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Year	Title	Role
1999	Love & Money (TV Series)	Fletcher Conklin
1999	Crosswalk (Short)	Dr. Chandler
1997	Family Plan	Sol Rubins
1996–1997	3rd Rock from the Sun (TV Series)	Professor Suter
1996	Grace Under Fire (TV Series)	George
1995	The Simpsons (TV Series)	Bill Gannon (voice)
1995	The Jeff Foxworthy Show (TV Series)	Raymond
1994	Incident in a Small Town (TV Movie)	Judge Bell
1992	Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (TV Movie)	Judge Stoddard Bell
1990	The Incident (TV Movie)	Judge Bell
1988	The Twilight Zone (TV Series)	Edgar Witherspoon
1987–1988	You Can't Take It with You (TV Series)	Martin Vanderhof
1988	14 Going on 30 (TV Movie)	Uncle Herb
1987	Dragnet	Gannon
1987	Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)	Retired Lt. Richard Webb
1986	Blacke's Magic (TV Series)	Leonard Blacke
1978–1985	The Love Boat (TV Series)	Charly Fields \| Professor Milo Endler \| Wendel Snead
1983–1985	AfterMASH (TV Series)	Dr. Sherman T. Potter
1983	Sparkling Cyanide (TV Movie)	Captain Kemp
1974–1983	MAS*H (TV Series)	Col. Sherman T. Potter \| Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele
1982	The Flight of Dragons (Video)	Carolinus (voice)
1981	Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (TV Movie)	Father Kolodny
1980	More Wild Wild West (TV Movie)	Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone
1980	Scout's Honor (TV Movie)	Mr. Briggs
1980	Roughnecks (TV Movie)	Plug Champion
1979	Better Late Than Never (TV Movie)	Mr. Scott
1979	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	Major Gaskill
1979	You Can't Take It with You (TV Movie)	Mr. DePinna
1979	The Wild Wild West Revisited (TV Movie)	Robert T. Malone
1979	Roots: The Next Generations (TV Mini Series)	Bob Campbell
1979	Backstairs at the White House (TV Mini Series)	President Harry S. Truman
1978	The Cat from Outer Space	General Stilton
1978	Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (TV Movie)	Hugo Peavey
1978	The Bastard (TV Series)	Capt. Caleb
1978	Murder at the Mardi Gras (TV Movie)	Jim Bob Jackson
1978	Maneaters Are Loose! (TV Movie)	Toby Waites
1978	Confessions of the D.A. Man (TV Movie)	H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
1977	McLaren's Riders (TV Movie)	Sheriff Bill Willet
1977	The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (TV Movie)	J.J. Strange
1977	Exo-Man (TV Movie)	Arthur Travis
1976	The Shootist	Marshall Thibido
1975	The Apple Dumpling Gang	Homer McCoy
1975	The Last Day (TV Movie)	Narrator
1970–1975	Gunsmoke (TV Series)	Jed Hockett \| John Milligan \| Osgood Pickett
1972–1974	Hec Ramsey (TV Series)	Doc Amos B. Coogan
1974	Sidekicks (TV Movie)	Sheriff Jenkins
1973	Charley and the Angel	The Angel formerly Roy Zerney
1973	The Mouse Factory (TV Series)	Harry Morgan
1972	Snowball Express	Jesse McCord
1970–1972	The Partridge Family (TV Series)	Cal \| Willie Larkin
1972	Night Gallery (TV Series)	Thaddeus Conway (segment "The Late Mr. Peddington")
1971	The D.A. (TV Series)	H.M. 'Staff' Stafford
1971	Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (TV Movie)	Inspector Richard Queen
1971	Cat Ballou (TV Movie)	The Rancher
1971	Scandalous John	Sheriff Pippin
1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter	Taylor
1971	The Barefoot Executive	E.J. Crampton
1971	The Feminist and the Fuzz (TV Movie)	Dr. Horace Bowers
1970	But I Don't Want to Get Married! (TV Movie)	Mr. Good
1970	Love, American Style (TV Series)	Woody (segment "Love and the Motel")
1967–1970	Dragnet 1967 (TV Series)	Officer Bill Gannon
1969	Viva Max	Chief of Police Sylvester
1969	Support Your Local Sheriff!	Olly Perkins
1969	Dragnet 1966 (TV Movie)	Officer Bill Gannon
1968	Star Spangled Salesman (Short)	TV Cop
1967	The Flim-Flam Man	Sheriff Slade
1966	Kelly's Kingdom (TV Movie)	Unknown
1966	What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?	Maj. Pott
1966	Frankie and Johnny	Cully
1965	Dr. Kildare (TV Series)	Francis X. Healy
1965	The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV Series)	Unknown
1964–1965	Kentucky Jones (TV Series)	Seldom Jackson
1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	Secretary of State Deems Sarajevo
1963–1964	The Richard Boone Show (TV Series)	Robert Logan \| Bjornsson \| Senator Clements ...
