughton]], ''[[The Well (1951 film)|The Well]]'' (1951), ''[[High Noon]]'' (1952) with [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Grace Kelly]], ''[[Torch Song (1953 film)|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 (film)|Thunder Bay]]'' (1953), ''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]'' (1954), ''[[The Far Country (film)|The Far Country]]'' (1955), and ''[[Strategic Air Command (film)|Strategic Air Command]]'' (1955). In his later film career, he appeared in ''[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1960) with [[Spencer Tracy]] and [[Fredric March]], ''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]'' (1962) (as [[Ulysses S. Grant]]) with [[John Wayne]], ''[[John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!]]'' (1965) with [[Peter Ustinov]], ''[[Frankie and Johnny (1966 film)|Frankie and Johnny]]'' (1966) with [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Donna Douglas]], ''[[The Flim-Flam Man]]'' (1967) with [[George C. Scott]], ''[[Support Your Local Sheriff!]]'' (1969) with [[James Garner]], ''[[Support Your Local Gunfighter]]'' (1971) also with James Garner, ''[[Snowball Express]]'' (1972) with [[Keenan Wynn]], ''[[The Shootist]]'' (1976) with John Wayne and [[Lauren Bacall]], ''[[The Wild Wild West Revisited]]'' (1979) with [[Robert Conrad]], and as [[Dragnet (1967 TV series)|Captain Gannon]] in the theatrical film version of ''[[Dragnet (1987 film)|Dragnet]]'' (1987) with [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Tom Hanks]].

===Radio and television===
Morgan hosted the NBC radio series ''Mystery in the Air'' starring [[Peter Lorre]] in 1947. On [[CBS]], he played Pete Porter in ''[[Pete and Gladys]]'' (1960–1962), with [[Cara Williams]] as wife Gladys. ''Pete and Gladys'' was a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of ''[[December Bride]]'' (1954–1959), starring [[Spring Byington]], a show in which Morgan had a popular recurring role. In 1950, Morgan appeared as an obtrusive, alcohol-addled hotel clerk in the ''Dragnet'' radio episode "The Big Boys".

===''Dragnet''===
[[File:Jack Webb Harry Morgan Dragnet 1968.JPG|thumb|Morgan with [[Jack Webb]] in ''[[Dragnet (franchise)|Dragnet]]'']]
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 (TV series)|Going My Way]]'', loosely based on the 1944 [[Bing Crosby]] [[Going My Way|film]] of the same name. That same year, he played the mobster [[Bugs Moran]] in an episode of ABC's ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'', with [[Robert Stack]]. In 1963, he was cast as Sheriff Ernie Backwater on [[Richard Boone]]'s ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]'' [[Western (genre)|Western]] series on CBS, then worked as a regular cast member on the 1963–64 anthology series ''[[The Richard Boone Show]]''.

In the 1964–1965 season, Morgan co-starred as Seldom Jackson in the 26-week NBC comedy/drama ''[[Kentucky Jones]]'', starring [[Dennis Weaver]], formerly of ''[[Gunsmoke]]''.

Morgan is even more widely recognized as Officer [[Dragnet (franchise)|Bill Gannon]], [[Joe Friday]]'s partner in the revived version of ''[[Dragnet (franchise)|Dragnet]]'' (1967–1970).

Morgan had also appeared with ''Dragnet'' star [[Jack Webb]] in three [[film noir]] movies, ''[[Dark City (1950 film)|Dark City]]'' (1950), ''[[Appointment with Danger]]'' (1951) and ''[[Pete Kelly's Blues (film)|Pete Kelly's Blues]]'' (1955), and was an early regular member of Jack Webb's stock company of actors on the original ''Dragnet'' radio show. Morgan later worked on two other shows for Webb: 1971's ''[[The D.A. (1971 TV series)|The D.A.]]'' and the 1972–1974 Western series, ''[[Hec Ramsey]].'' Morgan also appeared in four episodes of ''Gunsmoke'' ("The Witness" – aired 11/23/1970, "Milligan" - aired 11/6/72, "The Wiving" - aired 10/14/1974 and "Brides and Grooms", sequel to The Wiving - aired 2/10/1975).

