Harry Davenport
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1866-01-19
Day of Death
1949-08-09 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
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
as Self (archive footage)
(1950)
Riding High
as Johnson
(1949)
Little Women
as Dr. Barnes
(1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Benjamin Harris
(1949)
Tell It to the Judge
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
(1949)
That Forsyte Woman
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
(1948)
Three Daring Daughters
as Dr. Cannon
(1948)
For the Love of Mary
as Justice Peabody
(1948)
The Man from Texas
as Pop Hickey
(1948)
That Lady in Ermine
as Luigi
(1948)
The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Courtroom Attendant
(1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Judge Thaddeus Turner
(1947)
The Fabulous Texan
as Rev. Baker
(1947)
Stallion Road
as Dr. Stevens
(1947)
Keeper of the Bees
as Michael Worthington
(1947)
The Farmer's Daughter
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
(1947)
That Hagen Girl
as Judge Merrivale
(1947)
Sport of Kings
as Maj. Denning
(1946)
Lady Luck
as Judge Martin
(1946)
Claudia and David
as Dr. Harry
(1946)
Three Wise Fools
as The Ancient
(1946)
Faithful in My Fashion
as Great Grandpa
(1946)
Courage of Lassie
as Judge Payson
(1946)
G.I. War Brides
as Grandpa Giles
(1946)
A Boy and His Dog
as Squire Jim Kirby
(1946)
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
as Gramps
(1945)
The Enchanted Forest
as Old John
(1945)
Adventure
as Dr. Ashton
(1945)
This Love of Ours
as Dr. Wilkerson
(1945)
Too Young to Know
as Judge Boller
(1945)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Albert
(1945)
Pardon My Past
as Grandpa Pemberton
(1944)
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Dr. Bertram Charles
(1944)
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Grandpa
(1944)
Kismet
as Agha
(1944)
Music for Millions
as Doctor
(1944)
The Impatient Years
as Minister
(1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Arthur Davies
(1943)
Jack London
as Prof. Hilliard
(1943)
Gangway for Tomorrow
as Fred Taylor
(1943)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
(1943)
December 7th
as Mr. 'C'
(1943)
Shantytown
as 'Doc' Herndon
(1943)
Princess O'Rourke
as Supreme Court Judge
(1943)
Government Girl
as Senator MacVickers
(1943)
Headin' for God's Country
as Clem Adams
(1943)
We've Never Been Licked
as Pop Lambert
(1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Amos Kidder
(1942)
Tales of Manhattan
as Prof. Lyons
(1942)
Kings Row
as Colonel Skeffington
(1942)
(1942)
Larceny, Inc.
as Homer Bigelow
(1941)
Hurricane Smith
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Elias Samson
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
(1941)
That Uncertain Feeling
as Jones
(1941)
I Wanted Wings
as 'Sandbags' Riley
(1941)
The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Pop Tolliver
(1940)
Earl of Puddlestone
as Grandpa Ed Carson
(1940)
Foreign Correspondent
as Mr. Powers
(1940)
I Want a Divorce
as Grandpa Brokaw
(1940)
Too Many Husbands
as George
(1940)
Grandpa Goes To Town
as Grandpa
(1940)
Granny Get Your Gun
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
(1940)
Lucky Partners
as Judge
(1940)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Pierre
(1940)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Judge
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Dr. Meade
(1939)
Exile Express
as Dr. Hite
(1939)
The Long Shot
as Henry Sharon
(1939)
Tail Spin
as T.P. Lester
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as King Louis XI
(1939)
Juarez
as Dr. Samuel Basch
(1939)
Money To Burn
as Grandpa Ed Carson
(1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Judge Rider
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
(1939)
The Covered Trailer
as Grandpa Ed Carson
(1939)
Death of a Champion
as Guy Lanyard
(1939)
Should Husbands Work?
as Grandpa Higgins
(1939)
My Wife's Relatives
as Grandpa Ed Carson
(1938)
The Rage of Paris
as Pop, Caretaker
(1938)
Reckless Living
as 'General' Jeff
(1938)
Man-Proof
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
(1938)
Young Fugitives
as Joel Bentham
(1938)
The Higgins Family
as Grandpa William Jordan
(1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Judge
(1938)
Saleslady
as Miles Cannon
(1938)
The Sisters
as Doc Moore
(1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Dr. Parsons
(1938)
The First Hundred Years
as Uncle Dawson
(1937)
The Life of Emile Zola
as Chief of Staff
(1937)
Paradise Express
as Jed Carson
(1937)
As Good as Married
as Jessup
(1937)
The Perfect Specimen
as Carl Carter
(1937)
First Lady
as Charles
(1937)
Fly Away Baby
as Colonel Higgam
(1937)
Under Cover of Night
as Dr. Reed
(1937)
Armored Car
as Pop Logan
(1937)
Wells Fargo
as Ingalls, banker
(1937)
Radio Patrol
as John P. Adams, inventor
(1937)
White Bondage
as Pop Craig
(1937)
Fit for a King
as Archduke Julio
(1937)
They Won't Forget
as Confederate Soldier
(1937)
Her Husband's Secretary
as Dan Kingdon
(1937)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Doc Quinn
(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)
My Sin
as Roger Metcalf
(1931)
His Woman
as Customs Inspector
(1930)
Her Unborn Child
as Dr. Remington
(1919)
The Unknown Quantity
as Septimus Kinsolving
(1916)
The Wheel of the Law
as John Daniels
(1915)
C.O.D.
as C.O. Darlington
(1915)
Father and the Boys
as Tobias Ford
(1914)
Damon and Pythias
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
Crew
(1917)
The Millionaire's Double
Director
(1917)
Tillie Wakes Up
Director
(1917)
A Woman Alone
Director
(1916)
For a Woman’s Fair Name
Director