Acting

Harry Davenport

Born 1866-01-19 · Canton, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 1949-08-09

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.

Credits

Newest first

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Riding High
as Johnson
1950
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
1949
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
1948
The Fabulous Texan
as Rev. Baker
1947
That Hagen Girl
as Judge Merrivale
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Thaddeus
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
1947
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
1946
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
1945
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
1944
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
1943
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
1942
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)
1941
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
1940
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
1939