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