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Harry Morgan (born Henry Bratsburg on April 10 , 1915 in Detroit, Michigan ) is an American Television Actor of Norwegian extraction. He graduated from Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Michigan {Link without Title} .

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FAMILY

Morgan has been married twice, first to Eileen Detchon from 1940 until her death in 1985, and then to Barbara Bushman Quine (granddaughter of silent film star Francis X. Bushman ) from 1988 to the present. He had four sons with his first wife, Christopher, Charles, Paul and Daniel (who died in 1982).


CAREER

Morgan made his debut, originally using the name Henry Morgan, in the 1942 movie ''To the Shores of Tripoli''. His screen name later would become Henry "Harry" Morgan and eventually Harry Morgan, to avoid confusion with the then-popular Comedian of the same name on radio and TV.

Morgan continued to play a number of significant roles on the big screen in such films as '' Dragonwyck '' (1946), '' The Glenn Miller Story '' (1953), '' Inherit The Wind '' (1960), '' How The West Was Won '' (1962), '' Frankie And Johnny '' (1966), and ''Support Your Local Sheriff'' (1969).

On TV he played Pete in ''Pete and Gladys'' (1960-1962), a spin off of his character in ''December Bride'' starring Spring Byington . He is 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 Jack Webb in two Film Noir movies, '' Dark City '' (1950) and ''Appointment with Danger'' (1951).

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In 1987 , Morgan also reprised his Bill Gannon character for a supporting role in the film version of '' Dragnet '', a comedy starring and written by Dan Aykroyd , and co-starring Tom Hanks and Christopher Plummer . On the old TV show, Morgan had usually played Gannon fairly light and comedic, in keeping with his general acting style in those days, and contrasting well with Jack Webb's no-nonsense portrayal of Joe Friday. Curiously, or perhaps purposely, in the film version, he played Gannon as a brusque, authoritarian captain of police, quite different from his Detective Gannon in the 1967 TV show, and rather closer to his characterization of Colonel Potter.

In the 1990s, he played the role of "Judge Stoddard Bell" on the series of ''The Incident'' TV movies.

He was on an episode of The Simpsons as Officer Bill Gannon from ''Dragnet'' in the 7th season

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In 2006, Harry Morgan was inducted into the Hall Of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum .

Harry Morgan also had a guest role on The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Raymond.


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