Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor and director 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 ''Pete and Gladys'' is an American sitcom television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time for two seasons, beginning on September 19, 1960. The last episode was b ...

'' (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on '' Dragnet'' (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on ''

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'' (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in '' M*A*S*H'' (1975–1983) and '' AfterMASH'' (1983–1985). Morgan also appeared in more than 100 films.

Early life and career

Morgan was born Harry Bratsberg in Detroit, the son of Hannah and Henry Bratsberg.United States Census for 1930; Census Place: Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan; Roll: 1014; p. 7B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 830.0. His parents were of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry. In his interview with the Archive of American Television, Morgan spelled his Norwegian family surname as "Brasburg". 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." Morgan was raised in Muskegon, Michigan, and graduated from Muskegon High School in 1933, where he achieved distinction as a statewide debating champion. He originally aspired to a J.D. degree, but began acting while a junior at the University of Chicago in 1935. He began acting on stage under his birth name, in 1937, joining the Group Theatre in New York City formed by Harold Clurman,

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, and Lee Strasberg in 1931. 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,

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, John Garfield,

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, and Karl Malden. Morgan also did summer stock at the Pine Brook Country Club located in the countryside of Nichols, Connecticut.

Film work

Harry Morgan Cara Williams Pete and Gladys 1960

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 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

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'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

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'' 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), '' Wing and a Prayer'' (1944), '' A Bell for Adano'' (1945), '' Dragonwyck'' (1946), '' The Gangster'' (1947), ''

The Big Clock ''The Big Clock'' is a 1946 novel by Kenneth Fearing. Published by Harcourt Brace, the thriller was Fearing's fourth novel, following three for Random House (''The Hospital'', ''Dagger of the Mind'', ''Clark Gifford's Body'') and five collections ...

'' (1948), '' The Well'' (1951), ''

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'' (1952), '' Torch Song'' (1953), and several films in the 1950s for director

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, including '' Bend of the River'' (1952), '' Thunder Bay'' (1953), '' The Glenn Miller Story'' (1954), '' The Far Country'' (1955), and ''

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'' (1955). In his later film career, he appeared in '' Inherit the Wind'' (1960), '' How the West Was Won'' (1962) (as Ulysses S. Grant), ''

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! ''John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!'' is a 1965 American comedy film based on the novel by William Peter Blatty published in 1963. The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson. The film was shot in the Mojave Desert. In the film, an American militar ...

'' (1965), '' Frankie and Johnny'' (1966), '' The Flim-Flam Man'' (1967), '' Support Your Local Sheriff!'' (1969), ''

Support Your Local Gunfighter ''Support Your Local Gunfighter'' is a 1971 American comic Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette. The screenplay was written by James Edward Grant. The picture shares many cast and crew members an ...

'' (1971), ''

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'' (1972), '' The Shootist'' (1976), ''

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'' (1979), and as Captain Gannon in the film version of '' Dragnet'' (1987) with

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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 ''

'' (1960–1962), with

Cara Williams Cara Williams (born Bernice Kamiat; June 29, 1925 – December 9, 2021) was an American film and television actress. She was best known for her role as Billy's Mother in ''The Defiant Ones'' (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy A ...

as wife Gladys. ''Pete and Gladys'' was a

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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".

1960s: ''Dragnet'' and other roles

After ''Pete and Gladys'' ended production, Morgan guest-starred in the role of Al Everett in the 1962 episode "Like My Own Brother" on

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's ABC drama series, '' Going My Way'', loosely based on the 1944

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of the same name. That same year, he played the mobster Bugs Moran in an episode of ABC's '' The Untouchables'', with Robert Stack. In 1963, he was cast as Sheriff Ernie Backwater on Richard Boone's '' Have Gun – Will Travel'' 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 ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character ...

''. Morgan is even more widely recognized as Officer Bill Gannon, Joe Friday's partner in the revived version of '' Dragnet'' (1967–1970). Morgan had also appeared with ''Dragnet'' star

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in three

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movies, '' Dark City'' (1950), '' Appointment with Danger'' (1951) and '' 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.'' and the 1972–1974 Western series, ''

.'' 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''.