Morgan appeared in the role of Inspector Richard Queen, uncle of [[Ellery Queen]] in the 1971 television film ''[[Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You]]''.

===''M*A*S*H''===
[[File:MASH TV cast 1975.JPG|thumb|As Colonel Potter in ''M*A*S*H'' with [[Alan Alda]] and [[Mike Farrell]]]]

Morgan's first appearance on ''M*A*S*H'' was in the show's third season (1974–1975), when he played the mentally unbalanced Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele in "[[List of M*A*S*H episodes (season 3)|The General Flipped at Dawn]]", which first aired on September 10, 1974.

The following season, Morgan joined the cast of ''M*A*S*H'' as [[Sherman T. Potter|Colonel Sherman T. Potter]]. A fan of the sitcom, Morgan replaced [[McLean Stevenson]], who left the show at the end of the previous season. 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.

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."<ref>Elber, Lynn: [https://web.archive.org/web/20151019125550/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9RGEV8O0.htm "Harry Morgan made small roles big in TV, movies"] Associated Press, December 8, 2011</ref> After the end of the series, Morgan reprised the Potter role in a short-lived spinoff series, ''[[AfterMASH]]''.

Morgan also appeared in several Disney movies throughout the decade, including ''[[The Barefoot Executive]]'', ''[[Snowball Express]]'', ''[[Charley and the Angel]]'', ''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang (film)|The Apple Dumpling Gang]]'', ''[[The Cat from Outer Space]]'' (opposite [[McLean Stevenson]]) and ''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again]]''.

===Later years===
In 1986, he co-starred with [[Hal Linden]] in ''[[Blacke's Magic]]'', a show about a magician who doubled as a detective solving unusual crimes. One season was made. Morgan's character, Leonard Blacke, was a semiretired con artist.

In 1987, Morgan reprised his Bill Gannon character, now a [[police captain|captain]], for a supporting role in another [[Dragnet (1987 film)|film version of ''Dragnet'']], a parody and homage to the original series written by and starring [[Dan Aykroyd]] and costarring [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Christopher Plummer]].

In 1987–1988, Morgan starred in the one-season situation comedy series ''[[You Can't Take It with You (TV series)|You Can't Take It with You]]'' as family patriarch Martin Vanderhof.

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 (TV movie)|The Incident]]''; ''[[Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (TV 1992)|An Incident in Baltimore]]'', and ''[[Incident in a Small Town (1994 TV)|Incident in a Small Town]]''). 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.

Morgan also had a recurring role on ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' as Professor Suter, a colleague of Dick Solomon's. Morgan directed episodes for several TV series, including two episodes of ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'', two episodes of ''Hec Ramsey'', and one episode of ''[[Adam-12]]''. Morgan had a guest role on ''[[The Jeff Foxworthy Show]]'' as Raymond and a guest role on ''[[Grace Under Fire (TV series)|Grace Under Fire]]'' as Jean's pot-smoking boyfriend.

In 2006, Morgan was inducted into the [[Hall of Great Western Performers]] at the [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum]] in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

==Personal life==
Morgan's first marriage was to Eileen Detchon from 1940 until her death in 1985. During Morgan's time on ''M*A*S*H'', a photograph of Detchon regularly appeared on the desk of his character. A drawing of a horse, seen on the wall behind Potter's desk, was drawn by Morgan's grandson, Jeremy Morgan. In addition, Eileen was the name of the wife of Officer Bill Gannon on ''Dragnet''. Morgan had four sons with his first wife: Christopher, Charles, Paul, and Daniel (who died in 1989).

He then married Barbara Bushman Quine (granddaughter of silent film star [[Francis X. Bushman]]) on December 17, 1986. The marriage lasted until his death. In July 1996, he was arrested on domestic battery charges for striking his wife Barbara which caused her to be admitted to the hospital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Actor Harry Morgan Accused of Beating Wife |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-11-me-23203-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 11, 1996 }}</ref> Though she was left "bruised and bloodied," the case was later dismissed after Morgan attended court-ordered anger management and domestic violence counseling program.<ref>{{cite web |title=MASH' Star's Abuse Case Is Dismissed |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-26-mn-7127-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times|date=June 26, 1997 }}</ref>

Morgan had two siblings, Marguerite and Arnold (both deceased).

