M*A*S*H's Harry Morgan a wife beater?
Nathan Gefom
Actor Harry Morgan Arrested
by Marcus Errico
Jul 11, 1996, 6:00 PM PT
Actor Harry Morgan, best remembered as doting husband Col. Sherman
Potter on TV's M*A*S*H, was charged Wednesday with spousal battery
against his 70-year-old wife, Barbara.
The 81-year-old Morgan faces up to one year in jail and/or a fine of
$6,000 for the misdemeanor charge. Morgan was arrested July 2 at the
couple's home in Brentwood for allegedly attacking his wife of 10
years, said Deputy City Attorney Mitchell Fox.
Los Angeles police, responding to Barbara Morgan's 911 call, heard
yelling and screaming inside the house. The officers looked into the
house through a stained-glass window near the front door and saw
Barbara Morgan limping.
She had a red, swollen left foot, a one-quarter-inch cut near her
right eye and a bruised right arm. Paramedics treated her at home, but
she was later taken by police to a hospital for additional treatment,
Fox said.
Barbara Morgan told police that an argument that began during a dinner
party earlier in the evening continued when the couple returned home,
then turned violent.
Harry Morgan, who has played a judge, a D.A. and several cops, was
arrested, booked for spousal battery and released on $5,000 bail.
Surprisingly, domestic violence knows no retirement age. And,
according to counselors, the number of incidents of reported spousal
abuse among senior citizens is increasing. Experts say all ages have
been educated and sensitized to the issue in recent years and are apt
to report abuse now more than ever. Even so, seniors still account for
a small number of all reported cases of domestic violence.
"We do not get a very large number of calls regarding domestic
violence among seniors...probably one to two percent of calls we
receive," said Lola Haag, a director of Los Angeles' Coalition to End
Domestic and Sexual Abuse. "But it definitely is on the rise." Haag
said that the increase might also be attributed to the growing senior
population.
Harry Morgan's arraignment is set for July 23 in West Los Angeles
Municipal Court.
Mikki
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> Actor Harry Morgan Arrested
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> by Marcus Errico
> Jul 11, 1996, 6:00 PM PT
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> Actor Harry Morgan, best remembered as doting husband Col. Sherman
> Potter on TV's M*A*S*H, was charged Wednesday with spousal battery
> against his 70-year-old wife, Barbara.
He always irritated me; I never understood why he got acting jobs.
Diane McGill
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> Actor Harry Morgan Arrested
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> by Marcus Errico
> Jul 11, 1996, 6:00 PM PT
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Diane M
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> Actor Harry Morgan Arrested
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> by Marcus Errico
> Jul 11, 1996, 6:00 PM PT
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> Actor Harry Morgan, best remembered as doting husband Col. Sherman
> Potter on TV's M*A*S*H, was charged Wednesday with spousal battery
> against his 70-year-old wife, Barbara.
I have no idea how this turned out. However, when I hear of violent
behavior in elderly people, I suspect neurological disease. I'll leave
it to the medical experts to list the various neurological problems than
can lead to changes in personality and violent behavior. But unless he
had some hidden history of spousal abuse, my guess would be that he had
suffered a previously undiagnosed disease or injury.
Tina
The OP must be in the same time warp as the poster who was wondering
why Kate Jackson and Andrew Stevens got divorced back in 1980.
Vegas
"Diane McGill" <dian...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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It did happen many years ago and I was shocked.
I had worked the MASH set in Malibu Creek Park maybe a half dozen times.
Crews talk so you know right away who has the reputation and who doesn't.
I'll tell you Alda was an Ass and Morgan was ok.
I also know some folks over at Disney and they talk about playing cards with
him between takes and generally enjoying the man.
I think Age has had it's effects on him.