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