1970s: ''MAS*H''

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 "

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", which first aired on September 10, 1974. The following season, Morgan joined the cast of ''M*A*S*H'' as 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

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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." 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'', ''

'', ''

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'', '' 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

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, for a supporting role in another film version of ''Dragnet'', a parody and homage to the original series written by and starring

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'' as family patriarch Martin Vanderhof. In the 1990s, Morgan starred alongside

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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''). 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 ''

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'' 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'', one episode of ''

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'', 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. In 2006, Morgan was inducted into the

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at the

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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

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) 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. The case was later dismissed. Morgan had two siblings, Marguerite and Arnold (both deceased). Morgan was close friends with bandleader

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

Death

Morgan died peacefully in his sleep at 3:00 a.m. local time in Los Angeles, on December 7, 2011, at the age of 96. His son, Charles, said he recently had been treated for pneumonia. His body was cremated and his remains were given to his family. Following Morgan's death, Mike Farrell, who played

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opposite Morgan in ''M*A*S*H'', released a statement:

Filmography

Films

*'' 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'' (1943) as Anton 'Tony' Cavrek *''

The Eve of St. Mark ''The Eve of St Mark'' is a 1942 play by Maxwell Anderson set during World War II. It later became a 1944 film by 20th Century Fox that featured some of the same actors who repeated their roles in the film. The title is derived from the legend of ...

'' (1944) as Pvt. Shevlin *''

Roger Touhy, Gangster ''Roger Touhy, Gangster'' is a 1944 American gangster film based on the life of Chicago mob figure Roger Touhy, directed by film noir specialist Robert Florey. Parts of the film were shot at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, Illinois, ...

'' (1944) as Thomas J. 'Smoke' Reardon *'' Wing and a Prayer'' (1944) as Ens. Malcolm Brainard *'' Gentle Annie'' (1944) as Cottonwood Goss *'' A Bell for Adano'' (1945) as Capt. N. Purvis *'' State Fair'' (1945) as Barker *'' From This Day Forward'' (1946) as Hank Beesley *''

Johnny Comes Flying Home ''Johnny Comes Flying Home'' is a 1946 American adventure film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Richard Crane (actor), Richard Crane and Faye Marlowe; the supporting cast features Harry Morgan. The plot involves postwar pilots starting a ...

'' (1946) as Joe Patillo *'' Dragonwyck'' (1946) as Klaas Bleecker *'' 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 ''Crime Doctor's Man Hunt'' is a 1946 American mystery film directed by William Castle and starring Warner Baxter, Ellen Drew and William Frawley.Erickson p.203 It is part of the Crime Doctor series of films made by Columbia Pictures. The ...

'' (1946) as Jervis (uncredited) *'' The Gangster'' (1947) as Shorty *''

'' (1948) as Bill Womack *''

All My Sons ''All My Sons'' is a three-act play written in 1946 by Arthur Miller. It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1949, and ran for 328 performances. It was directed by Elia Kazan (t ...

'' (1948) as Frank Lubey *'' Race Street'' (1948) as Hal Towers *'' The Saxon Charm'' (1948) as Hermy *'' Moonrise'' (1948) as Billy Scripture *'' Yellow Sky'' (1948) as Half Pint *'' Down to the Sea in Ships'' (1949) as Britton *'' The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend'' (1949) as Hoodlum (uncredited) *'' Madame Bovary'' (1949) as Hyppolite *''

Strange Bargain ''Strange Bargain'' is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Will Price and starring Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn and Harry Morgan. It is the story of a bookkeeper in need of money who agrees against his own better judgment to help a wealthy ...

'' (1949) as Lt. Richard Webb *'' Red Light'' (1949) as Rocky *'' Holiday Affair'' (1949) as Police Lieutenant *''

Hello Out There ''Hello Out There!'' is a one-act play by the Armenian-American playwright William Saroyan written early in August 1941. Plot The play is set in a small Texas jail. There are two major characters, Photo-Finish and Emily, whom Saroyan refers to sim ...

'' (1949) as The Young Gambler *'' Outside the Wall'' (1950) as Garth *'' The Showdown'' (1950) as Rod Main *'' Dark City'' (1950) as Soldier *''

Belle Le Grand ''Belle Le Grand'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan and written by D.D. Beauchamp. The film stars Vera Ralston, John Carroll, William Ching, Hope Emerson, Grant Withers, Stephen Chase, John Qualen and Harry Morgan. The f ...

'' (1951) as Abel Stone *'' When I Grow Up'' (1951) as Father Reed (modern) *'' Appointment with Danger'' (1951) as George Soderquist *'' The Highwayman'' (1951) as Tim *'' The Well'' (1951) as Claude Packard *'' The Blue Veil'' (1951) as Charles Hall *'' Boots Malone'' (1952) as Quarter Horse Henry *'' Scandal Sheet'' (1952) as Biddle *'' Bend of the River'' (1952) as Shorty *'' My Six Convicts'' (1952) as Dawson *''

'' (1952) as Sam Fuller *'' What Price Glory?'' (1952) as Sgt. Moran (uncredited) *''

Big Jim McLain ''Big Jim McLain'' is a 1952 American film noir political thriller film starring John Wayne and James Arness as HUAC investigators hunting down communists in the postwar Hawaii organized-labor scene. Edward Ludwig directed. This was the first f ...

