Acting
Harry Davenport
Acting · Born 1866-01-19 · Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Credits · 122
FilmThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973 · Self (archive footage)
FilmRiding High
1950 · Johnson
FilmTell It to the Judge
1949 · Judge MacKenzie Meredith
FilmThat Forsyte Woman
1949 · Old Jolyon Forsyte
FilmLittle Women
1949 · Dr. Barnes
FilmDown to the Sea in Ships
1949 · Benjamin Harris
FilmThe Decision of Christopher Blake
1948 · Courtroom Attendant
FilmFor the Love of Mary
1948 · Justice Peabody
FilmThat Lady in Ermine
1948 · Luigi
FilmThe Man from Texas
1948 · Pop Hickey
FilmThree Daring Daughters
1948 · Dr. Cannon
FilmThe Fabulous Texan
1947 · Rev. Baker
FilmThat Hagen Girl
1947 · Judge Merrivale
FilmThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Thaddeus
FilmKeeper of the Bees
1947 · Michael Worthington
FilmSport of Kings
1947 · Maj. Denning
FilmStallion Road
1947 · Dr. Stevens
FilmThe Farmer's Daughter
1947 · Dr. Matthew Sulven
FilmA Boy and His Dog
1946 · Squire Jim Kirby
FilmCourage of Lassie
1946 · Judge Payson
FilmLady Luck
1946 · Judge Martin
FilmThree Wise Fools
1946 · The Ancient
FilmFaithful in My Fashion
1946 · Great Grandpa
FilmG.I. War Brides
1946 · Grandpa Giles
FilmA Boy, a Girl and a Dog
1946 · Gramps
FilmClaudia and David
1946 · Dr. Harry
FilmAdventure
1945 · Dr. Ashton
FilmPardon My Past
1945 · Grandpa Pemberton
FilmThe Enchanted Forest
1945 · Old John
FilmToo Young to Know
1945 · Judge Boller
FilmShe Wouldn't Say Yes
1945 · Albert
FilmThis Love of Ours
1945 · Dr. Wilkerson
FilmThe Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Dr. Bertram Charles
FilmMusic for Millions
1944 · Doctor
FilmMeet Me in St. Louis
1944 · Grandpa
FilmKismet
1944 · Agha
FilmThe Impatient Years
1944 · Minister
FilmJack London
1943 · Prof. Hilliard
FilmGovernment Girl
1943 · Senator MacVickers
FilmGangway for Tomorrow
1943 · Fred Taylor
FilmPrincess O'Rourke
1943 · Supreme Court Judge
FilmHeadin' for God's Country
1943 · Clem Adams
FilmWe've Never Been Licked
1943 · Pop Lambert
FilmShantytown
1943 · 'Doc' Herndon
FilmThe Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Arthur Davies
FilmDecember 7th
1943 · Mr. 'C'
FilmThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943 · Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
FilmTales of Manhattan
1942 · Professor Lyons
FilmTen Gentlemen from West Point
1942 · Bane
FilmLarceny, Inc.
1942 · Homer Bigelow
FilmKings Row
1942 · Colonel Skeffington
FilmSon of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942 · Amos Kidder
FilmOne Foot in Heaven
1941 · Elias Samson
FilmHurricane Smith
1941 · Robert Ingersoll Reed
FilmThe Bride Came C.O.D.
1941 · Pop Tolliver
FilmThat Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Jones
FilmI Wanted Wings
1941 · 'Sandbags' Riley
FilmMeet John Doe
1941 · Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
FilmI Want a Divorce
1940 · Grandpa Brokaw
FilmEarl of Puddlestone
1940 · Grandpa Ed Carson
FilmForeign Correspondent
1940 · Mr. Powers
FilmLucky Partners
1940 · Judge
FilmAll This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Pierre
FilmGrandpa Goes To Town
1940 · Grandpa
FilmToo Many Husbands
1940 · George
FilmDr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940 · Judge
FilmGranny Get Your Gun
1940 · Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
FilmMoney To Burn
1939 · Grandpa Ed Carson
FilmGone with the Wind
1939 · Dr. Meade
FilmThe Covered Trailer
1939 · Grandpa Ed Carson
FilmThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · King Louis XI
FilmDeath of a Champion
1939 · Guy Lanyard
FilmShould Husbands Work?
1939 · Grandpa Higgins
FilmJuarez
1939 · Dr. Samuel Basch
FilmExile Express
1939 · Dr. Hite
FilmMy Wife's Relatives
1939 · Grandpa Ed Carson
FilmThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 · Judge Rider
FilmTail Spin
1939 · T.P. Lester
FilmMade for Each Other
1939 · Dr. Healy (uncredited)
FilmThe Long Shot
1939 · Henry Sharon
FilmThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Uncle Hannibal Smith
FilmThe Sisters
1938 · Doc Moore
FilmYou Can't Take It with You
1938 · Judge
FilmMarie Antoinette
1938 · Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
FilmYoung Fugitives
1938 · Joel Bentham
FilmThe Rage of Paris
1938 · Pop, Caretaker
FilmThe Higgins Family
1938 · Grandpa William Jordan
FilmThe First Hundred Years
1938 · Uncle Dawson
FilmReckless Living
1938 · 'General' Jeff
FilmGold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Dr. Parsons
FilmSaleslady
1938 · Miles Cannon
FilmMan-Proof
1938 · Hitchhiker (uncredited)
FilmWells Fargo
1937 · Ingalls, banker
FilmFirst Lady
1937 · Charles
FilmThe Perfect Specimen
1937 · Carl Carter
FilmRadio Patrol
1937 · John P. Adams, inventor
FilmThe Life of Emile Zola
1937 · Chief of Staff
FilmFit for a King
1937 · Archduke Julio
FilmMr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937 · Doc Quinn
FilmWhite Bondage
1937 · Pop Craig
FilmThey Won't Forget
1937 · Confederate Soldier
FilmFly Away Baby
1937 · Colonel Higgam
FilmArmored Car
1937 · Pop Logan
FilmAs Good as Married
1937 · Jessup
FilmHer Husband's Secretary
1937 · Dan Kingdon
FilmParadise Express
1937 · Jed Carson
FilmUnder Cover of Night
1937 · Dr. Reed
FilmKing of Hockey
1936 · Tom McKenna
FilmThe Case of the Black Cat
1936 · Peter Laxter
FilmThe Scoundrel
1935 · Slezack
FilmNo More West
1934 · Judge
FilmGet That Venus
1933 · Mr. Rendleby
The Campus Mystery
FilmThe Campus Mystery
1932 · Dean Perry
FilmHis Woman
1931 · Customs Inspector
FilmMy Sin
1931 · Roger Metcalf
FilmHer Unborn Child
1930 · Dr. Remington
FilmDawn
1919 · Daniel Burton
FilmThe Unknown Quantity
1919 · Septimus Kinsolving
FilmTillie Wakes Up
1917 · Director
FilmThe Wheel of the Law
1916 · John Daniels
FilmFor a Woman’s Fair Name
1916 · Director
FilmDamon and Pythias
1914 · Phillistus (as H. Davenport)