Morgan was close friends with bandleader [[Glenn Miller]], whom he met while filming ''Orchestra Wives'' in 1942, until Miller's disappearance two years later. Morgan was later cast in the 1954 movie about his friend, ''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]'', playing [[Chummy MacGregor]].

==Death==
Morgan died in his sleep on December 7, 2011, at the age of 96.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html |title=Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 96 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 7, 2011 |first=Michael |last=Pollak}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author-link=Neda Ulaby|last=Ulaby|first=Neda|title=Harry Morgan, M*A*S*H's Col. Potter, Dies At 96|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/143296020/harry-morgan-m-a-s-hs-col-potter-dies-at-96 |publisher=NPR |date=December 7, 2011|access-date=December 10, 2011}}</ref> His son, Charles, said he recently had been treated for pneumonia.<ref name="nytobit" /> His body was cremated and his remains were given to his family.

Following Morgan's death, [[Mike Farrell]], who played [[B.J. Hunnicutt]] opposite Morgan in ''M*A*S*H'', released a statement:<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/harry-morgan-remembered-mike-farrell-pays-tribute-to-his-mash-co-star/2011/12/08/gIQAXBVbfO_blog.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Harry Morgan remembered: Mike Farrell pays tribute to his ''M*A*S*H'' co-star | date=December 8, 2011}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|He was a wonderful man, a fabulous actor and a dear and close friend since the first day we worked together. As Alan [Alda] said, he did not have an unadorable bone in his body. He was a treasure as a person, an imp at times, and always a true professional. He had worked with the greats and never saw himself as one of them. But he was. He was the rock everyone depended on and yet he could cut up like a kid when the situation warranted it. He was the apotheosis, the finest example of what people call a 'character actor'. What he brought to the work made everyone better. He made those who are thought of as 'stars' shine even more brightly. The love and admiration we all felt for him were returned tenfold in many, many ways. And the greatest and most selfless tribute to the experience we enjoyed was paid by Harry at the press conference when our show ended. He remarked that someone had asked him if working on ''M*A*S*H'' had made him a better actor. He responded by saying, 'I don't know about that, but it made me a better human being.' It's hard to imagine a better one.}}

