Harry Morgan Net Worth

Harry Morgan's Quotes

• I didn't have enough money to go back east, so I stayed around, finding jobs mainly out of friendships. I played a lot of sheriffs in those years.
• I could never afford to go back to New York and the theater, what with a big family. I didn't really start out to be an actor. I just sort of fell into it. I've had a good career, a lot of laughs. I don't know if that's enough, but it beats coal mining.
• [In 1975] For some reason, I'm confused with Henry Morgan. Perhaps the M*A*S*H (1972) series will change that situation.
• [on replacing McLean Stevenson for the last 8 seasons of M*A*S*H (1972)] And he wouldn't leave that behind, so I had to start from scratch.
• [on M*A*S*H (1972) co-star Larry Linville] We were all fond of Larry, but when we moved onto the set, no one was fond of Frank Burns. He was nothing like Larry in the flesh. He was brilliant in that part.

Interesting Facts about Harry Morgan

1. Father of Christopher Morgan, Charley Morgan, Paul Morgan and Daniel Morgan.
2. Once belonged to the Group Theater in New York.
3. Of Norwegian descent, his grandparents were immigrants from Scandinavia.
4. In 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.
5. Was 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).
6. Once 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.
7. In 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.
8. Reprised his Dragnet 1967 (1967), Dragnet 1966 (1969) and Dragnet (1987) character (Officer Bill Gannon) in The Simpsons (1989) episode "Mother Simpson".
9. Appeared with Lee J. Cobb, the father of his future daughter-in-law Julie Cobb in How the West Was Won (1962).
10. Grandfather of Rosemary Morgan, Terence N. Morgan and Jeremy Morgan.
11. Prior 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.
12. Had four sons by his first wife: Charles and Paul are both attorneys, Christopher Morgan, a TV producer, and Daniel, who died in 1989.
13. Second wife, Barbara Bushman, is the granddaughter of silent screen star Francis X. Bushman and the daughter of Francis X. Bushman Jr..
14. Graduated from Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1933.
15. In 1942, Morgan had a small part in Getrouwd met de band (1942) featuring Glenn Miller. In 1953, co-starred in The Glenn Miller Story (1954).
16. He was an active opponent of the anti-communist campaign in Hollywood.
17. Grandfather of Spencer Morgan (son of Charles and Charlotte Morgan) of Los Angeles, California.
18. Started using Harry rather than Henry when comedian Henry Morgan became popular on radio and TV in the early 1960s. Coincidentally, they were only born 11 days apart.
19. Was 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.
20. Best 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).