Harry Morgan

He was also Bill Gannon, Joe Friday's partner, on Dragnet, Pete in "Pete and Gladys" and the judge in Inherit the Wind. During the making of this film, he met Julia Cypher, an assistant director who would later become his wife. He is best known as Colonel Sherman Potter on M*A*S*H. The first low budget film in which he starred in was called Trespasses. Harry Morgan (born April 10, 1915, Detroit, Michigan) is an American television actor. Though the role garnered him laud from critics, he has since found it difficult to find another leading role in a big-budget Hollywood film. Phillips' big break came with the starring role in 1987's La Bamba as doomed early rocker Ritchie Valens.

He is an alumnus of University of Texas at Arlington. Phillips worked as an assistant director and instructor at the University of Texas, where he also studied Drama and Film Technique, between 1983-1986. He has Filipino, Hawaiian, Chinese, Spanish, Scotch-Irish and eighth Cherokee Indian origins. Lou Diamond Phillips (born Louis Upchurch February 17, 1962 at Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines), named for Marine legend Lou Diamond, is an American actor.

Disorganized Crime. La Bamba (1987). Stand and Deliver (1988). Young Guns (1988).

Young Guns II (1990). Courage Under Fire (1996). Brokedown Palace (1999). Wolf Lake (2001) TV Series.

24 (2002) TV series - cameo as a warden at a government top secret underground prison, alongside Kiefer Sutherland.