==Filmography==
=== Films ===
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*''[[To the Shores of Tripoli]]'' (1942) as Mouthy
*''[[The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe]]'' (1942) as Ebenezer Burling
*''[[The Omaha Trail]]'' (1942) as Henchman Nat
*''[[Orchestra Wives]]'' (1942) as Cully Anderson
*''[[Crash Dive]]'' (1943) as Brownie
*''[[The Ox-Bow Incident]]'' (1943) as Art Croft
*''[[Happy Land (film)|Happy Land]]'' (1943) as Anton 'Tony' Cavrek
*''[[The Eve of St. Mark]]'' (1944) as Private Shevlin
*''[[Roger Touhy, Gangster]]'' (1944) as Thomas J. 'Smoke' Reardon
*''[[Wing and a Prayer]]'' (1944) as Ensign Malcolm Brainard
*''[[Gentle Annie (film)|Gentle Annie]]'' (1944) as Cottonwood Goss
*''[[A Bell for Adano]]'' (1945) as Captain N. Purvis
*''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]'' (1945) as Barker
*''[[From This Day Forward]]'' (1946) as Hank Beesley
*''[[Johnny Comes Flying Home]]'' (1946) as Joe Patillo
*''[[Dragonwyck (film)|Dragonwyck]]'' (1946) as Klaas Bleecker
*''[[Somewhere in the Night (film)|Somewhere in the Night]]'' (1946) as Bath Attendant (uncredited)
*''[[It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog]]'' (1946) as Gus Rivers
*''[[Crime Doctor's Man Hunt]]'' (1946) as Jervis (uncredited)
*''[[The Gangster (1947 film)|The Gangster]]'' (1947) as Shorty
*''[[The Big Clock (film)|The Big Clock]]'' (1948) as Bill Womack
*''[[All My Sons (film)|All My Sons]]'' (1948) as Frank Lubey
*''[[Race Street]]'' (1948) as Hal Towers
*''[[The Saxon Charm]]'' (1948) as Hermy
*''[[Moonrise (film)|Moonrise]]'' (1948) as Billy Scripture
*''[[Yellow Sky]]'' (1948) as Half Pint
*''[[Down to the Sea in Ships (1949 film)|Down to the Sea in Ships]]'' (1949) as Britton
*''[[The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend]]'' (1949) as Hoodlum (uncredited)
*''[[Madame Bovary (1949 film)|Madame Bovary]]'' (1949) as Hyppolite
*''[[Strange Bargain]]'' (1949) as Lieutenant Richard Webb
*''[[Red Light (film)|Red Light]]'' (1949) as Rocky
*''[[Holiday Affair]]'' (1949) as Police Lieutenant
*''[[Hello Out There]]'' (1949) as The Young Gambler
*''[[Outside the Wall (film)|Outside the Wall]]'' (1950) as Garth
*''[[The Showdown (1950 film)|The Showdown]]'' (1950) as Rod Main
*''[[Dark City (1950 film)|Dark City]]'' (1950) as Soldier
*''[[Belle Le Grand]]'' (1951) as Abel Stone
*''[[When I Grow Up (film)|When I Grow Up]]'' (1951) as Father Reed (modern)
*''[[Appointment with Danger]]'' (1951) as George Soderquist
*''[[The Highwayman (1951 film)|The Highwayman]]'' (1951) as Tim
*''[[The Well (1951 film)|The Well]]'' (1951) as Claude Packard
*''[[The Blue Veil (1951 film)|The Blue Veil]]'' (1951) as Charles Hall
*''[[Boots Malone]]'' (1952) as Quarter Horse Henry
*''[[Scandal Sheet (1952 film)|Scandal Sheet]]'' (1952) as Biddle
*''[[Bend of the River]]'' (1952) as Shorty
*''[[My Six Convicts]]'' (1952) as Dawson
*''[[High Noon]]'' (1952) as Sam Fuller
*''[[What Price Glory? (1952 film)|What Price Glory?]]'' (1952) as Sergeant Moran (uncredited)
*''[[Big Jim McLain]]'' (1952) as Narrator (voice, uncredited)
*''[[Apache War Smoke]]'' (1952) as Ed Cotten
*''[[Toughest Man in Arizona]]'' (1952) as Verne Kimber
*''[[Stop, You're Killing Me]]'' (1952) as Innocence
*''[[Thunder Bay (film)|Thunder Bay]]'' (1953) as Rawlings
*''[[Arena (1953 film)|Arena]]'' (1953) as Lew Hutchins
*''[[Champ for a Day]]'' (1953) as Al Muntz
*''[[Torch Song (1953 film)|Torch Song]]'' (1953) as Joe Denner
*''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]'' (1954) as Chummy
*''[[Prisoner of War (1954 film)|Prisoner of War]]'' (1954) as Major O.D. Hale
*''[[The Forty-Niners (1954 film)|The Forty-Niners]]'' (1954) as Alf Billings
*''[[About Mrs. Leslie]]'' (1954) as Fred Blue
*''[[The Far Country (film)|The Far Country]]'' (1954) as Ketchum
*''[[Strategic Air Command (film)|Strategic Air Command]]'' (1955) as Sergeant Bible (flight engineer)
*''[[Not as a Stranger]]'' (1955) as Oley
*''[[Pete Kelly's Blues (1955 film)|Pete Kelly's Blues]]'' (1955) (uncredited)
*''[[The Bottom of the Bottle]]'' (1956) as Felix, Barkeep
*''[[Backlash (1956 film)|Backlash]]'' (1956) as Tony Welker
*''Operation Teahouse'' (1956) as Himself
*''[[UFO (1956 film)|UFO]]'' (1956) as "Red Dog 1" (voice)
*''[[Star in the Dust]]'' (1956) as Lew Hogan
