Harry Davenport

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1866-01-19 (83 years old)

Deathday

1949-08-09

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.

Acting

1944

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Dr. Meade

1943

Jack London

as Prof. Hilliard

1938

Reckless Living

as 'General' Jeff

1939

1940

Earl of Puddlestone

as Grandpa Ed Carson

1939

The Covered Trailer

as Grandpa Ed Carson

1938

Man-Proof

as Hitchhiker (uncredited)

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Prof. Lyons

1947

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Judge Thaddeus Turner

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Dr. Bertram Charles

1949

That Forsyte Woman

as Old Jolyon Forsyte

1949

Little Women

as Dr. Barnes

1947

The Farmer's Daughter

as Dr. Matthew Sulven

1944

Kismet

as Agha

1938

The Rage of Paris

as Pop, Caretaker

1946

Courage of Lassie

as Judge Payson

1945

Adventure

as Dr. Ashton

1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday

1947

Sport of Kings

as Maj. Denning

1937

They Won't Forget

as Confederate Soldier

1942

Larceny, Inc.

as Homer Bigelow

1943

Government Girl

as Senator MacVickers

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Elias Samson

1914

Damon and Pythias

as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)

1943

December 7th

as Mr. 'C'

1943

Gangway for Tomorrow

as Fred Taylor

1937

First Lady

as Charles

1950

Riding High

as Johnson

1948

1937

The Perfect Specimen

as Carl Carter

1948

The Man from Texas

as Pop Hickey

1949

Down to the Sea in Ships

as Benjamin Harris

1944

1938

Saleslady

as Miles Cannon

1945

1947

The Fabulous Texan

as Rev. Baker

1945

Pardon My Past

as Grandpa Pemberton

1944

1945

This Love of Ours

as Dr. Wilkerson

1937

1940

I Want a Divorce

as Grandpa Brokaw

1919

The Unknown Quantity

as Septimus Kinsolving

1936

King of Hockey

as Tom McKenna

1946

Claudia and David

as Dr. Harry

1937

Paradise Express

as Jed Carson

1937

Fit for a King

as Archduke Julio

1947

That Hagen Girl

as Judge Merrivale

1946

Lady Luck

as Judge Martin

1947

Keeper of the Bees

as Michael Worthington

1940

1931

His Woman

as Customs Inspector

1931

My Sin

as Roger Metcalf

1939

Exile Express

as Dr. Hite

1938

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

as Uncle Hannibal Smith

1938

Young Fugitives

as Joel Bentham

1938

1942

Kings Row

as Colonel Skeffington

1948

For the Love of Mary

as Justice Peabody

1937

Armored Car

as Pop Logan

1941

The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Pop Tolliver

1937

Wells Fargo

as Ingalls, banker

1939

Tail Spin

as T.P. Lester

1946

Faithful in My Fashion

as Great Grandpa

1948

The Decision of Christopher Blake

as Courtroom Attendant

1937

Radio Patrol

as John P. Adams, inventor

1936

1940

Granny Get Your Gun

as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson

1939

The Long Shot

as Henry Sharon

1939

Made for Each Other

as Dr. Healy (uncredited)

1939

Juarez

as Dr. Samuel Basch

1937

1941

Hurricane Smith

as Robert Ingersoll Reed

1939

Should Husbands Work?

as Grandpa Higgins

1935

The Scoundrel

as Slezack

1946

G.I. War Brides

as Grandpa Giles

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

as Arthur Davies

1937

Fly Away Baby

as Colonel Higgam

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as Supreme Court Judge

1938

The Sisters

as Doc Moore

1937

White Bondage

as Pop Craig

1939

Money To Burn

as Grandpa Ed Carson

1938

The Higgins Family

as Grandpa William Jordan

1939

My Wife's Relatives

as Grandpa Ed Carson

1940

1945

Too Young to Know

as Judge Boller

1943

Shantytown

as 'Doc' Herndon

1940

1940

1937

The Life of Emile Zola

as Chief of Staff

1947

Stallion Road

as Dr. Stevens

1946

Three Wise Fools

as The Ancient

1937

1946

A Boy and His Dog

as Squire Jim Kirby

1941

Meet John Doe

as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)

1943

1943

1939

Death of a Champion

as Guy Lanyard

1949

Tell It to the Judge

as Judge MacKenzie Meredith

1934

No More West

as Judge

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)

1937

1933

Get That Venus

as Mr. Rendleby

1941

I Wanted Wings

as 'Sandbags' Riley

1916

The Wheel of the Law

as John Daniels

1915

C.O.D.

as C.O. Darlington

1932

The Campus Mystery

as Dean Perry

1915

Father and the Boys

as Tobias Ford

Production

1917

Tillie Wakes Up

as Director

1917

A Woman Alone

as Director

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