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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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| 1945 | State Fair (1945) | |
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| 1948 | Yellow Sky (1948) | |
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| 1954 | The Far Country (1954) | |
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| 1946 | Dragonwyck (1946) | |
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| 1952 | Bend of the River (1952) | |
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| 1956 | The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) | |
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| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer (1944) | |
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| 1948 | The Big Clock (1948) | |
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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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| 1945 | A Bell for Adano (1945) | |
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| 1955 | Not as a Stranger (1955) | |
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| 1942 | The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1951 | The Blue Veil (1951) | |
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| 1942 | Orchestra Wives (1942) |  |
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| 1946 | Somewhere in the Night (1946) | |
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| 1976 | The Shootist (1976) | |
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| 1943 | Happy Land (1943) | |
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| 1946 | From This Day Forward (1946) | |
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| 1960 | Inherit the Wind (1960) | |
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| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) | |
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| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) | |
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| 1953 | Thunder Bay (1953) | |
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| 1972 | Snowball Express (1972) | |
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| 1948 | All My Sons (1948) | |
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| 1987 | Dragnet (1987) | |
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| 1952 | Big Jim McLain (1952) | |
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| 1949 | Holiday Affair (1949) | |
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| 1960 | Cimarron (1960) | |
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| 1944 | Gentle Annie (1944) | |
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| 1959 | It Started with a Kiss (1959) | |
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| 1948 | Moonrise (1948) | |
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| 1949 | Madame Bovary (1949) | |
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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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| 1952 | Scandal Sheet (1952) | |
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| 1950 | Appointment with Danger (1950) | |
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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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| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) | |
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| 1951 | The Well (1951) | |
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| 1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) | |
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| 1948 | Race Street (1948) | |
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| 1967 | The Flim-Flam Man (1967) | |
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| 1956 | Backlash (1956) | |
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| 1944 | Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) | |
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| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie (1954) | |
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| 1950 | Dark City (1950) | |
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| 1951 | When I Grow Up (1951) | |
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| 1952 | Boots Malone (1952) | |
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| 1953 | Torch Song (1953) | |
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| 1952 | Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) | |
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| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) | |
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| 1950 | Outside The Wall (1950) | |
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| 1965 | John Golfarb Please Come Home (1965) | |
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| 1966 | Frankie and Johnny (1966) | |
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| 1971 | The Barefoot Executive (1971) | |
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| 1944 | The Eve of St. Mark (1944) | |
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| 1949 | Red Light (1949) | |
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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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| 1942 | The Omaha Trail (1942) |  |
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| 1953 | Arena (1953) | |
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| 1952 | Apache War Smoke (1952) | |
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| 1957 | Under Fire (1957) | |
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| 1954 | Prisoner of War (1954) | |
