21st Century: Query 161 (Harry Morgan)
“I don’t know if M*A*S*H made me a better actor, but I know it made me a better human being.” ~ Harry Morgan was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgan’s major roles included Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985). How might Morgan’s assertion of improved humanity offer a more poignant commentary on Harry Morgan himself than bragging about his improved acting?