Harry Davenport

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Known For

Acting

Born

1866-01-19

Place of Birth

Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.

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Acting History

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
1949
That Forsyte Woman as Old Jolyon Forsyte
1949
Little Women as Dr. Barnes
1949
Down to the Sea in Ships as Benjamin Harris
1948
The Decision of Christopher Blake as Courtroom Attendant
1948
For the Love of Mary as Justice Peabody
1948
That Lady in Ermine as Luigi
1948
The Man from Texas as Pop Hickey
1948
Three Daring Daughters as Dr. Cannon
1947
The Fabulous Texan as Rev. Baker
1947
That Hagen Girl as Judge Merrivale
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Judge Thaddeus Turner
1947
Keeper of the Bees as Michael Worthington
1947
Sport of Kings as Maj. Denning
1947
Stallion Road as Dr. Stevens
1947
The Farmer's Daughter as Dr. Matthew Sulven
1946
A Boy and His Dog as Squire Jim Kirby
1946
Courage of Lassie as Judge Payson
1946
Lady Luck as Judge Martin
1946
Three Wise Fools as The Ancient
1946
Faithful in My Fashion as Great Grandpa
1946
G.I. War Brides as Grandpa Giles
1946
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog as Gramps
1946
Claudia and David as Dr. Harry
1945
Adventure as Dr. Ashton
1945
Pardon My Past as Grandpa Pemberton
1945
The Enchanted Forest as Old John
1945
Too Young to Know as Judge Boller
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes as Albert
1945
This Love of Ours as Dr. Wilkerson
1944
The Thin Man Goes Home as Dr. Bertram Charles
1944
Music for Millions as Doctor
1944
Meet Me in St. Louis as Grandpa
1944
Kismet as Agha
1944
The Impatient Years as Minister
1943
Jack London as Prof. Hilliard
1943
Government Girl as Senator MacVickers
1943
Gangway for Tomorrow as Fred Taylor
1943
Princess O'Rourke as Supreme Court Judge
1943
Headin' for God's Country as Clem Adams
1943
We've Never Been Licked as Pop Lambert
1943
Shantytown as 'Doc' Herndon
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident as Arthur Davies
1943
December 7th as Mr. 'C'
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
1942
Tales of Manhattan as Professor Lyons
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Bane
1942
Larceny, Inc. as Homer Bigelow
1942
Kings Row as Colonel Skeffington
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Amos Kidder
1941
One Foot in Heaven as Elias Samson
1941
Hurricane Smith as Robert Ingersoll Reed
1941
The Bride Came C.O.D. as Pop Tolliver
1941
That Uncertain Feeling as Jones
1941
I Wanted Wings as 'Sandbags' Riley
1941
Meet John Doe as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
1940
I Want a Divorce as Grandpa Brokaw
1940
Earl of Puddlestone as Grandpa Ed Carson
1940
Foreign Correspondent as Mr. Powers
1940
Lucky Partners as Judge
1940
All This, and Heaven Too as Pierre
1940
Grandpa Goes To Town as Grandpa
1940
Too Many Husbands as George
1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Judge
1940
Granny Get Your Gun as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
1939
Money To Burn as Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
Gone with the Wind as Dr. Meade
1939
The Covered Trailer as Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as King Louis XI
1939
Death of a Champion as Guy Lanyard
1939
Should Husbands Work? as Grandpa Higgins
1939
Juarez as Dr. Samuel Basch
1939
Exile Express as Dr. Hite
1939
My Wife's Relatives as Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Judge Rider
1939
Tail Spin as T.P. Lester
1939
Made for Each Other as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
1939
The Long Shot as Henry Sharon
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady as Uncle Hannibal Smith
1938
The Sisters as Doc Moore
1938
You Can't Take It with You as Judge
1938
Marie Antoinette as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
1938
Young Fugitives as Joel Bentham
1938
The Rage of Paris as Pop, Caretaker
1938
The Higgins Family as Grandpa William Jordan
1938
The First Hundred Years as Uncle Dawson
1938
Reckless Living as 'General' Jeff
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It as Dr. Parsons
1938
Saleslady as Miles Cannon
1938
Man-Proof as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
1937
Wells Fargo as Ingalls, banker
1937
First Lady as Charles
1937
The Perfect Specimen as Carl Carter
1937
Radio Patrol as John P. Adams, inventor
1937
The Life of Emile Zola as Chief of Staff
1937
Fit for a King as Archduke Julio
1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Doc Quinn
1937
White Bondage as Pop Craig
1937
They Won't Forget as Confederate Soldier
1937
Fly Away Baby as Colonel Higgam
1937
Armored Car as Pop Logan
1937
As Good as Married as Jessup
1937
Her Husband's Secretary as Dan Kingdon
1937
Paradise Express as Jed Carson
1937
Under Cover of Night as Dr. Reed
1936
King of Hockey as Tom McKenna
1936
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
1931
My Sin as Roger Metcalf
1930
Her Unborn Child as Dr. Remington
1919
A Girl at Bay as Frank Galt
1919
The Unknown Quantity as Septimus Kinsolving
1917
The Planter as Short
1917
Sowers and Reapers as Henry Ainsworth
1916
The Wheel of the Law as John Daniels
1915
Father and the Boys as Tobias Ford
1915
C.O.D. as C.O. Darlington
1914
Damon and Pythias as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)