Harry Morgan Biography

Fast Facts

• In the 1907s, Received the Gold Award of Purple Heart Veterans Rehabilitation Service
• In 2006, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
• Worked as a salesman before finding success as an actor
• Quote: "I don't care about the money․ I'm just interested in the perks․ I'll do a series if I am picked up by a limo, work only until 4, and the show is shot in Hawaii․"
• Charges against him of criminal wife-beating were dismissed after he completed a violence counseling program
• Was the first actor to star in three successful television series that each ran for at least four years, "December Bride," "Dragnet" and "M*A*S*H․"
• Known for his commanding voice and deadpan delivery
• When his character, Col․ Potter was shown painting portraits on "M*A*S*H," the paintings were actually done by the actor
• Actively opposed the anti-communist campaign in Hollywood
• His hobbies included golfing, traveling, dining, fishing, spending time with his family, reading, raising quarter-horses, horseback riding, painting and writing poetry