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Harry Morgan (1915-2011) was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgan is best known for his role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985). His IMDb page shows 165 acting credits from 1933 to 1999. This page will rank Harry Morgan movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows and a few of his low budget 1950s westerns were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Harry Morgan Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1952 | High Noon (1952) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1962 | How the West Was Won (1962) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1954 | The Glenn Miller Story (1954) |  |
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| 1954 | The Far Country (1954) | |
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| 1952 | Bend of the River (1952) | |
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| 1945 | State Fair (1945) | |
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| 1948 | Yellow Sky (1948) | |
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| 1946 | Dragonwyck (1946) | |
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| 1956 | The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) | |
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| 1948 | The Big Clock (1948) | |
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| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer (1944) | |
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| 1955 | Strategic Air Command (1955) | |
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| 1942 | To The Shores of Tripoli (1942) | |
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| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) | |
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| 1943 | Crash Dive (1943) | |
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| 1951 | The Blue Veil (1951) | |
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| 1945 | A Bell for Adano (1945) | |
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| 1942 | The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1942 | Orchestra Wives (1942) |  |
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| 1955 | Not as a Stranger (1955) | |
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| 1946 | Somewhere in the Night (1946) | |
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| 1943 | Happy Land (1943) | |
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| 1976 | The Shootist (1976) | |
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| 1946 | From This Day Forward (1946) | |
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| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) | |
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| 1953 | Thunder Bay (1953) | |
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| 1972 | Snowball Express (1972) | |
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| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) | |
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| 1960 | Inherit the Wind (1960) | |
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| 1987 | Dragnet (1987) | |
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| 1952 | Big Jim McLain (1952) | |
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| 1948 | All My Sons (1948) | |
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| 1949 | Holiday Affair (1949) | |
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| 1959 | It Started with a Kiss (1959) | |
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| 1944 | Gentle Annie (1944) | |
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| 1960 | Cimarron (1960) | |
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| 1949 | Madame Bovary (1949) | |
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| 1948 | Moonrise (1948) | |
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| 1979 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) | |
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| 1952 | What Price Glory (1952) | |
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| 1950 | Appointment with Danger (1950) |  |
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| 1952 | Scandal Sheet (1952) | |
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| 1978 | The Cat From Outer Space (1978) | |
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| 1946 | It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) | |
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| 1948 | The Saxon Charm (1948) | |
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| 1952 | My Six Convicts (1952) | |
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| 1956 | Backlash (1956) |  |
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| 1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) | |
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| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) | |
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| 1948 | Race Street (1948) | |
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| 1951 | The Well (1951) | |
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| 1967 | The Flim-Flam Man (1967) | |
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| 1950 | Dark City (1950) | |
