Harry Morgan

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  • Birth Name: Harry Bratsburg
  • Birth Place: Detroit, MI
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/10/1915, Aries
  • Date of Death: 12/07/2011
  • Profession: Actor; director
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Harry Morgan Fast Facts:
  • Won Michigan's high-school oratory championship.
  • Made professional debut in a summer-stock production of At Mrs. Beam's, alongside Frances Farmer and Mildred Natwick.
  • Began acting career as Henry Morgan, but changed his first name to Harry to avoid confusion with actor-satirist Henry Morgan.
  • Received the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor in 1943 for his roles in The Ox-Bow Incident (the work he was said to be most proud of) and Happy Land.
  • Worked with Jack Webb in several projects in the 1950s and became friends. When Webb revived Dragnet in the '60s, he called on Morgan to costar with him.
  • Prior to joining M*A*S*H in 1975 as Col. Potter, guest starred in a 1974 episode as lunatic Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele.
  • Served as the Arthritis Foundation's national celebrity chairman in the late '80s.
  • Harry Morgan Relationships:
  • Christopher Morgan - Son
  • Paul Morgan - Son
  • Daniel Morgan - Son
  • Barbara Bushman Morgan - Wife
  • Eileen Detchon Morgan - Wife (deceased)
  • Charles Morgan - Son
  • Harry Morgan Awards:
  • 1975 Emmy: Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series - Nominee
  • 1980 Emmy: Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1979 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series - Nominee
  • 1980 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series - Winner
  • 1981 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series - Nominee
  • 1982 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series - Nominee
  • 1983 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series - Nominee
  • 1976 Emmy: Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1977 Emmy: Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1959 Emmy: Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1978 Emmy: Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; attended Muskegon Junior College, Muskegon, MI
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