Actor
Harry Davenport
19 January 1866† 9 August 1949 (aged 83) Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
- Directed
- 4
- Movies
- 125
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
- 1973
- 1950
- Riding High · Film · Johnson
- 1949
- Tell It to the Judge · Film · Judge MacKenzie Meredith
- That Forsyte Woman · Film · Old Jolyon Forsyte
- Little Women · Film · Dr. Barnes
- Down to the Sea in Ships · Film · Benjamin Harris
- 1948
- The Decision of Christopher Blake · Film · Courtroom Attendant
- For the Love of Mary · Film · Justice Peabody
- That Lady in Ermine · Film · Luigi
- The Man from Texas · Film · Pop Hickey
- Three Daring Daughters · Film · Dr. Cannon
- 1947
- The Fabulous Texan · Film · Rev. Baker
- That Hagen Girl · Film · Judge Merrivale
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer · Film · Thaddeus
- Keeper of the Bees · Film · Michael Worthington
- Sport of Kings · Film · Maj. Denning
- Stallion Road · Film · Dr. Stevens
- The Farmer's Daughter · Film · Dr. Matthew Sulven
- 1946
- A Boy and His Dog · Film · Squire Jim Kirby
- Courage of Lassie · Film · Judge Payson
- Lady Luck · Film · Judge Martin
- Three Wise Fools · Film · The Ancient
- Faithful in My Fashion · Film · Great Grandpa
- G.I. War Brides · Film · Grandpa Giles
- A Boy, a Girl and a Dog · Film · Gramps
- Claudia and David · Film · Dr. Harry
- 1945
- Adventure · Film · Dr. Ashton
- Pardon My Past · Film · Grandpa Pemberton
- The Enchanted Forest · Film · Old John
- Too Young to Know · Film · Judge Boller
- She Wouldn't Say Yes · Film · Albert
- This Love of Ours · Film · Dr. Wilkerson
- 1944
- The Thin Man Goes Home · Film · Dr. Bertram Charles
- Music for Millions · Film · Doctor
- Meet Me in St. Louis · Film · Grandpa
- Kismet · Film · Agha
- The Impatient Years · Film · Minister
- 1943
- Jack London · Film · Prof. Hilliard
- Government Girl · Film · Senator MacVickers
- Gangway for Tomorrow · Film · Fred Taylor
- Princess O'Rourke · Film · Supreme Court Judge
- Headin' for God's Country · Film · Clem Adams
- We've Never Been Licked · Film · Pop Lambert
- Shantytown · Film · 'Doc' Herndon
- The Ox-Bow Incident · Film · Arthur Davies
- December 7th · Film · Mr. 'C'
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday · Film · Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
- 1942
- Tales of Manhattan · Film · Professor Lyons
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point · Film · Bane
- Larceny, Inc. · Film · Homer Bigelow
- Kings Row · Film · Colonel Skeffington
- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake · Film · Amos Kidder
- 1941
- One Foot in Heaven · Film · Elias Samson
- Hurricane Smith · Film · Robert Ingersoll Reed
- The Bride Came C.O.D. · Film · Pop Tolliver
- That Uncertain Feeling · Film · Jones
- I Wanted Wings · Film · 'Sandbags' Riley
- Meet John Doe · Film · Former Bulletin Owner
- 1940
- I Want a Divorce · Film · Grandpa Brokaw
- Earl of Puddlestone · Film · Grandpa Ed Carson
- Foreign Correspondent · Film · Mr. Powers
- Lucky Partners · Film · Judge
- All This, and Heaven Too · Film · Pierre
- Grandpa Goes To Town · Film · Grandpa
- Too Many Husbands · Film · George
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet · Film · Judge
- Granny Get Your Gun · Film · Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
- 1939
- Money To Burn · Film · Grandpa Ed Carson
- Gone with the Wind · Film · Dr. Meade
- The Covered Trailer · Film · Grandpa Ed Carson
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame · Film · King Louis XI
- Death of a Champion · Film · Guy Lanyard
- Should Husbands Work? · Film · Grandpa Higgins
- Juarez · Film · Dr. Samuel Basch
- Exile Express · Film · Dr. Hite
- My Wife's Relatives · Film · Grandpa Ed Carson
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell · Film · Judge Rider
- Tail Spin · Film · T.P. Lester
- Made for Each Other · Film · Dr. Healy
- The Long Shot · Film · Henry Sharon
- 1938
- The Cowboy and the Lady · Film · Uncle Hannibal Smith
- The Sisters · Film · Doc Moore
- You Can't Take It with You · Film · Judge
- Marie Antoinette · Film · Monsieur de Cosse
- Young Fugitives · Film · Joel Bentham
- The Rage of Paris · Film · Pop · Caretaker
- The Higgins Family · Film · Grandpa William Jordan
- The First Hundred Years · Film · Uncle Dawson
- Reckless Living · Film · 'General' Jeff
- Gold Is Where You Find It · Film · Dr. Parsons
- Saleslady · Film · Miles Cannon
- Man-Proof · Film · Hitchhiker
- 1937
- Wells Fargo · Film · Ingalls · banker
- First Lady · Film · Charles
- The Perfect Specimen · Film · Carl Carter
- Radio Patrol · Film · John P. Adams · inventor
- The Life of Emile Zola · Film · Chief of Staff
- Fit for a King · Film · Archduke Julio
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air · Film · Doc Quinn
- White Bondage · Film · Pop Craig
- They Won't Forget · Film · Confederate Soldier
- Fly Away Baby · Film · Colonel Higgam
- Armored Car · Film · Pop Logan
- As Good as Married · Film · Jessup
- Her Husband's Secretary · Film · Dan Kingdon
- Paradise Express · Film · Jed Carson
- Under Cover of Night · Film · Dr. Reed
- 1936
- King of Hockey · Film · Tom McKenna
- The Case of the Black Cat · Film · Peter Laxter
- 1935
- The Scoundrel · Film · Slezack
- 1934
- No More West · Film · Judge
- 1933
- Get That Venus · Film · Mr. Rendleby
- 1932
- The Campus Mystery · Film · Dean Perry
- 1931
- 1930
- Her Unborn Child · Film · Dr. Remington
- 1919
- Dawn · Film · Daniel Burton
- A Girl at Bay · Film · Frank Galt
- The Unknown Quantity · Film · Septimus Kinsolving
- 1917
- The Planter · Film · Short
- Sowers and Reapers · Film · Henry Ainsworth
- Tillie Wakes Up · Film · Director
- The Millionaire's Double · Film · Director
- A Woman Alone · Film · Director
- 1916
- The Wheel of the Law · Film · John Daniels
- For a Woman’s Fair Name · Film · Director
- 1915
- Father and the Boys · Film · Tobias Ford
- C.O.D. · Film · C.O. Darlington
- 1914
- Damon and Pythias · Film · Phillistus (as H. Davenport)