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Harry Davenport

Harry Davenport

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

19/01/1866

Day of Death

09/08/1949
(83) years old

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

Riding High

Riding High

Tell It to the Judge

Tell It to the Judge

That Forsyte Woman

That Forsyte Woman

Little Women

Little Women

Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships

The Decision of Christopher Blake

The Decision of Christopher Blake

For the Love of Mary

For the Love of Mary

That Lady in Ermine

That Lady in Ermine

The Man from Texas

The Man from Texas

Filmography

Cast

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Mi...

as Self (archive footage)

1950

Riding High

as Johnson

1949

Tell It to the Judge

as Judge MacKenzie Meredith

1949

That Forsyte Woman

as Old Jolyon Forsyte

1949

Little Women

as Dr. Barnes

1949

Down to the Sea in Ships

as Benjamin Harris

1948

The Decision of Christopher Blake

as Courtroom Attendant

1948

For the Love of Mary

as Justice Peabody

1948

That Lady in Ermine

as Luigi

1948

The Man from Texas

as Pop Hickey

1948

Three Daring Daughters

as Dr. Cannon

1947

The Fabulous Texan

as Rev. Baker

1947

That Hagen Girl

as Judge Merrivale

1947

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Judge Thaddeus Turner

1947

Keeper of the Bees

as Michael Worthington

1947

Sport of Kings

as Maj. Denning

1947

Stallion Road

as Dr. Stevens

1947

The Farmer's Daughter

as Dr. Matthew Sulven

1946

A Boy and His Dog

as Squire Jim Kirby

1946

Courage of Lassie

as Judge Payson

1946

Lady Luck

as Judge Martin

1946

Three Wise Fools

as The Ancient

1946

Faithful in My Fashion

as Great Grandpa

1946

G.I. War Brides

as Grandpa Giles

1946

A Boy, a Girl and a Dog

as Gramps

1946

Claudia and David

as Dr. Harry

1945

Adventure

as Dr. Ashton

1945

Pardon My Past

as Grandpa Pemberton

1945

The Enchanted Forest

as Old John

1945

Too Young to Know

as Judge Boller

1945

She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Albert

1945

This Love of Ours

as Dr. Wilkerson

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Dr. Bertram Charles

1944

Music for Millions

as Doctor

1944

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Grandpa

1944

Kismet

as Agha

1944

The Impatient Years

as Minister

1943

Jack London

as Prof. Hilliard

1943

Government Girl

as Senator MacVickers

1943

Gangway for Tomorrow

as Fred Taylor

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as Supreme Court Judge

1943

Headin' for God's Country

as Clem Adams

1943

We've Never Been Licked

as Pop Lambert

1943

Shantytown

as 'Doc' Herndon

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

as Arthur Davies

1943

December 7th

as Mr. 'C'

1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Professor Lyons

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

as Bane

1942

Larceny, Inc.

as Homer Bigelow

1942

Kings Row

as Colonel Skeffington

1942

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Amos Kidder

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Elias Samson

1941

Hurricane Smith

as Robert Ingersoll Reed

1941

The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Pop Tolliver

1941

That Uncertain Feeling

as Jones

1941

I Wanted Wings

as 'Sandbags' Riley

1941

Meet John Doe

as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)

1940

I Want a Divorce

as Grandpa Brokaw

1940

Earl of Puddlestone

as Grandpa Ed Carson

1940

Foreign Correspondent

as Mr. Powers

1940

Lucky Partners

as Judge

1940

All This, and Heaven Too

as Pierre

1940

Grandpa Goes To Town

as Grandpa

1940

Too Many Husbands

as George

1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

as Judge

1940

Granny Get Your Gun

as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson

1939

Money To Burn

as Grandpa Ed Carson

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Dr. Meade

1939

The Covered Trailer

as Grandpa Ed Carson

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as King Louis XI

1939

Death of a Champion

as Guy Lanyard

1939

Should Husbands Work?

as Grandpa Higgins

1939

Juarez

as Dr. Samuel Basch

1939

Exile Express

as Dr. Hite

1939

My Wife's Relatives

as Grandpa Ed Carson

1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

as Judge Rider

1939

Tail Spin

as T.P. Lester

1939

Made for Each Other

as Dr. Healy (uncredited)

1939

The Long Shot

as Henry Sharon

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

as Uncle Hannibal Smith

1938

The Sisters

as Doc Moore

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Judge

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)

1938

Young Fugitives

as Joel Bentham

1938

The Rage of Paris

as Pop, Caretaker

1938

The Higgins Family

as Grandpa William Jordan

1938

The First Hundred Years

as Uncle Dawson

1938

Reckless Living

as 'General' Jeff

1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

as Dr. Parsons

1938

Saleslady

as Miles Cannon

1938

Man-Proof

as Hitchhiker (uncredited)

1937

Wells Fargo

as Ingalls, banker

1937

First Lady

as Charles

1937

The Perfect Specimen

as Carl Carter

1937

Radio Patrol

as John P. Adams, inventor

1937

The Life of Emile Zola

as Chief of Staff

1937

Fit for a King

as Archduke Julio

1937

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

as Doc Quinn

1937

White Bondage

as Pop Craig

1937

They Won't Forget

as Confederate Soldier

1937

Fly Away Baby

as Colonel Higgam

1937

Armored Car

as Pop Logan

1937

As Good as Married

as Jessup

1937

Her Husband's Secretary

as Dan Kingdon

1937

Paradise Express

as Jed Carson

1937

Under Cover of Night

as Dr. Reed

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

His Woman

as Customs Inspector

1931

My Sin

as Roger Metcalf

1930

Her Unborn Child

as Dr. Remington

1919

A Girl at Bay

as Frank Galt

1919

The Unknown Quantity

as Septimus Kinsolving

1917

The Planter

as Short

1917

Sowers and Reapers

as Henry Ainsworth

1916

The Wheel of the Law

as John Daniels

1915

Father and the Boys

as Tobias Ford

1915

C.O.D.

as C.O. Darlington

1914

Damon and Pythias

as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)

Crew

1917

The Millionaire's Double

as Director

1917

Tillie Wakes Up

as Director

1917

A Woman Alone

as Director

1916

For a Woman’s Fair Name

as Director