Harry Davenport
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 19, 1866
- Died
- August 9, 1949
- Birthplace
- Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
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
as Self (archive footage)
Riding High 1950
as Johnson
Tell It to the Judge 1949
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
That Forsyte Woman 1949
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
Little Women 1949
as Dr. Barnes
Down to the Sea in Ships 1949
as Benjamin Harris
The Decision of Christopher Blake 1948
as Courtroom Attendant
For the Love of Mary 1948
as Justice Peabody
That Lady in Ermine 1948
as Luigi
The Man from Texas 1948
as Pop Hickey
Three Daring Daughters 1948
as Dr. Cannon
The Fabulous Texan 1947
as Rev. Baker
That Hagen Girl 1947
as Judge Merrivale
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947
as Thaddeus
Keeper of the Bees 1947
as Michael Worthington
Sport of Kings 1947
as Maj. Denning
Stallion Road 1947
as Dr. Stevens
The Farmer's Daughter 1947
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
A Boy and His Dog 1946
as Squire Jim Kirby
Courage of Lassie 1946
as Judge Payson
Lady Luck 1946
as Judge Martin
Three Wise Fools 1946
as The Ancient
Faithful in My Fashion 1946
as Great Grandpa
G.I. War Brides 1946
as Grandpa Giles
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog 1946
as Gramps
Claudia and David 1946
as Dr. Harry
Adventure 1945
as Dr. Ashton
Pardon My Past 1945
as Grandpa Pemberton
The Enchanted Forest 1945
as Old John
Too Young to Know 1945
as Judge Boller
She Wouldn't Say Yes 1945
as Albert
This Love of Ours 1945
as Dr. Wilkerson
The Thin Man Goes Home 1944
as Dr. Bertram Charles
Music for Millions 1944
as Doctor
Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
as Grandpa
Kismet 1944
as Agha
The Impatient Years 1944
as Minister
Jack London 1943
as Prof. Hilliard
Government Girl 1943
as Senator MacVickers
Gangway for Tomorrow 1943
as Fred Taylor
Princess O'Rourke 1943
as Supreme Court Judge
Headin' for God's Country 1943
as Clem Adams
We've Never Been Licked 1943
as Pop Lambert
Shantytown 1943
as 'Doc' Herndon
The Ox-Bow Incident 1943
as Arthur Davies
December 7th 1943
as Mr. 'C'
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday 1943
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
Tales of Manhattan 1942
as Professor Lyons
Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942
as Bane
Larceny, Inc. 1942
as Homer Bigelow
Kings Row 1942
as Colonel Skeffington
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942
as Amos Kidder
One Foot in Heaven 1941
as Elias Samson
Hurricane Smith 1941
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
The Bride Came C.O.D. 1941
as Pop Tolliver
That Uncertain Feeling 1941
as Jones
I Wanted Wings 1941
as 'Sandbags' Riley
Meet John Doe 1941
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
I Want a Divorce 1940
as Grandpa Brokaw
Earl of Puddlestone 1940
as Grandpa Ed Carson
Foreign Correspondent 1940
as Mr. Powers
Lucky Partners 1940
as Judge
All This, and Heaven Too 1940
as Pierre
Grandpa Goes To Town 1940
as Grandpa
Too Many Husbands 1940
as George
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 1940
as Judge
Granny Get Your Gun 1940
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
Money To Burn 1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
Gone with the Wind 1939
as Dr. Meade
The Covered Trailer 1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939
as King Louis XI
Death of a Champion 1939
as Guy Lanyard
Should Husbands Work? 1939
as Grandpa Higgins
Juarez 1939
as Dr. Samuel Basch
Exile Express 1939
as Dr. Hite
My Wife's Relatives 1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939
as Judge Rider
Tail Spin 1939
as T.P. Lester
Made for Each Other 1939
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
The Long Shot 1939
as Henry Sharon
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
The Sisters 1938
as Doc Moore
You Can't Take It with You 1938
as Judge
Marie Antoinette 1938
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Young Fugitives 1938
as Joel Bentham
The Rage of Paris 1938
as Pop, Caretaker
The Higgins Family 1938
as Grandpa William Jordan
The First Hundred Years 1938
as Uncle Dawson
Reckless Living 1938
as 'General' Jeff
Gold Is Where You Find It 1938
as Dr. Parsons
Saleslady 1938
as Miles Cannon
Man-Proof 1938
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Wells Fargo 1937
as Ingalls, banker
First Lady 1937
as Charles
The Perfect Specimen 1937
as Carl Carter
Radio Patrol 1937
as John P. Adams, inventor
The Life of Emile Zola 1937
as Chief of Staff
Fit for a King 1937
as Archduke Julio
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air 1937
as Doc Quinn
White Bondage 1937
as Pop Craig
They Won't Forget 1937
as Confederate Soldier
Fly Away Baby 1937
as Colonel Higgam
Armored Car 1937
as Pop Logan
As Good as Married 1937
as Jessup
Her Husband's Secretary 1937
as Dan Kingdon
Paradise Express 1937
as Jed Carson
Under Cover of Night 1937
as Dr. Reed
King of Hockey 1936
as Tom McKenna
The Case of the Black Cat 1936
as Peter Laxter
The Scoundrel 1935
as Slezack
No More West 1934
as Judge
Get That Venus 1933
as Mr. Rendleby
- The Campus Mystery
The Campus Mystery 1932
as Dean Perry
His Woman 1931
as Customs Inspector
My Sin 1931
as Roger Metcalf
Her Unborn Child 1930
as Dr. Remington
Dawn 1919
as Daniel Burton
A Girl at Bay 1919
as Frank Galt
The Unknown Quantity 1919
as Septimus Kinsolving
The Planter 1917
as Short
Sowers and Reapers 1917
as Henry Ainsworth
The Millionaire's Double 1917
Director
Tillie Wakes Up 1917
Director
A Woman Alone 1917
Director
The Wheel of the Law 1916
as John Daniels
For a Woman’s Fair Name 1916
Director
Father and the Boys 1915
as Tobias Ford
C.O.D. 1915
as C.O. Darlington
Damon and Pythias 1914
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
Credits from TMDB.