Acting
Harry Davenport
EN cinema · 129 credits
Born
19 January 1866
Died
9 August 1949 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Harold George Bryant Davenport · H. Davenport
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
Filmography
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
Riding High
as Johnson
That Forsyte Woman
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
Little Women
as Dr. Barnes
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Benjamin Harris
Tell It to the Judge
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
That Lady in Ermine
as Luigi
Three Daring Daughters
as Dr. Cannon
The Man from Texas
as Pop Hickey
For the Love of Mary
as Justice Peabody
The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Courtroom Attendant
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Thaddeus
The Farmer's Daughter
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
Sport of Kings
as Maj. Denning
The Fabulous Texan
as Rev. Baker
That Hagen Girl
as Judge Merrivale
Keeper of the Bees
as Michael Worthington
Stallion Road
as Dr. Stevens
Courage of Lassie
as Judge Payson
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
as Gramps
Claudia and David
as Dr. Harry
Lady Luck
as Judge Martin
Faithful in My Fashion
as Great Grandpa
G.I. War Brides
as Grandpa Giles
Three Wise Fools
as The Ancient
A Boy and His Dog
as Squire Jim Kirby
Adventure
as Dr. Ashton
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Albert
The Enchanted Forest
as Old John
Pardon My Past
as Grandpa Pemberton
This Love of Ours
as Dr. Wilkerson
Too Young to Know
as Judge Boller
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Grandpa
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Dr. Bertram Charles
Kismet
as Agha
The Impatient Years
as Minister
Music for Millions
as Doctor
Jack London
as Prof. Hilliard
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
Government Girl
as Senator MacVickers
December 7th
as Mr. 'C'
Gangway for Tomorrow
as Fred Taylor
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Arthur Davies
Princess O'Rourke
as Supreme Court Judge
Shantytown
as 'Doc' Herndon
Headin' for God's Country
as Clem Adams
We've Never Been Licked
as Pop Lambert
Tales of Manhattan
as Professor Lyons
Larceny, Inc.
as Homer Bigelow
Kings Row
as Colonel Skeffington
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Amos Kidder
One Foot in Heaven
as Elias Samson
The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Pop Tolliver
Hurricane Smith
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
Meet John Doe
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
I Wanted Wings
as 'Sandbags' Riley
Earl of Puddlestone
as Grandpa Ed Carson
All This, and Heaven Too
as Pierre
I Want a Divorce
as Grandpa Brokaw
Foreign Correspondent
as Mr. Powers
Granny Get Your Gun
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
Grandpa Goes To Town
as Grandpa
Lucky Partners
as Judge
Too Many Husbands
as George
Gone with the Wind
as Dr. Meade
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as King Louis XI
The Covered Trailer
as Grandpa Ed Carson
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Judge Rider
Exile Express
as Dr. Hite
Tail Spin
as T.P. Lester
The Long Shot
as Henry Sharon
Made for Each Other
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
Juarez
as Dr. Samuel Basch
Should Husbands Work?
as Grandpa Higgins
Money To Burn
as Grandpa Ed Carson
My Wife's Relatives
as Grandpa Ed Carson
Death of a Champion
as Guy Lanyard
Reckless Living
as 'General' Jeff
Man-Proof
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
as Pop, Caretaker
Saleslady
as Miles Cannon
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Dr. Parsons
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
Young Fugitives
as Joel Bentham
The First Hundred Years
as Uncle Dawson
The Sisters
as Doc Moore
The Higgins Family
as Grandpa William Jordan
Marie Antoinette
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
They Won't Forget
as Confederate Soldier
First Lady
as Charles
The Perfect Specimen
as Carl Carter
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Doc Quinn
Paradise Express
as Jed Carson
Fit for a King
as Archduke Julio
Armored Car
as Pop Logan
Wells Fargo
as Ingalls, banker
Radio Patrol
as John P. Adams, inventor
Her Husband's Secretary
as Dan Kingdon
Fly Away Baby
as Colonel Higgam
White Bondage
as Pop Craig
The Life of Emile Zola
as Chief of Staff
Under Cover of Night
as Dr. Reed
As Good as Married
as Jessup
King of Hockey
as Tom McKenna
The Case of the Black Cat
as Peter Laxter
The Scoundrel
as Slezack
No More West
as Judge
Get That Venus
as Mr. Rendleby
The Campus Mystery
1932
The Campus Mystery
as Dean Perry
His Woman
as Customs Inspector
My Sin
as Roger Metcalf
Her Unborn Child
as Dr. Remington
The Unknown Quantity
as Septimus Kinsolving
A Girl at Bay
as Frank Galt
Dawn
as Daniel Burton
The Planter
as Short
Sowers and Reapers
as Henry Ainsworth
Tillie Wakes Up
Director
A Woman Alone
Director
The Wheel of the Law
as John Daniels
C.O.D.
as C.O. Darlington
Father and the Boys
as Tobias Ford
Damon and Pythias
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)