Glenn Miller, Harry Morgan, Jackie Gleason

[Ed McCullough]

I came across this movie in youtube.com. search for:

Orchestra Wives full movie

I had no idea that Glenn Miller's band was so HUGE in terms of numbers of players. This is the second and last movie about Glenn Miller's band. I was surprised to see the presence of two people in the movie.
-. Harry Morgan.  8:53. 18:56
-. Jackie Gleason, though I believe he did not actually play string Bass.    0:10.  1:24. 6:10

I have been lucky in Houston and got my electricity back after 2 days. The city water supply continues with no problem. I got plenty of non-perishable food in advance. Other people are struggling.

[Age]

Never saw that movie. Hmmm! I definitely remember Henry Morgan; he usta be on a lotta game shown and stuff.

No power for two days?  Bummer!  Looks like being a "prepper" pays off, eh?

Nice to know you're in the club.

[servus]

Weren't there two Henry Morgens? One was the quiz show guy, the other, a comedian on some sitcom? I forget which sitcom.

          PJ

[Ed McCullough]

Henry Morgan and Harry Morgan are the people you are thinking of.

[Age]

I remember the one with dark wavy hair and the weird nose.
That's right, HARRY was the guy that played Frank Smith on the new Dragnet and Col. Potter on Mash.
Ben Alexander wuz Frank Smith on the original fifties show, who carried a nickel S&W with a 5 or 6" barrel.
Howzatt for a head fulla useless trivia?

[servus]

Bravo! Thanks. My brain rot confused Harry and Henry. I can still picture both though - without consulting Chairman Google.

              PJ

[Ed McCullough]

I peruse movies in youtube.com, partially because my family did not go to the movies when I was a little kid and partially because I want to see how people lived and what their aspirations were in my parents' younger years. Harry Morgan was in a lot of movies.

[Ed McCullough]

Can you tell me anything HENRY MORGAN? I only know that he was in television quiz shows in the 1950s and 1960s. Youtube.com also shows him as an interviewee on a David Letterman talk show.

Who the heck was Henry Morgan and why was he prominent enough to show up and all the quiz shows?

[Grizzly]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgan_(humorist)

[Age]

Yep! Dat's him; wavy dark hair and a funny nose

[Ed McCullough]

I read the Wikipedia report about Henry Morgan, and it's very interesting. I'm going to look for a movie or two that he was in.

[Grizzly]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Morgan

Not to confuse the issue, but…

"Morgan made his screen debut (originally using the name "Henry Morgan") in the 1942 movie To the Shores of Tripoli. His screen name later became "Henry 'Harry' Morgan" and eventually Harry Morgan, to avoid confusion with the popular humorist of the same name."

Later, the article says that he was named Henry Morgan in the Glenn Miller bi-op.

Tom