Harry Davenport

Known For: Acting
Born: January 19, 1866
Place of Birth: Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: August 9, 1949

Harry 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.

Filmography

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973 · Self (archive footage)

Riding High

1950 · Johnson

Tell It to the Judge

1949 · Judge MacKenzie Meredith

That Forsyte Woman

1949 · Old Jolyon Forsyte

Little Women

1949 · Dr. Barnes

Down to the Sea in Ships

1949 · Benjamin Harris

The Decision of Christopher Blake

1948 · Courtroom Attendant

For the Love of Mary

1948 · Justice Peabody

That Lady in Ermine

1948 · Luigi

The Man from Texas

1948 · Pop Hickey

Three Daring Daughters

1948 · Dr. Cannon

The Fabulous Texan

1947 · Rev. Baker

That Hagen Girl

1947 · Judge Merrivale

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947 · Thaddeus

Keeper of the Bees

1947 · Michael Worthington

Sport of Kings

1947 · Maj. Denning

Stallion Road

1947 · Dr. Stevens

The Farmer's Daughter

1947 · Dr. Matthew Sulven

A Boy and His Dog

1946 · Squire Jim Kirby

Courage of Lassie

1946 · Judge Payson

Lady Luck

1946 · Judge Martin

Three Wise Fools

1946 · The Ancient

Faithful in My Fashion

1946 · Great Grandpa

G.I. War Brides

1946 · Grandpa Giles

A Boy, a Girl and a Dog

1946 · Gramps

Claudia and David

1946 · Dr. Harry

Adventure

1945 · Dr. Ashton

Pardon My Past

1945 · Grandpa Pemberton

The Enchanted Forest

1945 · Old John

Too Young to Know

1945 · Judge Boller

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945 · Albert

This Love of Ours

1945 · Dr. Wilkerson

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944 · Dr. Bertram Charles

Music for Millions

1944 · Doctor

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944 · Grandpa

Kismet

1944 · Agha

The Impatient Years

1944 · Minister

Jack London

1943 · Prof. Hilliard

Government Girl

1943 · Senator MacVickers

Gangway for Tomorrow

1943 · Fred Taylor

Princess O'Rourke

1943 · Supreme Court Judge

Headin' for God's Country

1943 · Clem Adams

We've Never Been Licked

1943 · Pop Lambert

Shantytown

1943 · 'Doc' Herndon

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 · Arthur Davies

December 7th

1943 · Mr. 'C'

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943 · Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday

Tales of Manhattan

1942 · Professor Lyons

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942 · Bane

Larceny, Inc.

1942 · Homer Bigelow

Kings Row

1942 · Colonel Skeffington

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942 · Amos Kidder

One Foot in Heaven

1941 · Elias Samson

Hurricane Smith

1941 · Robert Ingersoll Reed

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941 · Pop Tolliver

That Uncertain Feeling

1941 · Jones

I Wanted Wings

1941 · 'Sandbags' Riley

Meet John Doe

1941 · Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)

I Want a Divorce

1940 · Grandpa Brokaw

Earl of Puddlestone

1940 · Grandpa Ed Carson

Foreign Correspondent

1940 · Mr. Powers

Lucky Partners

1940 · Judge

All This, and Heaven Too

1940 · Pierre

Grandpa Goes To Town

1940 · Grandpa

Too Many Husbands

1940 · George

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940 · Judge

Granny Get Your Gun

1940 · Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson

Money To Burn

1939 · Grandpa Ed Carson

Gone with the Wind

1939 · Dr. Meade

The Covered Trailer

1939 · Grandpa Ed Carson

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939 · King Louis XI

Death of a Champion

1939 · Guy Lanyard

Should Husbands Work?

1939 · Grandpa Higgins

Juarez

1939 · Dr. Samuel Basch

Exile Express

1939 · Dr. Hite

My Wife's Relatives

1939 · Grandpa Ed Carson

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939 · Judge Rider

Tail Spin

1939 · T.P. Lester

Made for Each Other

1939 · Dr. Healy (uncredited)

The Long Shot

1939 · Henry Sharon

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938 · Uncle Hannibal Smith

The Sisters

1938 · Doc Moore

You Can't Take It with You

1938 · Judge

Marie Antoinette

1938 · Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)

Young Fugitives

1938 · Joel Bentham

The Rage of Paris

1938 · Pop, Caretaker

The Higgins Family

1938 · Grandpa William Jordan

The First Hundred Years

1938 · Uncle Dawson

Reckless Living

1938 · 'General' Jeff

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938 · Dr. Parsons

Saleslady

1938 · Miles Cannon

Man-Proof

1938 · Hitchhiker (uncredited)

Wells Fargo

1937 · Ingalls, banker

First Lady

1937 · Charles

The Perfect Specimen

1937 · Carl Carter

Radio Patrol

1937 · John P. Adams, inventor

The Life of Emile Zola

1937 · Chief of Staff

Fit for a King

1937 · Archduke Julio

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

1937 · Doc Quinn

White Bondage

1937 · Pop Craig

They Won't Forget

1937 · Confederate Soldier

Fly Away Baby

1937 · Colonel Higgam

Armored Car

1937 · Pop Logan

As Good as Married

1937 · Jessup

Her Husband's Secretary

1937 · Dan Kingdon

Paradise Express

1937 · Jed Carson

Under Cover of Night

1937 · Dr. Reed

King of Hockey

1936 · Tom McKenna

The Case of the Black Cat

1936 · Peter Laxter

The Scoundrel

1935 · Slezack

No More West

1934 · Judge

Get That Venus

1933 · Mr. Rendleby

The Campus Mystery

The Campus Mystery

1932 · Dean Perry

His Woman

1931 · Customs Inspector

My Sin

1931 · Roger Metcalf

Her Unborn Child

1930 · Dr. Remington

Dawn

1919 · Daniel Burton

A Girl at Bay

1919 · Frank Galt

The Unknown Quantity

1919 · Septimus Kinsolving

The Planter

1917 · Short

Sowers and Reapers

1917 · Henry Ainsworth

The Millionaire's Double

1917 · Director

Tillie Wakes Up

Tillie Wakes Up

1917 · Director

A Woman Alone

1917 · Director

The Wheel of the Law

1916 · John Daniels

For a Woman’s Fair Name

1916 · Director

Father and the Boys

1915 · Tobias Ford

C.O.D.

1915 · C.O. Darlington

Damon and Pythias

1914 · Phillistus (as H. Davenport)

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