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| 1944 | Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) | |
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| 1953 | Torch Song (1953) | |
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| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie (1954) | |
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| 1952 | Boots Malone (1952) | |
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| 1951 | When I Grow Up (1951) | |
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| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) | |
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| 1952 | Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) | |
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| 1965 | John Golfarb Please Come Home (1965) | |
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| 1971 | The Barefoot Executive (1971) | |
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| 1966 | Frankie and Johnny (1966) | |
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| 1949 | Red Light (1949) | |
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| 1950 | Outside The Wall (1950) | |
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| 1944 | The Eve of St. Mark (1944) | |
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| 1949 | Strange Bargain (1949) | |
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| 1971 | Scandalous John (1971) |  |
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| 1969 | Viva Max (1969) | |
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| 1953 | Arena (1953) | |
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| 1942 | The Omaha Trail (1942) | |
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| 1952 | Apache War Smoke (1952) | |
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| 1954 | Prisoner of War (1954) |  |
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| 1957 | Under Fire (1957) | |
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| 1951 | Belle Le Grand (1951) | |
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| 1956 | Star In The Dust (1956) | |
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| 1960 | The Mountain Road (1960) |  |
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| 1942 | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) | |
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| 1973 | Charley and the Angel (1973) | |
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| 1997 | Family Plan (1997) |  |
Harry Morgan Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort Harry Morgan movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | High Noon (1952) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly |
9.40 | 214.6 | 214.60 | 12 | 92 | 07 / 04 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | How the West Was Won (1962) AA Best Picture Nom |
George Peppard & Gregory Peck |
36.10 | 601.5 | 1,434.90 | 2 | 76 | 08 / 03 | 99.0 | |
| 3 | The Glenn Miller Story (1954) | June Allyson & Directed by Anthony Mann |
18.30 | 496.9 | 496.90 | 5 | 79 | 03 / 01 | 97.6 | |
| 6 | The Far Country (1954) | James Stewart & Walter Brennan |
7.10 | 194.1 | 194.10 | 43 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 9 | Bend of the River (1952) | James Stewart & Rock Hudson |
8.30 | 189.4 | 189.40 | 16 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 96.8 | |
| 4 | State Fair (1945) | Jeanne Crain & Dana Andrews |
11.20 | 410.3 | 410.30 | 12 | 74 | 02 / 01 | 96.5 | |
| 5 | Yellow Sky (1948) | Gregory Peck & Richard Widmark |
7.40 | 230.3 | 230.30 | 28 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 95.9 | |
| 6 | Dragonwyck (1946) | Vincent Price & Gene Tierney |
8.10 | 289.6 | 289.60 | 33 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 9 | The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) | Marlon Brando & Glenn Ford |
16.30 | 370.9 | 370.90 | 10 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 13 | The Big Clock (1948) | Charles Laughton & Ray Milland |
5.30 | 164.5 | 164.50 | 64 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 10 | Wing and a Prayer (1944) | Dana Andrews & Don Ameche |
7.30 | 283.5 | 283.50 | 30 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 10 | Strategic Air Command (1955) | James Stewart & June Allyson |
18.60 | 446.4 | 446.40 | 8 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 11 | To The Shores of Tripoli (1942) | Maureen O'Hara & Randolph Scott |
6.60 | 283.3 | 283.30 | 21 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 13 | The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) | Tim Conway & Don Knotts |
50.20 | 306.4 | 306.40 | 7 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 15 | Crash Dive (1943) | Tyrone Power & Dana Andrews |
8.30 | 345.2 | 345.20 | 16 | 59 | 01 / 01 | 91.5 | |
| 19 | The Blue Veil (1951) | Charles Laughton & Natalie Wood |
6.30 | 157.1 | 157.10 | 36 | 72 | 02 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 16 | A Bell for Adano (1945) | Gene Tierney & John Hodiak |
6.90 | 255.3 | 255.30 | 39 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 18 | The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
Henry Fonda & Dana Andrews |
2.10 | 92.4 | 92.40 | 122 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 90.3 | |
| 20 | Orchestra Wives (1942) | George Montgomery & Glenn Miller |
