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

Gone with the Wind

Little Women

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Meet Me in St. Louis

The Ox-Bow Incident

You Can't Take It with You

Marie Antoinette

That Uncertain Feeling

All Movies (125)

• The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli1973 · as Self (archive footage)
• Riding High1950 · as Johnson
• Tell It to the Judge1949 · as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
• That Forsyte Woman1949 · as Old Jolyon Forsyte
• Little Women1949 · as Dr. Barnes
• Down to the Sea in Ships1949 · as Benjamin Harris
• The Decision of Christopher Blake1948 · as Courtroom Attendant
• For the Love of Mary1948 · as Justice Peabody
• That Lady in Ermine1948 · as Luigi
• The Man from Texas1948 · as Pop Hickey
• Three Daring Daughters1948 · as Dr. Cannon
• The Fabulous Texan1947 · as Rev. Baker
• That Hagen Girl1947 · as Judge Merrivale
• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer1947 · as Thaddeus
• Keeper of the Bees1947 · as Michael Worthington
• Sport of Kings1947 · as Maj. Denning
• Stallion Road1947 · as Dr. Stevens
• The Farmer's Daughter1947 · as Dr. Matthew Sulven
• A Boy and His Dog1946 · as Squire Jim Kirby
• Courage of Lassie1946 · as Judge Payson
• Lady Luck1946 · as Judge Martin
• Three Wise Fools1946 · as The Ancient
• Faithful in My Fashion1946 · as Great Grandpa
• G.I. War Brides1946 · as Grandpa Giles
• A Boy, a Girl and a Dog1946 · as Gramps
• Claudia and David1946 · as Dr. Harry
• Adventure1945 · as Dr. Ashton
• Pardon My Past1945 · as Grandpa Pemberton
• The Enchanted Forest1945 · as Old John
• Too Young to Know1945 · as Judge Boller
• She Wouldn't Say Yes1945 · as Albert
• This Love of Ours1945 · as Dr. Wilkerson
• The Thin Man Goes Home1944 · as Dr. Bertram Charles
• Music for Millions1944 · as Doctor
• Meet Me in St. Louis1944 · as Grandpa
• Kismet1944 · as Agha
• The Impatient Years1944 · as Minister
• Jack London1943 · as Prof. Hilliard
• Government Girl1943 · as Senator MacVickers
• Gangway for Tomorrow1943 · as Fred Taylor
• Princess O'Rourke1943 · as Supreme Court Judge
• Headin' for God's Country1943 · as Clem Adams
• We've Never Been Licked1943 · as Pop Lambert
• Shantytown1943 · as 'Doc' Herndon
• The Ox-Bow Incident1943 · as Arthur Davies
• December 7th1943 · as Mr. 'C'
• The Amazing Mrs. Holliday1943 · as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
• Tales of Manhattan1942 · as Professor Lyons
• Ten Gentlemen from West Point1942 · as Bane
• Larceny, Inc.1942 · as Homer Bigelow
• Kings Row1942 · as Colonel Skeffington
• Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake1942 · as Amos Kidder
• One Foot in Heaven1941 · as Elias Samson
• Hurricane Smith1941 · as Robert Ingersoll Reed
• The Bride Came C.O.D.1941 · as Pop Tolliver
• That Uncertain Feeling1941 · as Jones
• I Wanted Wings1941 · as 'Sandbags' Riley
• Meet John Doe1941 · as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
• I Want a Divorce1940 · as Grandpa Brokaw
• Earl of Puddlestone1940 · as Grandpa Ed Carson
• Foreign Correspondent1940 · as Mr. Powers
• Lucky Partners1940 · as Judge
• All This, and Heaven Too1940 · as Pierre
• Grandpa Goes To Town1940 · as Grandpa
• Too Many Husbands1940 · as George
• Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet1940 · as Judge
• Granny Get Your Gun1940 · as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
• Money To Burn1939 · as Grandpa Ed Carson
• Gone with the Wind1939 · as Dr. Meade
• The Covered Trailer1939 · as Grandpa Ed Carson
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame1939 · as King Louis XI
• Death of a Champion1939 · as Guy Lanyard
• Should Husbands Work?1939 · as Grandpa Higgins
• Juarez1939 · as Dr. Samuel Basch
• Exile Express1939 · as Dr. Hite
• My Wife's Relatives1939 · as Grandpa Ed Carson
• The Story of Alexander Graham Bell1939 · as Judge Rider
• Tail Spin1939 · as T.P. Lester
• Made for Each Other1939 · as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
• The Long Shot1939 · as Henry Sharon
• The Cowboy and the Lady1938 · as Uncle Hannibal Smith
• The Sisters1938 · as Doc Moore
• You Can't Take It with You1938 · as Judge
• Marie Antoinette1938 · as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
• Young Fugitives1938 · as Joel Bentham
• The Rage of Paris1938 · as Pop, Caretaker
• The Higgins Family1938 · as Grandpa William Jordan
• The First Hundred Years1938 · as Uncle Dawson
• Reckless Living1938 · as 'General' Jeff
• Gold Is Where You Find It1938 · as Dr. Parsons
• Saleslady1938 · as Miles Cannon
• Man-Proof1938 · as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
• Wells Fargo1937 · as Ingalls, banker
• First Lady1937 · as Charles
• The Perfect Specimen1937 · as Carl Carter
• Radio Patrol1937 · as John P. Adams, inventor
• The Life of Emile Zola1937 · as Chief of Staff
• Fit for a King1937 · as Archduke Julio
• Mr. Dodd Takes the Air1937 · as Doc Quinn
• White Bondage1937 · as Pop Craig
• They Won't Forget1937 · as Confederate Soldier
• Fly Away Baby1937 · as Colonel Higgam
• Armored Car1937 · as Pop Logan
• As Good as Married1937 · as Jessup
• Her Husband's Secretary1937 · as Dan Kingdon
• Paradise Express1937 · as Jed Carson
• Under Cover of Night1937 · as Dr. Reed
• King of Hockey1936 · as Tom McKenna
• The Case of the Black Cat1936 · as Peter Laxter
• The Scoundrel1935 · as Slezack
• No More West1934 · as Judge
• Get That Venus1933 · as Mr. Rendleby
• The Campus Mystery1932 · as Dean Perry
• His Woman1931 · as Customs Inspector
• My Sin1931 · as Roger Metcalf
• Her Unborn Child1930 · as Dr. Remington
• Dawn1919 · as Daniel Burton
• A Girl at Bay1919 · as Frank Galt
• The Unknown Quantity1919 · as Septimus Kinsolving
• The Planter1917 · as Short
• Sowers and Reapers1917 · as Henry Ainsworth
• The Wheel of the Law1916 · as John Daniels
• Father and the Boys1915 · as Tobias Ford
• C.O.D.1915 · as C.O. Darlington
• Damon and Pythias1914 · as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)