Harry Davenport

Personal Info

Birthday

January 19, 1866

Day of Death

1949-08-09

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Canton, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Harold George Bryant Davenport

H. Davenport

Harry 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

Gone with the Wind

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Meet John Doe

December 7th

Meet Me in St. Louis

Foreign Correspondent

The Ox-Bow Incident

Little Women

Filmography

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