Harry Davenport
Known for Acting · 125 credits
- Born
- 1866-01-19
- Died
- 1949-08-09
- Place of birth
- Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Harold George Bryant Davenport · H. Davenport
Biography
Harold George Bryant Davenport was an American film and stage actor who worked in show business from the age of six until his death. After a long and prolific Broadway career, he came to Hollywood in the 1930s, where he often played grandfathers, judges, doctors, and ministers.
Known For
Movies (125)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Dr. Meade
Little Women
1949
as Dr. Barnes
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as King Louis XI
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Judge
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
as Grandpa
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Mr. Powers
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Arthur Davies
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Dr. Bertram Charles
Juarez
1939
as Dr. Samuel Basch
Adventure
1945
as Dr. Ashton
Kings Row
1942
as Colonel Skeffington
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Thaddeus
Meet John Doe
1941
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
1939
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Professor Lyons
Courage of Lassie
1946
as Judge Payson
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Judge Rider
Wells Fargo
1937
as Ingalls, banker
G.I. War Brides
1946
as Grandpa Giles
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Amos Kidder
Three Daring Daughters
1948
as Dr. Cannon
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Jones
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
December 7th
1943
as Mr. 'C'
That Hagen Girl
1947
as Judge Merrivale
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Judge
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Pierre
The First Hundred Years
1938
as Uncle Dawson
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
as Benjamin Harris
That Lady in Ermine
1948
as Luigi
Exile Express
1939
as Dr. Hite
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Chief of Staff
Stallion Road
1947
as Dr. Stevens
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Bane
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Supreme Court Judge
Riding High
1950
as Johnson
Kismet
1944
as Agha
Tail Spin
1939
as T.P. Lester
Man-Proof
1938
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Young Fugitives
1938
as Joel Bentham
That Forsyte Woman
1949
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
The Sisters
1938
as Doc Moore
Larceny, Inc.
1942
as Homer Bigelow
Armored Car
1937
as Pop Logan
First Lady
1937
as Charles
We've Never Been Licked
1943
as Pop Lambert
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
as Pop Tolliver
For the Love of Mary
1948
as Justice Peabody
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Dr. Parsons
Government Girl
1943
as Senator MacVickers
The Perfect Specimen
1937
as Carl Carter
Earl of Puddlestone
1940
as Grandpa Ed Carson
Fly Away Baby
1937
as Colonel Higgam
The Scoundrel
1935
as Slezack
My Sin
1931
as Roger Metcalf
I Wanted Wings
1941
as 'Sandbags' Riley
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
as Courtroom Attendant
Too Many Husbands
1940
as George
Headin' for God's Country
1943
as Clem Adams
Shantytown
1943
as 'Doc' Herndon
They Won't Forget
1937
as Confederate Soldier
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
The Rage of Paris
1938
as Pop, Caretaker
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
as Peter Laxter
Music for Millions
1944
as Doctor
The Man from Texas
1948
as Pop Hickey
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
Death of a Champion
1939
as Guy Lanyard
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
as Doc Quinn
Fit for a King
1937
as Archduke Julio
Three Wise Fools
1946
as The Ancient
Lucky Partners
1940
as Judge
Faithful in My Fashion
1946
as Great Grandpa
Jack London
1943
as Prof. Hilliard
His Woman
1931
as Customs Inspector
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Dr. Reed
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Albert
The Long Shot
1939
as Henry Sharon
Gangway for Tomorrow
1943
as Fred Taylor
Lady Luck
1946
as Judge Martin
As Good as Married
1937
as Jessup
The Covered Trailer
1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
The Higgins Family
1938
as Grandpa William Jordan
Pardon My Past
1945
as Grandpa Pemberton
This Love of Ours
1945
as Dr. Wilkerson
Grandpa Goes To Town
1940
as Grandpa
Reckless Living
1938
as 'General' Jeff
The Enchanted Forest
1945
as Old John
Keeper of the Bees
1947
as Michael Worthington
The Impatient Years
1944
as Minister
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Elias Samson
Claudia and David
1946
as Dr. Harry
Paradise Express
1937
as Jed Carson
Too Young to Know
1945
as Judge Boller
Granny Get Your Gun
1940
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
Saleslady
1938
as Miles Cannon
Money To Burn
1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
as Dan Kingdon
Hurricane Smith
1941
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
The Fabulous Texan
1947
as Rev. Baker
Her Unborn Child
1930
as Dr. Remington
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Grandpa Brokaw
Radio Patrol
1937
as John P. Adams, inventor
No More West
1934
as Judge
My Wife's Relatives
1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
Get That Venus
1933
as Mr. Rendleby
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
1946
as Gramps
White Bondage
1937
as Pop Craig
A Boy and His Dog
1946
as Squire Jim Kirby
A Girl at Bay
1919
as Frank Galt
Should Husbands Work?
1939
as Grandpa Higgins
Damon and Pythias
1914
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
The Planter
1917
as Short
Father and the Boys
1915
as Tobias Ford
The Campus Mystery
1932
as Dean Perry
The Unknown Quantity
1919
as Septimus Kinsolving
King of Hockey
1936
as Tom McKenna
About Harry Davenport
Harold George Bryant Davenport was an American film and stage actor who worked in show business from the age of six until his death. After a long and prolific Broadway career, he came to Hollywood in the 1930s, where he often played grandfathers, judges, doctors, and ministers. With 125 credits spanning from 1914 to 1973, Harry Davenport has appeared in 125 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harry Davenport Movies
- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Dr. Meade
- Little Women (1949) — as Dr. Barnes
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as King Louis XI
- You Can't Take It with You (1938) — as Judge
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) — as Grandpa
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