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