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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 | 185.1 | 185.10 | 12 | 92 | 07 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | How the West Was Won (1962) AA Best Picture Nom |
George Peppard & Gregory Peck |
36.10 | 518.8 | 1,237.40 | 2 | 76 | 08 / 03 | 99.0 | |
| 3 | The Glenn Miller Story (1954) | June Allyson & Directed by Anthony Mann |
18.30 | 428.5 | 428.50 | 5 | 79 | 03 / 01 | 97.9 | |
| 4 | State Fair (1945) | Jeanne Crain & Dana Andrews |
11.20 | 353.9 | 353.90 | 12 | 74 | 02 / 01 | 96.8 | |
| 5 | Yellow Sky (1948) | Gregory Peck & Richard Widmark |
7.40 | 198.6 | 198.60 | 28 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 6 | The Far Country (1954) | James Stewart & Walter Brennan |
7.10 | 167.4 | 167.40 | 43 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 6 | Dragonwyck (1946) | Vincent Price & Gene Tierney |
8.10 | 249.7 | 249.70 | 33 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 9 | Bend of the River (1952) | James Stewart & Rock Hudson |
8.30 | 163.3 | 163.30 | 16 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 9 | The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) | Marlon Brando & Glenn Ford |
16.30 | 319.9 | 319.90 | 10 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 10 | Wing and a Prayer (1944) | Dana Andrews & Don Ameche |
7.30 | 244.5 | 244.50 | 30 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 13 | The Big Clock (1948) | Charles Laughton & Ray Milland |
5.30 | 141.8 | 141.80 | 64 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 10 | Strategic Air Command (1955) | James Stewart & June Allyson |
18.60 | 385.0 | 385.00 | 8 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 11 | To The Shores of Tripoli (1942) | Maureen O'Hara & Randolph Scott |
6.60 | 244.3 | 244.30 | 21 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 13 | The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) | Tim Conway & Don Knotts |
50.20 | 264.2 | 264.20 | 7 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 15 | Crash Dive (1943) | Tyrone Power & Dana Andrews |
8.30 | 297.7 | 297.70 | 16 | 59 | 01 / 01 | 92.6 | |
| 16 | A Bell for Adano (1945) | Gene Tierney & John Hodiak |
6.90 | 220.2 | 220.20 | 39 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 16 | Not as a Stranger (1955) | Frank Sinatra & Robert Mitchum |
20.30 | 420.5 | 420.50 | 6 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 91.2 | |
| 18 | The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
Henry Fonda & Dana Andrews |
2.10 | 79.7 | 79.70 | 122 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 19 | The Blue Veil (1951) | Charles Laughton & Natalie Wood |
6.30 | 135.5 | 135.50 | 36 | 72 | 02 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 20 | Orchestra Wives (1942) | George Montgomery & Glenn Miller |
3.40 | 127.4 | 127.40 | 78 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 23 | Somewhere in the Night (1946) | Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 4.10 | 124.9 | 124.90 | 83 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 88.4 | |
| 22 | The Shootist (1976) | John Wayne & Ron Howard |
18.10 | 91.8 | 91.80 | 38 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 24 | Happy Land (1943) | Don Ameche | 4.30 | 154.0 | 154.00 | 74 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 25 | From This Day Forward (1946) | Joan Fontaine & Rosemary DeCamp |
4.40 | 135.7 | 194.80 | 75 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 86.7 | |
| 24 | Inherit the Wind (1960) | Spencer Tracy & Fredric March |
3.50 | 54.7 | 89.30 | 71 | 86 | 04 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 26 | Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) | Richard Widmark & Lionel Barrymore |
4.70 | 116.6 | 116.60 | 62 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 27 | Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) | James Garner & Walter Brennan |
14.70 | 111.4 | 111.40 | 22 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 29 | Thunder Bay (1953) | James Stewart & Joanne Dru |
7.30 | 130.7 | 130.70 | 33 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 28 | Snowball Express (1972) | Dean Jones | 20.00 | 126.8 | 126.80 | 21 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 30 | All My Sons (1948) | Burt Lancaster & Edward G. Robinson |
2.90 | 78.0 | 78.00 | 106 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 32 | Dragnet (1987) | Tom Hanks & Christopher Plummer |
57.40 | 158.2 | 183.80 | 14 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 33 | Big Jim McLain (1952) | John Wayne | 7.20 | 141.6 | 177.20 | 26 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 31 | Holiday Affair (1949) | Robert Mitchum & Janet Leigh |
3.50 | 87.0 | 113.20 | 105 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 35 | Cimarron (1960) | Glenn Ford & Anne Baxter |
6.60 | 103.8 | 215.40 | 43 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 37 | Gentle Annie (1944) | Donna Reed | 4.00 | 133.7 | 133.70 | 85 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 38 | It Started with a Kiss (1959) | Debbie Reynolds & Glenn Ford |
7.90 | 141.2 | 141.20 | 30 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 81.4 | |
| 37 | Moonrise (1948) | Gail Russell & Ethel Barrymore |
2.10 | 57.7 | 57.70 | 136 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 81.3 | |
| 36 | Madame Bovary (1949) | Jennifer Jones & James Mason |
3.10 | 78.8 | 140.40 | 111 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 39 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) | Tim Conway & Don Knotts |
24.90 | 107.0 | 107.00 | 40 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 40 | What Price Glory (1952) | James Cagney & Robert Wagner |
5.60 | 108.9 | 108.90 | 53 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 41 | Scandal Sheet (1952) | Broderick Crawford & Donna Reed |