3.40 | 147.8 | 147.80 | 78 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 16 | Not as a Stranger (1955) | Frank Sinatra & Robert Mitchum |
20.30 | 487.6 | 487.60 | 6 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 23 | Somewhere in the Night (1946) | Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 4.10 | 144.8 | 144.80 | 83 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 24 | Happy Land (1943) | Don Ameche | 4.30 | 178.6 | 178.60 | 74 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 22 | The Shootist (1976) | John Wayne & Ron Howard |
18.10 | 106.5 | 106.50 | 38 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 25 | From This Day Forward (1946) | Joan Fontaine & Rosemary DeCamp |
4.40 | 157.3 | 225.90 | 75 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 26 | Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) | Richard Widmark & Lionel Barrymore |
4.70 | 135.3 | 135.30 | 62 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 26 | Thunder Bay (1953) | James Stewart & Joanne Dru |
7.30 | 151.5 | 151.50 | 33 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 28 | Snowball Express (1972) | Dean Jones | 20.00 | 147.1 | 147.10 | 21 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 27 | Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) | James Garner & Walter Brennan |
14.70 | 129.1 | 129.10 | 22 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 29 | Inherit the Wind (1960) | Spencer Tracy & Fredric March |
3.50 | 63.4 | 103.50 | 71 | 86 | 04 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 32 | Dragnet (1987) | Tom Hanks & Christopher Plummer |
57.40 | 183.5 | 213.20 | 14 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 33 | Big Jim McLain (1952) | John Wayne | 7.20 | 164.1 | 205.50 | 26 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 30 | All My Sons (1948) | Burt Lancaster & Edward G. Robinson |
2.90 | 90.5 | 90.50 | 106 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 31 | Holiday Affair (1949) | Robert Mitchum & Janet Leigh |
3.50 | 100.9 | 131.20 | 104 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 35 | It Started with a Kiss (1959) | Debbie Reynolds & Glenn Ford |
7.90 | 163.7 | 163.70 | 29 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 34 | Gentle Annie (1944) | Donna Reed | 4.00 | 155.0 | 155.00 | 85 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 35 | Cimarron (1960) | Glenn Ford & Anne Baxter |
6.60 | 120.3 | 249.70 | 43 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 36 | Madame Bovary (1949) | Jennifer Jones & James Mason |
3.10 | 91.4 | 162.80 | 111 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 37 | Moonrise (1948) | Gail Russell & Ethel Barrymore |
2.10 | 67.0 | 67.00 | 136 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 81.4 | |
| 39 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) | Tim Conway & Don Knotts |
24.90 | 124.1 | 124.10 | 40 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 81.3 | |
| 40 | What Price Glory (1952) | James Cagney & Robert Wagner |
5.60 | 126.3 | 126.30 | 53 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 42 | Appointment with Danger (1950) | Alan Ladd & Jack Webb |
4.10 | 107.9 | 107.90 | 74 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 77.3 | |
| 41 | Scandal Sheet (1952) | Broderick Crawford & Donna Reed |
2.40 | 54.9 | 54.90 | 137 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 76.0 | |
| 44 | The Cat From Outer Space (1978) | Roddy McDowall | 18.20 | 97.3 | 97.30 | 39 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 75.5 | |
| 43 | It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) | Alfie Bass | 2.20 | 77.2 | 77.20 | 119 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 45 | The Saxon Charm (1948) | Susan Hayward & Robert Montgomery |
2.40 | 74.0 | 74.00 | 128 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 46 | My Six Convicts (1952) | Millard Mitchell | 3.10 | 69.4 | 69.40 | 115 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 52 | Backlash (1956) | Richard Widmark & Donna Reed |
4.60 | 103.9 | 103.90 | 66 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 68.3 | |
| 50 | The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) | Van Johnson & Joseph Cotten |
3.10 | 71.4 | 71.40 | 106 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 68.0 | |
| 48 | Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) | James Garner & Joan Blondell |
6.10 | 45.9 | 45.90 | 52 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 51 | Race Street (1948) | George Raft & William Bendix |
2.10 | 64.6 | 64.60 | 138 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 67.1 | |
| 47 | The Well (1951) | Richard Rober | 0.90 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 208 | 72 | 02 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 52 | The Flim-Flam Man (1967) | George C. Scott & Sue Lyon |
3.00 | 31.0 | 31.00 | 77 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 65.1 | |
| 56 | Dark City (1950) | Charlton Heston & Lizabeth Scott |
2.70 | 70.7 | 70.70 | 117 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 64.6 | |
| 53 | Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) | Anthony Quinn & Victor McLaglen |
1.10 | 44.4 | 44.40 | 141 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 64.1 | |
| 58 | Torch Song (1953) | Joan Crawford & Gig Young |
