
Harry Davenport
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 19, 1866
- Died
- August 9, 1949 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
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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Filmography

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Riding High
Movie · as Johnson

That Forsyte Woman
Movie · as Old Jolyon Forsyte

Little Women
Movie · as Dr. Barnes

Down to the Sea in Ships
Movie · as Benjamin Harris

Tell It to the Judge
Movie · as Judge MacKenzie Meredith

That Lady in Ermine
Movie · as Luigi

Three Daring Daughters
Movie · as Dr. Cannon

The Man from Texas
Movie · as Pop Hickey

For the Love of Mary
Movie · as Justice Peabody

The Decision of Christopher Blake
Movie · as Courtroom Attendant

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Movie · as Thaddeus

The Farmer's Daughter
Movie · as Dr. Matthew Sulven

Sport of Kings
Movie · as Maj. Denning

The Fabulous Texan
Movie · as Rev. Baker

That Hagen Girl
Movie · as Judge Merrivale

Keeper of the Bees
Movie · as Michael Worthington

Stallion Road
Movie · as Dr. Stevens

Courage of Lassie
Movie · as Judge Payson

A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
Movie · as Gramps

Claudia and David
Movie · as Dr. Harry

Lady Luck
Movie · as Judge Martin

Faithful in My Fashion
Movie · as Great Grandpa

G.I. War Brides
Movie · as Grandpa Giles

Three Wise Fools
Movie · as The Ancient

A Boy and His Dog
Movie · as Squire Jim Kirby

Adventure
Movie · as Dr. Ashton

She Wouldn't Say Yes
Movie · as Albert

The Enchanted Forest
Movie · as Old John

Pardon My Past
Movie · as Grandpa Pemberton

This Love of Ours
Movie · as Dr. Wilkerson

Too Young to Know
Movie · as Judge Boller

Meet Me in St. Louis
Movie · as Grandpa

The Thin Man Goes Home
Movie · as Dr. Bertram Charles

Kismet
Movie · as Agha

The Impatient Years
Movie · as Minister

Music for Millions
Movie · as Doctor

Jack London
Movie · as Prof. Hilliard

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie · as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday

Government Girl
Movie · as Senator MacVickers

December 7th
Movie · as Mr. 'C'

Gangway for Tomorrow
Movie · as Fred Taylor

The Ox-Bow Incident
Movie · as Arthur Davies

Princess O'Rourke
Movie · as Supreme Court Judge

Shantytown
Movie · as 'Doc' Herndon

Headin' for God's Country
Movie · as Clem Adams

We've Never Been Licked
Movie · as Pop Lambert

Tales of Manhattan
Movie · as Professor Lyons

Larceny, Inc.
Movie · as Homer Bigelow

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Movie · as Bane

Kings Row
Movie · as Colonel Skeffington

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Movie · as Amos Kidder

That Uncertain Feeling
Movie · as Jones

One Foot in Heaven
Movie · as Elias Samson

The Bride Came C.O.D.
Movie · as Pop Tolliver

Hurricane Smith
Movie · as Robert Ingersoll Reed

Meet John Doe
Movie · as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)

I Wanted Wings
Movie · as 'Sandbags' Riley

Earl of Puddlestone
Movie · as Grandpa Ed Carson

All This, and Heaven Too
Movie · as Pierre

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Movie · as Judge

I Want a Divorce
Movie · as Grandpa Brokaw

Foreign Correspondent
Movie · as Mr. Powers

Granny Get Your Gun
Movie · as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson

Grandpa Goes To Town
Movie · as Grandpa

Lucky Partners
Movie · as Judge

Too Many Husbands
Movie · as George

Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Dr. Meade

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · as King Louis XI

The Covered Trailer
Movie · as Grandpa Ed Carson

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Movie · as Judge Rider

Exile Express
Movie · as Dr. Hite

Tail Spin
Movie · as T.P. Lester

The Long Shot
Movie · as Henry Sharon

Made for Each Other
Movie · as Dr. Healy (uncredited)

Juarez
Movie · as Dr. Samuel Basch

Should Husbands Work?
Movie · as Grandpa Higgins

Money To Burn
Movie · as Grandpa Ed Carson

My Wife's Relatives
Movie · as Grandpa Ed Carson

Death of a Champion
Movie · as Guy Lanyard

Reckless Living
Movie · as 'General' Jeff

Man-Proof
Movie · as Hitchhiker (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You
Movie · as Judge

The Rage of Paris
Movie · as Pop, Caretaker

Saleslady
Movie · as Miles Cannon

Gold Is Where You Find It
Movie · as Dr. Parsons

The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie · as Uncle Hannibal Smith

Young Fugitives
Movie · as Joel Bentham

The First Hundred Years
Movie · as Uncle Dawson

The Sisters
Movie · as Doc Moore

The Higgins Family
Movie · as Grandpa William Jordan

Marie Antoinette
Movie · as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)

They Won't Forget
Movie · as Confederate Soldier

First Lady
Movie · as Charles

The Perfect Specimen
Movie · as Carl Carter

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Movie · as Doc Quinn

Paradise Express
Movie · as Jed Carson

Fit for a King
Movie · as Archduke Julio

Armored Car
Movie · as Pop Logan

Wells Fargo
Movie · as Ingalls, banker

Radio Patrol
Movie · as John P. Adams, inventor

Her Husband's Secretary
Movie · as Dan Kingdon

Fly Away Baby
Movie · as Colonel Higgam

White Bondage
Movie · as Pop Craig

The Life of Emile Zola
Movie · as Chief of Staff

Under Cover of Night
Movie · as Dr. Reed

As Good as Married
Movie · as Jessup

King of Hockey
Movie · as Tom McKenna

The Case of the Black Cat
Movie · as Peter Laxter

The Scoundrel
Movie · as Slezack

No More West
Movie · as Judge

Get That Venus
Movie · as Mr. Rendleby
The Campus Mystery
Movie · as Dean Perry

His Woman
Movie · as Customs Inspector

My Sin
Movie · as Roger Metcalf

Her Unborn Child
Movie · as Dr. Remington

The Unknown Quantity
Movie · as Septimus Kinsolving

A Girl at Bay
Movie · as Frank Galt

Dawn
Movie · as Daniel Burton

The Planter
Movie · as Short

Sowers and Reapers
Movie · as Henry Ainsworth

The Wheel of the Law
Movie · as John Daniels

C.O.D.
Movie · as C.O. Darlington

Father and the Boys
Movie · as Tobias Ford

Damon and Pythias
Movie · as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)



