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.

Filmography

Meet Me in St. Louis
Grandpa
Gone with the Wind
Dr. Meade
Jack London
Prof. Hilliard
Reckless Living
'General' Jeff
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
King Louis XI
Earl of Puddlestone
Grandpa Ed Carson
The Covered Trailer
Grandpa Ed Carson
Man-Proof
Hitchhiker (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Judge
Tales of Manhattan
Prof. Lyons
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Judge Thaddeus Turner
The Thin Man Goes Home
Dr. Bertram Charles
That Forsyte Woman
Old Jolyon Forsyte
Little Women
Dr. Barnes
The Farmer's Daughter
Dr. Matthew Sulven
Kismet
Agha
That Uncertain Feeling
Jones
All This, and Heaven Too
Pierre
The Rage of Paris
Pop, Caretaker
Courage of Lassie
Judge Payson
Adventure
Dr. Ashton
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
Sport of Kings
Maj. Denning
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Judge Rider
They Won't Forget
Confederate Soldier
Larceny, Inc.
Homer Bigelow
That Lady in Ermine
Luigi
Government Girl
Senator MacVickers
One Foot in Heaven
Elias Samson
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
Gramps
Damon and Pythias
Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Judge
December 7th
Mr. 'C'
Gangway for Tomorrow
Fred Taylor
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Albert
First Lady
Charles
Riding High
Johnson
Three Daring Daughters
Dr. Cannon
The Perfect Specimen
Carl Carter
The Man from Texas
Pop Hickey
Down to the Sea in Ships
Benjamin Harris
The Impatient Years
Minister
Saleslady
Miles Cannon
The Enchanted Forest
Old John
The Fabulous Texan
Rev. Baker
Pardon My Past
Grandpa Pemberton
Music for Millions
Doctor
This Love of Ours
Dr. Wilkerson
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Bane
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Doc Quinn
I Want a Divorce
Grandpa Brokaw
The Unknown Quantity
Septimus Kinsolving
King of Hockey
Tom McKenna
Claudia and David
Dr. Harry
Paradise Express
Jed Carson
Fit for a King
Archduke Julio
That Hagen Girl
Judge Merrivale
Lady Luck
Judge Martin
Keeper of the Bees
Michael Worthington
Foreign Correspondent
Mr. Powers
His Woman
Customs Inspector
My Sin
Roger Metcalf
Exile Express
Dr. Hite
Gold Is Where You Find It
Dr. Parsons
The Cowboy and the Lady
Uncle Hannibal Smith
Young Fugitives
Joel Bentham
The First Hundred Years
Uncle Dawson
Kings Row
Colonel Skeffington
For the Love of Mary
Justice Peabody
Armored Car
Pop Logan
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Pop Tolliver
Wells Fargo
Ingalls, banker
Tail Spin
T.P. Lester
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Amos Kidder
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
Faithful in My Fashion
Great Grandpa
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Courtroom Attendant
Radio Patrol
John P. Adams, inventor
The Case of the Black Cat
Peter Laxter
Granny Get Your Gun
Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
The Long Shot
Henry Sharon
Made for Each Other
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
Juarez
Dr. Samuel Basch
Her Husband's Secretary
Dan Kingdon
Hurricane Smith
Robert Ingersoll Reed
Should Husbands Work?
Grandpa Higgins
The Scoundrel
Slezack
G.I. War Brides
Grandpa Giles
The Ox-Bow Incident
Arthur Davies
Fly Away Baby
Colonel Higgam
Princess O'Rourke
Supreme Court Judge
The Sisters
Doc Moore
White Bondage
Pop Craig
Money To Burn
Grandpa Ed Carson
The Higgins Family
Grandpa William Jordan
My Wife's Relatives
Grandpa Ed Carson
Grandpa Goes To Town
Grandpa
Too Young to Know
Judge Boller
Shantytown
'Doc' Herndon
Lucky Partners
Judge
Too Many Husbands
George
The Life of Emile Zola
Chief of Staff
Stallion Road
Dr. Stevens
Three Wise Fools
The Ancient
Under Cover of Night
Dr. Reed
A Boy and His Dog
Squire Jim Kirby
Meet John Doe
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
Clem Adams
We've Never Been Licked
Pop Lambert
Death of a Champion
Guy Lanyard
Tell It to the Judge
Judge MacKenzie Meredith
No More West
Judge
Marie Antoinette
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
As Good as Married
Jessup
Get That Venus
Mr. Rendleby
I Wanted Wings
'Sandbags' Riley
The Wheel of the Law
John Daniels
C.O.D.
C.O. Darlington