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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 19, 1866
Place of Birth:
Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage) |
| 1950 | Riding High | Johnson |
| 1949 | That Forsyte Woman | Old Jolyon Forsyte |
| 1949 | Little Women | Dr. Barnes |
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Benjamin Harris |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Judge MacKenzie Meredith |
| 1948 | That Lady in Ermine | Luigi |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Dr. Cannon |
| 1948 | The Man from Texas | Pop Hickey |
| 1948 | For the Love of Mary | Justice Peabody |
| 1948 | The Decision of Christopher Blake | Courtroom Attendant |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Judge Thaddeus Turner |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter | Dr. Matthew Sulven |
| 1947 | Sport of Kings | Maj. Denning |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Texan | Rev. Baker |
| 1947 | That Hagen Girl | Judge Merrivale |
| 1947 | Keeper of the Bees | Michael Worthington |
| 1947 | Stallion Road | Dr. Stevens |
| 1946 | Courage of Lassie | Judge Payson |
| 1946 | A Boy, a Girl and a Dog | Gramps |
| 1946 | Claudia and David | Dr. Harry |
| 1946 | Lady Luck | Judge Martin |
| 1946 | Faithful in My Fashion | Great Grandpa |
| 1946 | G.I. War Brides | Grandpa Giles |
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools | The Ancient |
| 1946 | A Boy and His Dog | Squire Jim Kirby |
| 1945 | Adventure | Dr. Ashton |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Albert |
| 1945 | The Enchanted Forest | Old John |
| 1945 | Pardon My Past | Grandpa Pemberton |
| 1945 | This Love of Ours | Dr. Wilkerson |
| 1945 | Too Young to Know | Judge Boller |
| 1944 | Meet Me in St. Louis | Grandpa |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home | Dr. Bertram Charles |
| 1944 | Kismet | Agha |
| 1944 | The Impatient Years | Minister |
| 1944 | Music for Millions | Doctor |
| 1943 | Jack London | Prof. Hilliard |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday |
| 1943 | Government Girl | Senator MacVickers |
| 1943 | December 7th | Mr. 'C' |
| 1943 | Gangway for Tomorrow | Fred Taylor |
| 1943 | The Ox-Bow Incident | Arthur Davies |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Supreme Court Judge |
| 1943 | Shantytown | 'Doc' Herndon |
| 1943 | Headin' for God's Country | Clem Adams |
| 1943 | We've Never Been Licked | Pop Lambert |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Prof. Lyons |
| 1942 | Larceny, Inc. | Homer Bigelow |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Bane |
| 1942 | Kings Row | Colonel Skeffington |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Amos Kidder |
| 1941 | That Uncertain Feeling | Jones |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Elias Samson |
| 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Pop Tolliver |
| 1941 | Hurricane Smith | Robert Ingersoll Reed |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited) |
| 1941 | I Wanted Wings | 'Sandbags' Riley |
| 1940 | Earl of Puddlestone | Grandpa Ed Carson |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too | Pierre |
| 1940 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Judge |
| 1940 | I Want a Divorce | Grandpa Brokaw |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Mr. Powers |
| 1940 | Granny Get Your Gun | Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson |
| 1940 | Grandpa Goes To Town | Grandpa |
| 1940 | Lucky Partners | Judge |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | George |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Dr. Meade |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | King Louis XI |
| 1939 | The Covered Trailer | Grandpa Ed Carson |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Judge Rider |
| 1939 | Exile Express | Dr. Hite |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | T.P. Lester |
| 1939 | The Long Shot | Henry Sharon |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | Dr. Healy (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Juarez | Dr. Samuel Basch |
| 1939 | Should Husbands Work? | Grandpa Higgins |
| 1939 | Money To Burn | Grandpa Ed Carson |
| 1939 | My Wife's Relatives | Grandpa Ed Carson |
| 1939 | Death of a Champion | Guy Lanyard |
| 1938 | Reckless Living | 'General' Jeff |
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Hitchhiker (uncredited) |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Judge |
| 1938 | The Rage of Paris | Pop, Caretaker |
| 1938 | Saleslady | Miles Cannon |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It | Dr. Parsons |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Uncle Hannibal Smith |
| 1938 | Young Fugitives | Joel Bentham |
| 1938 | The First Hundred Years | Uncle Dawson |
| 1938 | The Sisters | Doc Moore |
| 1938 | The Higgins Family | Grandpa William Jordan |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited) |
| 1937 | They Won't Forget | Confederate Soldier |
| 1937 | First Lady | Charles |
| 1937 | The Perfect Specimen | Carl Carter |
| 1937 | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Doc Quinn |
| 1937 | Paradise Express | Jed Carson |
| 1937 | Fit for a King | Archduke Julio |
| 1937 | Armored Car | Pop Logan |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | Ingalls, banker |
| 1937 | Radio Patrol | John P. Adams, inventor |
| 1937 | Her Husband's Secretary | Dan Kingdon |
| 1937 | Fly Away Baby | Colonel Higgam |
| 1937 | White Bondage | Pop Craig |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | Chief of Staff |
| 1937 | Under Cover of Night | Dr. Reed |
| 1937 | As Good as Married | Jessup |
| 1936 | King of Hockey | Tom McKenna |
| 1936 | The Case of the Black Cat | Peter Laxter |
| 1935 | The Scoundrel | Slezack |
| 1934 | No More West | Judge |
| 1933 | Get That Venus | Mr. Rendleby |
| 1932 | The Campus Mystery | Dean Perry |
| 1931 | His Woman | Customs Inspector |
| 1931 | My Sin | Roger Metcalf |
| 1919 | The Unknown Quantity | Septimus Kinsolving |
| 1916 | The Wheel of the Law | John Daniels |
| 1915 | C.O.D. | C.O. Darlington |
| 1914 | Damon and Pythias | Phillistus (as H. Davenport) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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