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
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Mr. Powers
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Judge
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
as Grandpa
Juarez
1939
as Dr. Samuel Basch
Exile Express
1939
as Dr. Hite
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Arthur Davies
First Lady
1937
as Charles
Stallion Road
1947
as Dr. Stevens
Meet John Doe
1941
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Supreme Court Judge
Wells Fargo
1937
as Ingalls, banker
Courage of Lassie
1946
as Judge Payson
Kismet
1944
as Agha
Adventure
1945
as Dr. Ashton
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Dr. Bertram Charles
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
Tail Spin
1939
as T.P. Lester
December 7th
1943
as Mr. 'C'
That Forsyte Woman
1949
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Thaddeus
Riding High
1950
as Johnson
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Chief of Staff
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Pierre
Government Girl
1943
as Senator MacVickers
The Perfect Specimen
1937
as Carl Carter
My Sin
1931
as Roger Metcalf
Man-Proof
1938
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Three Daring Daughters
1948
as Dr. Cannon
Armored Car
1937
as Pop Logan
Kings Row
1942
as Colonel Skeffington
The Rage of Paris
1938
as Pop, Caretaker
Made for Each Other
1939
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Albert
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Professor Lyons
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
as Pop Tolliver
Faithful in My Fashion
1946
as Great Grandpa
Gangway for Tomorrow
1943
as Fred Taylor
The First Hundred Years
1938
as Uncle Dawson
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Amos Kidder
The Long Shot
1939
as Henry Sharon
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Judge
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Jones
The Sisters
1938
as Doc Moore
The Scoundrel
1935
as Slezack
My Wife's Relatives
1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
Young Fugitives
1938
as Joel Bentham
Radio Patrol
1937
as John P. Adams, inventor
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Dr. Parsons
Pardon My Past
1945
as Grandpa Pemberton
G.I. War Brides
1946
as Grandpa Giles
I Wanted Wings
1941
as 'Sandbags' Riley
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
as Benjamin Harris
Damon and Pythias
1914
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
Lucky Partners
1940
as Judge
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Bane
His Woman
1931
as Customs Inspector
As Good as Married
1937
as Jessup
Money To Burn
1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Judge Rider
Larceny, Inc.
1942
as Homer Bigelow
That Lady in Ermine
1948
as Luigi
The Man from Texas
1948
as Pop Hickey
Fit for a King
1937
as Archduke Julio
This Love of Ours
1945
as Dr. Wilkerson
We've Never Been Licked
1943
as Pop Lambert
Claudia and David
1946
as Dr. Harry
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
as Peter Laxter
Get That Venus
1933
as Mr. Rendleby
That Hagen Girl
1947
as Judge Merrivale
For the Love of Mary
1948
as Justice Peabody
They Won't Forget
1937
as Confederate Soldier
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Elias Samson
Too Many Husbands
1940
as George
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
as Doc Quinn
The Higgins Family
1938
as Grandpa William Jordan
Three Wise Fools
1946
as The Ancient
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Dr. Reed
A Boy and His Dog
1946
as Squire Jim Kirby
Lady Luck
1946
as Judge Martin
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
as Courtroom Attendant
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
Jack London
1943
as Prof. Hilliard
Paradise Express
1937
as Jed Carson
The Fabulous Texan
1947
as Rev. Baker
Grandpa Goes To Town
1940
as Grandpa
Music for Millions
1944
as Doctor
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Saleslady
1938
as Miles Cannon
Dawn
1919
as Daniel Burton
A Girl at Bay
1919
as Frank Galt
Reckless Living
1938
as 'General' Jeff
Sport of Kings
1947
as Maj. Denning
Her Unborn Child
1930
as Dr. Remington
Fly Away Baby
1937
as Colonel Higgam
Earl of Puddlestone
1940
as Grandpa Ed Carson
The Covered Trailer
1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
Shantytown
1943
as 'Doc' Herndon
King of Hockey
1936
as Tom McKenna
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
as Dan Kingdon
Too Young to Know
1945
as Judge Boller
Keeper of the Bees
1947
as Michael Worthington
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Grandpa Brokaw
White Bondage
1937
as Pop Craig
The Wheel of the Law
1916
as John Daniels
The Enchanted Forest
1945
as Old John
Granny Get Your Gun
1940
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
The Impatient Years
1944
as Minister
Headin' for God's Country
1943
as Clem Adams
Should Husbands Work?
1939
as Grandpa Higgins
Death of a Champion
1939
as Guy Lanyard
Father and the Boys
1915
as Tobias Ford
Hurricane Smith
1941
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
The Planter
1917
as Short
Sowers and Reapers
1917
as Henry Ainsworth
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
- Foreign Correspondent (1940) — as Mr. Powers
- You Can't Take It with You (1938) — as Judge
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