*''[[The Teahouse of the August Moon (film)|The Teahouse of the August Moon]]'' (1956) as Sergeant Gregovich
*''[[Under Fire (1957 film)|Under Fire]]'' (1957) as Sergeant Joseph C. Dusak
*''[[It Started with a Kiss (film)|It Started with a Kiss]]'' (1959) as Charles Meriden
*''[[The Mountain Road]]'' (1960) as Sergeant 'Mike' Michaelson
*''[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1960) as Judge Mel Coffey
*''[[Cimarron (1960 film)|Cimarron]]'' (1960) as Jesse Rickey
*''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]'' (1962) as General Ulysses S. Grant
*''[[John Goldfarb, Please Come Home]]'' (1965) as Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo
*''[[Frankie and Johnny (1966 film)|Frankie and Johnny]]'' (1966) as Cully
*''[[What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?]]'' (1966) as Major Pott
*''[[The Flim-Flam Man]]'' (1967) as Sheriff Slade
*''[[Star Spangled Salesman]]'' (1968) as TV Cop
*''[[Support Your Local Sheriff!]]'' (1969) as Olly Perkins
*''[[Viva Max!]]'' (1969) as Chief of Police Sylvester
*''[[The Barefoot Executive]]'' (1971) as E.J. Crampton
*''[[Support Your Local Gunfighter!]]'' (1971) as Taylor
*''[[Scandalous John]]'' (1971) as Sheriff Pippin
*''[[Snowball Express]]'' (1972) as Jesse McCord
*''[[Charley and the Angel]]'' (1973) as The Angel formerly Roy Zerney
*''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang (film)|The Apple Dumpling Gang]]'' (1975) as Homer McCoy
*''[[The Shootist]]'' (1976) as Marshall Thibido
*''Maneaters Are Loose!'' (1978) as Toby Waites
*''[[The Cat from Outer Space]]'' (1978) as General Stilton
*''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again]]'' (1979) as Major T.P. Gaskill
*''[[List of The Wild Wild West episodes|The Wild Wild West Revisited]]'' (TV, 1979) as Robert T. Malone
*''[[List of The Wild Wild West episodes|More Wild Wild West]]'' (TV, 1980) as Robert T. Malone
*''[[Scout's Honor (1980 film)|Scout's Honor]]'' (TV, 1980) as Mr. Briggs
*''[[The Flight of Dragons]]'' (1982) as Carolinus (voice)
*''[[Sparkling Cyanide]]'' (TV, 1983) as Captain Kemp
*''[[Dragnet (1987 film)|Dragnet]]'' (1987) as Captain Gannon
*''[[14 Going on 30]]'' (TV, 1988) as Uncle Herb
*''[[The Incident (1990 film)|The Incident]]'' (TV, 1990) as Judge Bell
*''[[Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore]]'' (TV, 1992) as Judge Bell
*''[[Incident in a Small Town]]'' (TV, 1994) as Judge Bell
*''Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick'' (1996)
*''[[Family Plan (1997 film)|Family Plan]]'' (1997) as Sol Rubins
*''Crosswalk'' (1999) as Dr. Chandler
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=== TV ===
*''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]'' (1958) ''A Snare for Murder'' as Fred Braus; ''American Primitive'' (1963) as Sheriff Ernie Backwater
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1959) (Season 5 Episode 6 (159): "Anniversary Gift") as Hermie Jenkins
*''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' (1962) Episode 100 "Double Cross" as George Bugs Moran
*''[[Pete and Gladys]]'' (1960–1962) as Pete Porter
*''[[Dragnet (1967 TV series)|Dragnet]]'' (1967–1970) (98 episodes) as Officer Bill Gannon
*''[[Hec Ramsey]]'' (1972–1974) as Doc Amos Coogan
*''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' (1975–1983) (180 episodes) as Colonel Sherman T. Potter - Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele
*''[[The Bastard (novel)|The Bastard]]'' (TV miniseries, 1978) as Captain Caleb
*''[[The Love Boat]]'' (1978)
*''[[Backstairs at the White House]]'' (TV miniseries, 1979)<ref>IMDb</ref> as President Harry S. Truman
*''[[AfterMASH]]'' (1983–1984)
*''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' (1987) Season 3, Episode 21 "The Days Dwindle Down" as Retired Lieutenant Richard Webb
*''[[You Can't Take It with You (TV series)|You Can't Take It with You]]'' (1987–1988) as Martin Vanderhof
*''[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (1988) Season 3, Episode 1 "The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon" as Edgar Witherspoon. 
*''[[The Simpsons]]'' (1995) Episode 136 "Mother Simpson" as Bill Gannon
*''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' (1996) as Professor Suter

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