1963	The Wall to Wall War (TV Movie)	Unknown
1963	The Virginian (TV Series)	Kendall Jones
1958–1963	Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series)	Sheriff Ernie Backwater \| Fred Braus
1962	The Untouchables (TV Series)	George 'Bugs' Moran
1962	Going My Way (TV Series)	Al Everett
1962	How the West Was Won	Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (as Henry {Harry} Morgan)
1962	Ensign O'Toole (TV Series)	Charlie
1960–1962	Pete and Gladys (TV Series)	Pete Porter
1960	Cimarron	Jesse Rickey (as Henry {Harry} Morgan)
1960	Inherit the Wind	Judge Mel Coffey
1960	The Mountain Road	Sgt. 'Mike' Michaelson (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
1959	Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)	Hermie Jenkins
1959	It Started with a Kiss	Charles Meriden (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
1954–1959	December Bride (TV Series)	Pete Porter
1958	Matinee Theatre (TV Series)	Unknown
1957	Under Fire	Sgt. Joseph C. Dusak (as Henry Morgan)
1957	The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series)	Mike Feeney
1956	The Teahouse of the August Moon	Sgt. Gregovich (as Henry {Harry} Morgan)
1953–1956	Cavalcade of America (TV Series)	Homer Byington
1956	Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers	Pilot on Radio (voice, uncredited)
1956	Star in the Dust	Lew Hogan
1956	Backlash	Tony Welker
1956	The Bottom of the Bottle	Felix - Barkeep (as Henry Morgan)
1955	Not as a Stranger	Oley
1955	Strategic Air Command	Sgt. Bible - Flight Engineer (as Henry Morgan)
1954	The Lone Wolf (TV Series)	Rev. Jeffrey Hallam \| Jim Strait (as Henry Morgan)
1954	The Far Country	Ketchum (as Henry Morgan)
1954	About Mrs. Leslie	Fred Blue (as Henry Morgan)
1954	The Forty-Niners	Alf Billings (as Henry Morgan)
1954	Prisoner of War	Maj. O.D. Hale
1954	The Glenn Miller Story	Chummy (as Henry Morgan)
1953	Torch Song	Joe Denner (as Henry Morgan)
1953	Champ for a Day	Al Muntz (as Henry Morgan)
1953	Arena	Lew Hutchins (as Henry Morgan)
1953	Thunder Bay	Rawlings (as Henry Morgan)
1952	The Devil and John Q (Short)	Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
1952	Stop, You're Killing Me	Innocence (as Henry Morgan)
1952	The Doctor (TV Series)	(as Henry Morgan)
1952	Toughest Man in Arizona	Verne Kimber (as Henry Morgan)
1952	Apache War Smoke	Ed Cotten
1952	Big Jim McLain	Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1952	What Price Glory	Sgt. Moran (uncredited)
1952	High Noon	Sam Fuller (as Henry Morgan)
1952	My Six Convicts	Dawson (as Henry Morgan)
1952	Bend of the River	Shorty (as Henry Morgan)
1952	Scandal Sheet	Biddle (as Henry Morgan)
1952	Boots Malone	Quarter Horse Henry (as Henry Morgan)
1951	The Blue Veil	Charles Hall
1951	The Amazing Mr. Malone (TV Series)	Unknown
1951	The Well	Claude Packard (as Henry Morgan)
1951	The Highwayman	Tim (as Henry Morgan)
1951	When I Grow Up	Father Reed (modern) (as Henry Morgan)
1951	Belle Le Grand	Abel Stone (as Henry Morgan)
1950	Dark City	Soldier (as Henry Morgan)
1950	The Showdown	Rod Main (as Henry Morgan)
1950	Appointment with Danger	George Soderquist (as Henry Morgan)
1950	The Amazing Mr. Malone (TV Movie)	Unknown
1950	Outside the Wall	Garth (as Henry Morgan)
1949	Hello Out There (Short)	The Young Gambler
1949	Holiday Affair	Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)
1949	Strange Bargain	Lt. Richard Webb (as Henry Morgan)
1949	Red Light	Rocky (as Henry Morgan)
1949	Madame Bovary	Hyppolite (as Henry Morgan)
1949	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend	Hoodlum (uncredited)
1949	Down to the Sea in Ships	Britton (as Henry Morgan)
1948	Yellow Sky	Half Pint (as Henry Morgan)
1948	The Saxon Charm	Hermy (as Henry Morgan)
1948	Moonrise	Billy Scripture (as Henry Morgan)
1948	Race Street	Hal Towers (as Henry Morgan)
1948	All My Sons	Frank Lubey (as Henry Morgan)
1948	The Big Clock	Bill Womack (as Henry Morgan)
1947	The Gangster	Shorty (as Henry Morgan)
1946	Crime Doctor's Man Hunt	Jervis (uncredited)
1946	It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog	Gus Rivers (as Henry Morgan)
1946	Somewhere in the Night	Bath Attendant (as Henry Morgan)
1946	Dragonwyck	Klaas Bleecker (as Henry Morgan)
1946	Johnny Comes Flying Home	Joe Patillo (as Henry Morgan)
1946	From This Day Forward	Hank Beesley (as Henry Morgan)
1945	State Fair	Barker (as Henry Morgan)
1945	A Bell for Adano	Capt. N. Purvis (as Henry Morgan)
1944	Gentle Annie	Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)
1944	Wing and a Prayer	Ens. Malcolm Brainard (as Henry Morgan)
1944	Roger Touhy, Gangster	Thomas J. 'Smoke' Reardon (as Henry Morgan)
1944	The Eve of St. Mark	Pvt. Shevlin (as Henry Morgan)
1943	Happy Land	Anton 'Tony' Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
1943	The Ox-Bow Incident	Art Croft (as Henry Morgan)
1943	Crash Dive	Brownie (as Henry Morgan)
1942	The Omaha Trail	Henchman Nat (as Henry Morgan)
1942	Orchestra Wives	Cully Anderson (uncredited)
1942	The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe	Ebenezer Burling (as Henry Morgan)
1942	To the Shores of Tripoli	Mouthy (as Henry Morgan)

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