Harry Davenport
Born in Canton, Pennsylvania, USA — Jan 19 1866• Died Aug 09 1949
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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.
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Harry Davenport's Credits
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Gone with the Wind
Dr. Meade
Saleslady
Miles Cannon
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
King Louis XI
Meet Me in St. Louis
Grandpa
Foreign Correspondent
Mr. Powers
Made for Each Other
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
The Life of Emile Zola
Chief of Staff
Meet John Doe
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
Little Women
Dr. Barnes
Tales of Manhattan
Professor Lyons
One Foot in Heaven
Elias Samson
You Can't Take It with You
Judge
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Judge
The Ox-Bow Incident
Arthur Davies
Government Girl
Senator MacVickers
I Wanted Wings
'Sandbags' Riley
Tail Spin
T.P. Lester
Kings Row
Colonel Skeffington
The Cowboy and the Lady
Uncle Hannibal Smith
Wells Fargo
Ingalls, banker
The Rage of Paris
Pop, Caretaker
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Pop Tolliver
Claudia and David
Dr. Harry
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Judge Rider
Adventure
Dr. Ashton
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Doc Quinn
Kismet
Agha
The Perfect Specimen
Carl Carter
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Amos Kidder
Riding High
Johnson
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Judge Thaddeus Turner
Lady Luck
Judge Martin
Juarez
Dr. Samuel Basch
Larceny, Inc.
Homer Bigelow
That Hagen Girl
Judge Merrivale
That Forsyte Woman
Old Jolyon Forsyte
All This, and Heaven Too
Pierre
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Bane
Down to the Sea in Ships
Benjamin Harris
Earl of Puddlestone
Grandpa Ed Carson
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
Marie Antoinette
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Too Many Husbands
George
We've Never Been Licked
Pop Lambert
Three Wise Fools
The Ancient
Man-Proof
Hitchhiker (uncredited)
The Covered Trailer
Grandpa Ed Carson
The Farmer's Daughter
Dr. Matthew Sulven
The Case of the Black Cat
Peter Laxter
First Lady
Charles
Gangway for Tomorrow
Fred Taylor
The Fabulous Texan
Rev. Baker
The Sisters
Doc Moore
Courage of Lassie
Judge Payson
His Woman
Customs Inspector
Music for Millions
Doctor
That Lady in Ermine
Luigi
December 7th
Mr. 'C'
Exile Express
Dr. Hite
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
This Love of Ours
Dr. Wilkerson
I Want a Divorce
Grandpa Brokaw
The First Hundred Years
Uncle Dawson
Gold Is Where You Find It
Dr. Parsons
Fit for a King
Archduke Julio
That Uncertain Feeling
Jones
Hurricane Smith
Robert Ingersoll Reed
Armored Car
Pop Logan
G.I. War Brides
Grandpa Giles
The Impatient Years
Minister
King of Hockey
Tom McKenna
My Wife's Relatives
Grandpa Ed Carson
As Good as Married
Jessup
Three Daring Daughters
Dr. Cannon
For the Love of Mary
Justice Peabody
The Thin Man Goes Home
Dr. Bertram Charles
They Won't Forget
Confederate Soldier
Tillie Wakes Up
Directing
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
Gramps
Headin' for God's Country
Clem Adams
The Man from Texas
Pop Hickey
Faithful in My Fashion
Great Grandpa
The Higgins Family
Grandpa William Jordan
Her Husband's Secretary
Dan Kingdon
Pardon My Past
Grandpa Pemberton
Granny Get Your Gun
Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
Princess O'Rourke
Supreme Court Judge
Lucky Partners
Judge
Money To Burn
Grandpa Ed Carson
Under Cover of Night
Dr. Reed
Stallion Road
Dr. Stevens
The Long Shot
Henry Sharon
Her Unborn Child
Dr. Remington
Tell It to the Judge
Judge MacKenzie Meredith
Radio Patrol
John P. Adams, inventor
Jack London
Prof. Hilliard
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Albert
Paradise Express
Jed Carson
Reckless Living
'General' Jeff
The Scoundrel
Slezack
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Courtroom Attendant
The Planter
Short
Young Fugitives
Joel Bentham
Keeper of the Bees
Michael Worthington
Fly Away Baby
Colonel Higgam
No More West
Judge
Shantytown
'Doc' Herndon
Death of a Champion
Guy Lanyard
White Bondage
Pop Craig
Too Young to Know
Judge Boller
The Enchanted Forest
Old John
My Sin
Roger Metcalf
Grandpa Goes To Town
Grandpa
A Boy and His Dog
Squire Jim Kirby
Damon and Pythias
Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
The Millionaire's Double
Directing
A Woman Alone
Directing
Dawn
Daniel Burton
A Girl at Bay
Frank Galt
The Wheel of the Law
John Daniels
For a Woman’s Fair Name
Directing
Get That Venus
Mr. Rendleby
Father and the Boys
Tobias Ford
Should Husbands Work?
Grandpa Higgins
Sport of Kings
Maj. Denning
The Unknown Quantity
Septimus Kinsolving
The Campus Mystery
Dean Perry
Sowers and Reapers
Henry Ainsworth
C.O.D.
C.O. Darlington