Editing Harry Morgan (section)

==Early life==
Morgan was born Harry Bratsberg in [[Detroit]], the son of Hannah and Henry Bratsberg.<ref name="ReferenceA">United States Census for 1930; Census Place: Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan; Roll: 1014; p. 7B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 830.0.</ref><ref name="academy2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/harry-morgan | title=Harry Morgan Interview | work=[[Archive of American Television]] | publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation]] | access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="nytobit" /> His parents were of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on Landmark TV Show 'M*A*S*H,' Is Dead at 96 |url=http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-07/harry-morgan-colonel-potter-on-landmark-tv-show-m-a-s-h-is-dead-at-96?category=%2Fleaders%2F |publisher=Bloomberg |last=Arnold |first=Laurence |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=December 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514184853/http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-07/harry-morgan-colonel-potter-on-landmark-tv-show-m-a-s-h-is-dead-at-96?category=%2Fleaders%2F |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In his interview with the Archive of American Television, Morgan spelled his Norwegian family surname as "Brasburg".<ref name="academy2008" /> Many sources, however, including some family records, list the spelling as "Bratsburg". According to one source, when Morgan's father Henry registered at junior high school, "the registrar spelled it Brasburg instead of Bratsberg. Bashful Henry did not demur."<ref name="arnell">{{Cite book |title=Motion Picture |last=Arnell |first=Bob |year=1946 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mfIKAQAAMAAJ |type= Henry Morgan |publisher=Macfadden/Bartell |via=Motion Picture magazine |volume=v.72 |page=196}}</ref>

Morgan was raised in [[Muskegon, Michigan]], and graduated from [[Muskegon High School]] in 1933, where he achieved distinction as a statewide debating champion.<ref>[http://www.muskegon.k12.mi.us/mhs/DistinguishedGrads/DistinguishedGrads.html Muskegon High School Distinguished Graduates] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820083023/http://www.muskegon.k12.mi.us/mhs/DistinguishedGrads/DistinguishedGrads.html |date=August 20, 2004 }}</ref> He originally aspired to a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree, but began acting while a junior at the [[University of Chicago]] in 1935.