2.40 | 47.3 | 47.30 | 137 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 42 | Appointment with Danger (1950) | Alan Ladd & Jack Webb |
4.10 | 93.0 | 93.00 | 74 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 44 | The Cat From Outer Space (1978) | Roddy McDowall | 18.20 | 83.9 | 83.90 | 39 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 73.4 | |
| 43 | It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) | Alfie Bass | 2.20 | 66.6 | 66.60 | 119 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 73.0 | |
| 45 | The Saxon Charm (1948) | Susan Hayward & Robert Montgomery |
2.40 | 63.8 | 63.80 | 128 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 72.0 | |
| 46 | My Six Convicts (1952) | Millard Mitchell | 3.10 | 59.9 | 59.90 | 115 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 48 | Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) | James Garner & Joan Blondell |
6.10 | 39.6 | 39.60 | 53 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| 47 | The Well (1951) | Richard Rober | 0.90 | 20.1 | 20.10 | 208 | 72 | 02 / 00 | 66.8 | |
| 50 | The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) | Van Johnson & Joseph Cotten |
3.10 | 61.6 | 61.60 | 106 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 65.6 | |
| 51 | Race Street (1948) | George Raft & William Bendix |
2.10 | 55.7 | 55.70 | 138 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 65.0 | |
| 49 | The Flim-Flam Man (1967) | George C. Scott & Sue Lyon |
3.00 | 26.7 | 26.70 | 77 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 52 | Backlash (1956) | Richard Widmark & Donna Reed |
4.60 | 89.6 | 89.60 | 66 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 64.0 | |
| 53 | Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) | Anthony Quinn & Victor McLaglen |
1.10 | 38.3 | 38.30 | 141 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 62.7 | |
| 52 | About Mrs. Leslie (1954) | Robert Ryan | 0.90 | 21.9 | 21.90 | 153 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 62.5 | |
| 56 | Dark City (1950) | Charlton Heston & Lizabeth Scott |
2.70 | 61.0 | 61.00 | 117 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
| 54 | When I Grow Up (1951) | Robert Preston | 1.10 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 197 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 60.5 | |
| 57 | Boots Malone (1952) | William Holden & Ed Begley |
1.90 | 38.1 | 38.10 | 160 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
| 58 | Torch Song (1953) | Joan Crawford & Gig Young |
3.60 | 65.3 | 65.30 | 103 | 52 | 02 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 60 | Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) | Broderick Crawford & Claire Trevor |
2.50 | 49.9 | 65.10 | 131 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 57.3 | |
| 61 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) | James Coburn & Directed by Blake Edwards |
6.50 | 63.7 | 63.70 | 42 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 57.1 | |
| 61 | Outside The Wall (1950) | Richard Basehart | 1.10 | 24.7 | 24.70 | 179 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 56.6 | |
| 64 | John Golfarb Please Come Home (1965) | Shirley MacLaine & Peter Ustinov |
7.00 | 74.3 | 74.30 | 43 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 54.5 | |
| 63 | Frankie and Johnny (1966) | Elvis Presley & Donna Douglas |
6.00 | 58.8 | 58.80 | 46 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 54.3 | |
| 66 | The Barefoot Executive (1971) | Kurt Russell & Joe Flynn |
10.60 | 69.3 | 69.30 | 35 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 54.1 | |
| 65 | The Eve of St. Mark (1944) | Vincent Price & Anne Baxter |
1.20 | 40.8 | 40.80 | 138 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 54.1 | |
| 65 | Red Light (1949) | Virginia Mayo & Raymond Burr |
2.40 | 60.9 | 60.90 | 126 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 53.8 | |
| 67 | Strange Bargain (1949) | Martha Scott | 0.90 | 22.6 | 22.60 | 186 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 51.7 | |
| 69 | Scandalous John (1971) | Brian Keith | 4.50 | 29.7 | 29.70 | 64 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | |
| 68 | Viva Max (1969) | Peter Ustinov | 2.70 | 20.7 | 20.70 | 81 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 43.3 | |
| 70 | The Omaha Trail (1942) | James Craig & Dean Jagger |
0.80 | 31.1 | 31.10 | 189 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 39.6 | |
| 71 | Arena (1953) | Gig Young & Jean Hagen |
2.30 | 41.5 | 55.60 | 153 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 38.9 | |
| 72 | Apache War Smoke (1952) | Gilbert Roland & Robert Horton |
1.60 | 31.4 | 31.40 | 174 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 37.4 | |
| 71 | Under Fire (1957) | George Chakiris | 0.40 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 192 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 36.8 | |
| 75 | Prisoner of War (1954) | Ronald Reagan | 2.20 | 52.6 | 72.10 | 116 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 32.0 | |
| 74 | Star In The Dust (1956) | Clint Eastwood | 0.70 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 192 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 30.5 | |
| 76 | The Mountain Road (1960) | James Stewart & Lisa Lu |
1.30 | 20.3 | 20.30 | 118 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 26.6 | |
| 78 | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) | Linda Darnell | 0.70 | 25.4 | 25.40 | 198 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 23.7 | |
| 77 | Charley and the Angel (1973) | Kurt Russell & Fred MacMurray |
3.00 | 18.5 | 18.50 | 93 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 23.0 | |
| 77 | Family Plan (1997) | Judge Reinhold | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 285 | 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.