Harry Davenport
128 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 19, 1866
- Died
- Aug 9, 1949 (age 83)
- 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.9 Gone with the Wind
1939 · Film
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★ 7.0 Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Film
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★ 7.5 You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Film
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★ 7.0 Meet Me in St. Louis
1944 · Film
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★ 7.7 The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Film
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★ 7.3 Meet John Doe
1941 · Film
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★ 7.4 Little Women
1949 · Film
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★ 7.3 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · Film
Harry Davenport: movies and TV shows
Acting (124)
- 1950 Riding High
as Johnson
- 1949 Tell It to the Judge
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
- 1949 That Forsyte Woman
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
- 1949 Little Women
as Dr. Barnes
- 1949 Down to the Sea in Ships
as Benjamin Harris
- 1948 The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Courtroom Attendant
- 1948 For the Love of Mary
as Justice Peabody
- 1948 That Lady in Ermine
as Luigi
- 1948 The Man from Texas
as Pop Hickey
- 1948 Three Daring Daughters
as Dr. Cannon
- 1947 The Fabulous Texan
as Rev. Baker
- 1947 That Hagen Girl
as Judge Merrivale
- 1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Thaddeus
- 1947 Keeper of the Bees
as Michael Worthington
- 1947 Sport of Kings
as Maj. Denning
- 1947 Stallion Road
as Dr. Stevens
- 1947 The Farmer's Daughter
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
- 1946 A Boy and His Dog
as Squire Jim Kirby
- 1946 Courage of Lassie
as Judge Payson
- 1946 Lady Luck
as Judge Martin
- 1946 Three Wise Fools
as The Ancient
- 1946 Faithful in My Fashion
as Great Grandpa
- 1946 G.I. War Brides
as Grandpa Giles
- 1946 A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
as Gramps
- 1946 Claudia and David
as Dr. Harry
- 1945 Adventure
as Dr. Ashton
- 1945 Pardon My Past
as Grandpa Pemberton
- 1945 The Enchanted Forest
as Old John
- 1945 Too Young to Know
as Judge Boller
- 1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Albert
- 1945 This Love of Ours
as Dr. Wilkerson
- 1944 The Thin Man Goes Home
as Dr. Bertram Charles
- 1944 Music for Millions
as Doctor
- 1944 Meet Me in St. Louis
as Grandpa
- 1944 Kismet
as Agha
- 1944 The Impatient Years
as Minister
- 1943 Jack London
as Prof. Hilliard
- 1943 Government Girl
as Senator MacVickers
- 1943 Gangway for Tomorrow
as Fred Taylor
- 1943 Princess O'Rourke
as Supreme Court Judge
- 1943 Headin' for God's Country
as Clem Adams
- 1943 We've Never Been Licked
as Pop Lambert
- 1943 Shantytown
as 'Doc' Herndon
- 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
as Arthur Davies
- 1943 December 7th
as Mr. 'C'
- 1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
- 1942 Tales of Manhattan
as Professor Lyons
- 1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Bane
- 1942 Larceny, Inc.
as Homer Bigelow
- 1942 Kings Row
as Colonel Skeffington
- 1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Amos Kidder
- 1941 One Foot in Heaven
as Elias Samson
- 1941 Hurricane Smith
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
- 1941 The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Pop Tolliver
- 1941 That Uncertain Feeling
as Jones
- 1941 I Wanted Wings
as 'Sandbags' Riley
- 1941 Meet John Doe
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
- 1940 I Want a Divorce
as Grandpa Brokaw
- 1940 Earl of Puddlestone
as Grandpa Ed Carson
- 1940 Foreign Correspondent
as Mr. Powers
- 1940 Lucky Partners
as Judge
- 1940 All This, and Heaven Too
as Pierre
- 1940 Grandpa Goes To Town
as Grandpa
- 1940 Too Many Husbands
as George
- 1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Judge
- 1940 Granny Get Your Gun
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
- 1939 Money To Burn
as Grandpa Ed Carson
- 1939 Gone with the Wind
as Dr. Meade
- 1939 The Covered Trailer
as Grandpa Ed Carson
- 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as King Louis XI
- 1939 Death of a Champion
as Guy Lanyard
- 1939 Should Husbands Work?
as Grandpa Higgins
- 1939 Juarez
as Dr. Samuel Basch
- 1939 Exile Express
as Dr. Hite
- 1939 My Wife's Relatives
as Grandpa Ed Carson
- 1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Judge Rider
- 1939 Tail Spin
as T.P. Lester
- 1939 Made for Each Other
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
- 1939 The Long Shot
as Henry Sharon
- 1938 The Cowboy and the Lady
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
- 1938 The Sisters
as Doc Moore
- 1938 You Can't Take It with You
as Judge
- 1938 Marie Antoinette
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
- 1938 Young Fugitives
as Joel Bentham
- 1938 The Rage of Paris
as Pop, Caretaker
- 1938 The Higgins Family
as Grandpa William Jordan
- 1938 The First Hundred Years
as Uncle Dawson
- 1938 Reckless Living
as 'General' Jeff
- 1938 Gold Is Where You Find It
as Dr. Parsons
- 1938 Saleslady
as Miles Cannon
- 1938 Man-Proof
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
- 1937 Wells Fargo
as Ingalls, banker
- 1937 First Lady
as Charles
- 1937 The Perfect Specimen
as Carl Carter
- 1937 Radio Patrol
as John P. Adams, inventor
- 1937 The Life of Emile Zola
as Chief of Staff
- 1937 Fit for a King
as Archduke Julio
- 1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Doc Quinn
- 1937 White Bondage
as Pop Craig
- 1937 They Won't Forget
as Confederate Soldier
- 1937 Fly Away Baby
as Colonel Higgam
- 1937 Armored Car
as Pop Logan
- 1937 As Good as Married
as Jessup
- 1937 Her Husband's Secretary
as Dan Kingdon
- 1937 Paradise Express
as Jed Carson
- 1937 Under Cover of Night
as Dr. Reed
- 1936 King of Hockey
as Tom McKenna
- 1936 The Case of the Black Cat
as Peter Laxter
- 1935 The Scoundrel
as Slezack
- 1934 No More West
as Judge
- 1933 Get That Venus
as Mr. Rendleby
- 1932 The Campus Mystery
as Dean Perry
- 1931 His Woman
as Customs Inspector
- 1931 My Sin
as Roger Metcalf
- 1930 Her Unborn Child
as Dr. Remington
- 1919 Dawn
as Daniel Burton
- 1919 A Girl at Bay
as Frank Galt
- 1919 The Unknown Quantity
as Septimus Kinsolving
- 1917 The Planter
as Short
- 1917 Sowers and Reapers
as Henry Ainsworth
- 1916 The Wheel of the Law
as John Daniels
- 1915 Father and the Boys
as Tobias Ford
- 1915 C.O.D.
as C.O. Darlington
- 1914 Damon and Pythias
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
Behind the camera (4)
- 1917 The Millionaire's Double
Director
- 1917 Tillie Wakes Up
Director
- 1917 A Woman Alone
Director
- 1916 For a Woman’s Fair Name
Director
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1973