'' (1952) as Narrator (voice, uncredited) *''

Apache War Smoke ''Apache War Smoke'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Harold F. Kress and starring Gilbert Roland, Glenda Farrell, and Robert Horton. The film is based on the 1939 short story "Stage Station" by Ernest Haycox. It was released by MGM ...

'' (1952) as Ed Cotten *''

Toughest Man in Arizona ''Toughest Man in Arizona'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen, written by John K. Butler, and starring Vaughn Monroe, Joan Leslie, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Jory, Jean Parker and Harry Morgan. It was released on October ...

'' (1952) as Verne Kimber *''

Stop, You're Killing Me :''There was also a Two Ronnies mini-series of this name.'' ''Stop, You're Killing Me'' is a 1952 black comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Broderick Crawford and Claire Trevor. Premise The surprise appearance of four corpses interf ...

'' (1952) as Innocence *'' Thunder Bay'' (1953) as Rawlings *'' Arena'' (1953) as Lew Hutchins *'' Champ for a Day'' (1953) as Al Muntz *'' Torch Song'' (1953) as Joe Denner *'' The Glenn Miller Story'' (1954) as Chummy *'' Prisoner of War'' (1954) as Maj. O.D. Hale *''

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'' (1954) as Alf Billings *'' About Mrs. Leslie'' (1954) as Fred Blue *'' The Far Country'' (1954) as Ketchum *''

'' (1955) as Sgt. Bible (flight engineer) *'' Not as a Stranger'' (1955) as Oley *'' Pete Kelly's Blues'' (1955) (uncredited) *'' The Bottom of the Bottle'' (1956) as Felix – Barkeep *'' Backlash'' (1956) as Tony Welker *''Operation Teahouse'' (1956) as Himself *'' UFO'' (1956) as "Red Dog 1" (voice) *''

Star in the Dust ''Star in the Dust'' is a 1956 American Western film directed by Charles F. Haas and starring John Agar, Mamie Van Doren and Richard Boone. In the town of Gunlock, sheriff Bill Jorden is due to hang Sam Hall for cattle-stealing. Jorden has to ...

'' (1956) as Lew Hogan *'' The Teahouse of the August Moon'' (1956) as Sgt. Gregovich *''

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'' (1957) as Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak *'' It Started with a Kiss'' (1959) as Charles Meriden *'' The Mountain Road'' (1960) as Sgt. 'Mike' Michaelson *'' Inherit the Wind'' (1960) as Judge Mel Coffey *'' Cimarron'' (1960) as Jesse Rickey *'' How the West Was Won'' (1962) as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant *'' John Goldfarb, Please Come Home'' (1965) as Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo *'' Frankie and Johnny'' (1966) as Cully *''

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? ''What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'' is a 1966 comedy DeLuxe Color film written by William Peter Blatty and directed by Blake Edwards for the Mirisch Company in Panavision. It stars James Coburn and Dick Shawn. Filming was at Lake Sherwood Ran ...

'' (1966) as Maj. 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 ''Scandalous John'' is a 1971 American comedy-drama Western (genre), western film directed by Robert Butler (director), Robert Butler and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions. It stars Brian Keith and Alfonso Arau. The music w ...

'' (1971) as Sheriff Pippin *''

'' (1972) as Jesse McCord *''

'' (1973) as The Angel formerly Roy Zerney *'' 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 Maj. T.P. Gaskill *''

'' (TV, 1979) as Robert T. Malone *''

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'' (TV, 1980) as Robert T. Malone *''

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'' (TV, 1980) as Mr. Briggs *'' The Flight of Dragons'' (1982) as Carolinus (voice) *'' Sparkling Cyanide'' (TV, 1983) as Captain Kemp *'' Dragnet'' (1987) as Gannon *''

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'' (TV, 1988) as Uncle Herb *'' 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) as Sol Rubins *''Crosswalk'' (1999) as Dr. Chandler

TV

*'' Have Gun Will Travel'' (1958) ''A Snare for Murder'' as Fred Braus; ''American Primitive'' (1963) as Sheriff Ernie Backwater *''

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'' (1959) Episode 159 ''Anniversary Gift'' as Hermie Jenkins *'' The Untouchables'' (1962) Episode 100 ''Double Cross'' as George Bugs Moran *''

'' (1960–1962) *'' Dragnet'' (1967–1971) *'' M*A*S*H'' (1975--1983) *'' The Bastard'' (TV miniseries, 1978) as Capt. Caleb *'' The Love Boat'' (1978) *'' Backstairs at the White House'' (TV miniseries, 1979)IMDb as President Harry S. Truman *''

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'' (1987) Season 3, Episode 21 "The Days Dwindle Down" as Retired Lt. Richard Webb *'' You Can't Take It with You'' (1987–1988) as Martin Vanderhof *'' The Simpsons'' (1995) Episode 136 "Mother Simpson" as Bill Gannon *''

'' (1996) as Professor Suter

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