3.60 | 75.8 | 75.80 | 109 | 52 | 02 / 00 | 63.1 | |
| 55 | About Mrs. Leslie (1954) | Robert Ryan | 0.90 | 25.4 | 25.40 | 153 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
| 57 | Boots Malone (1952) | William Holden & Ed Begley |
1.90 | 44.2 | 44.20 | 160 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 62.1 | |
| 58 | When I Grow Up (1951) | Robert Preston | 1.10 | 28.2 | 28.20 | 197 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 61.3 | |
| 61 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) | James Coburn & Directed by Blake Edwards |
6.50 | 73.9 | 73.90 | 42 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 61.2 | |
| 60 | Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) | Broderick Crawford & Claire Trevor |
2.50 | 57.9 | 75.50 | 131 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 60.4 | |
| 61 | John Golfarb Please Come Home (1965) | Shirley MacLaine & Peter Ustinov |
7.00 | 86.1 | 86.10 | 43 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 59.8 | |
| 63 | The Barefoot Executive (1971) | Kurt Russell & Joe Flynn |
10.60 | 80.3 | 80.30 | 35 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 63 | Frankie and Johnny (1966) | Elvis Presley & Donna Douglas |
6.00 | 68.2 | 68.20 | 46 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 65 | Red Light (1949) | Virginia Mayo & Raymond Burr |
2.40 | 70.7 | 70.70 | 127 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 58.2 | |
| 61 | Outside The Wall (1950) | Richard Basehart | 1.10 | 28.7 | 28.70 | 179 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 57.9 | |
| 65 | The Eve of St. Mark (1944) | Vincent Price & Anne Baxter |
1.20 | 47.3 | 47.30 | 138 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
| 67 | Strange Bargain (1949) | Martha Scott | 0.90 | 26.3 | 26.30 | 186 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 53.1 | |
| 69 | Scandalous John (1971) | Brian Keith | 4.50 | 34.4 | 34.40 | 62 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 46.6 | |
| 68 | Viva Max (1969) | Peter Ustinov | 2.70 | 24.0 | 24.00 | 81 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 44.9 | |
| 71 | Arena (1953) | Gig Young & Jean Hagen |
2.30 | 48.1 | 64.50 | 153 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 43.2 | |
| 70 | The Omaha Trail (1942) | James Craig & Dean Jagger |
0.80 | 36.1 | 36.10 | 189 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 42.8 | |
| 72 | Apache War Smoke (1952) | Gilbert Roland & Robert Horton |
1.60 | 36.4 | 36.40 | 174 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 41.1 | |
| 75 | Prisoner of War (1954) | Ronald Reagan | 2.20 | 60.9 | 83.60 | 116 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 37.7 | |
| 71 | Under Fire (1957) | George Chakiris | 0.40 | 9.1 | 9.10 | 193 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 37.4 | |
| 75 | Belle Le Grand (1951) | Hope Emerson | 0.60 | 15.1 | 15.10 | 220 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 32.5 | |
| 74 | Star In The Dust (1956) | Clint Eastwood | 0.70 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 192 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 31.8 | |
| 76 | The Mountain Road (1960) | James Stewart & Lisa Lu |
1.30 | 23.6 | 23.60 | 118 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 28.3 | |
| 78 | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) | Linda Darnell | 0.70 | 29.4 | 29.40 | 198 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 25.7 | |
| 77 | Charley and the Angel (1973) | Kurt Russell & Fred MacMurray |
3.00 | 21.4 | 21.40 | 95 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 24.7 | |
| 80 | Family Plan (1997) | Judge Reinhold | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 283 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.4 |
Best IMDb Trivia On Harry Morgan
1. Harry Bratsberg was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1915.
2. Harry Morgan began acting on stage under his birth name, in 1937, joining the Group Theatre in New York City formed by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasberg in 1931.[7][8] 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, Elia Kazan, John Garfield, Sanford Meisner, and Karl Malden.
3. Harry Morgan and Jack Webb were best friends from 1949 to Thursday, December 23rd, 1982, when Jack Webb lost his life. He was the last minute replacement for the role of Officer Bill Gannon on the third revival of Dragnet 1967 (1967), with the help of Webb.
4. Harry Morgan appeared in three films nominated for Best Picture Academy Award®: The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), High Noon (1952) and How the West Was Won (1962).
5. Harry Morgan appeared as a regular on eleven TV series with no more than one TV season between them: December Bride (1954), Pete and Gladys (1960), The Richard Boone Show (1963), Kentucky Jones (1964), Dragnet 1967 (1967), The D.A. (1971), Hec Ramsey (1972), M*A*S*H (1972), “AfterMASH” (1983), Blacke’s Magic (1986) and You Can’t Take It with You (1987).
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Goodness gracious Colonel Potter was a busy actor. I knew he had made some movies but not this many.
Hey Taylor. Yes indeed, Colonel Potter was a very busy actor for almost six decades. Glad our page help shed some light on Harry Morgan’s movie career. As always thanks for stopping by.