
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.

Grandpa
Meet Me in St. Louis

Dr. Meade
Gone with the Wind

Prof. Hilliard
Jack London

'General' Jeff
Reckless Living

King Louis XI
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Grandpa Ed Carson
Earl of Puddlestone

Grandpa Ed Carson
The Covered Trailer

Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Man-Proof

Judge
You Can't Take It with You

Professor Lyons
Tales of Manhattan

Judge Thaddeus Turner
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Dr. Bertram Charles
The Thin Man Goes Home

Old Jolyon Forsyte
That Forsyte Woman

Dr. Barnes
Little Women

Dr. Matthew Sulven
The Farmer's Daughter

Agha
Kismet

Jones
That Uncertain Feeling

Pierre
All This, and Heaven Too

Pop, Caretaker
The Rage of Paris

Judge Payson
Courage of Lassie

Dr. Ashton
Adventure

Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Maj. Denning
Sport of Kings

Judge Rider
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Confederate Soldier
They Won't Forget

Homer Bigelow
Larceny, Inc.

Luigi
That Lady in Ermine

Senator MacVickers
Government Girl

Elias Samson
One Foot in Heaven

Gramps
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog

Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
Damon and Pythias

Judge
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Mr. 'C'
December 7th

Fred Taylor
Gangway for Tomorrow

Albert
She Wouldn't Say Yes

Charles
First Lady

Johnson
Riding High

Dr. Cannon
Three Daring Daughters

Carl Carter
The Perfect Specimen

Pop Hickey
The Man from Texas

Benjamin Harris
Down to the Sea in Ships

Minister
The Impatient Years

Miles Cannon
Saleslady

Old John
The Enchanted Forest

Rev. Baker
The Fabulous Texan

Grandpa Pemberton
Pardon My Past

Doctor
Music for Millions

Dr. Wilkerson
This Love of Ours

Bane
Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Doc Quinn
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Grandpa Brokaw
I Want a Divorce

Septimus Kinsolving
The Unknown Quantity

Tom McKenna
King of Hockey

Dr. Harry
Claudia and David

Jed Carson
Paradise Express

Archduke Julio
Fit for a King

Judge Merrivale
That Hagen Girl

Judge Martin
Lady Luck

Michael Worthington
Keeper of the Bees

Mr. Powers
Foreign Correspondent

Customs Inspector
His Woman

Roger Metcalf
My Sin

Dr. Hite
Exile Express

Dr. Parsons
Gold Is Where You Find It

Uncle Hannibal Smith
The Cowboy and the Lady

Joel Bentham
Young Fugitives

Uncle Dawson
The First Hundred Years

Colonel Skeffington
Kings Row

Justice Peabody
For the Love of Mary

Pop Logan
Armored Car

Pop Tolliver
The Bride Came C.O.D.

Ingalls, banker
Wells Fargo

T.P. Lester
Tail Spin

Amos Kidder
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

Great Grandpa
Faithful in My Fashion

Courtroom Attendant
The Decision of Christopher Blake

John P. Adams, inventor
Radio Patrol

Peter Laxter
The Case of the Black Cat

Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
Granny Get Your Gun

Henry Sharon
The Long Shot

Dr. Healy (uncredited)
Made for Each Other

Dr. Samuel Basch
Juarez

Dan Kingdon
Her Husband's Secretary

Robert Ingersoll Reed
Hurricane Smith

Grandpa Higgins
Should Husbands Work?

Slezack
The Scoundrel

Grandpa Giles
G.I. War Brides

Arthur Davies
The Ox-Bow Incident

Colonel Higgam
Fly Away Baby

Supreme Court Judge
Princess O'Rourke

Doc Moore
The Sisters

Pop Craig
White Bondage

Grandpa Ed Carson
Money To Burn

Grandpa William Jordan
The Higgins Family

Grandpa Ed Carson
My Wife's Relatives

Grandpa
Grandpa Goes To Town

Judge Boller
Too Young to Know

'Doc' Herndon
Shantytown

Judge
Lucky Partners

George
Too Many Husbands

Chief of Staff
The Life of Emile Zola

Dr. Stevens
Stallion Road

The Ancient
Three Wise Fools

Dr. Reed
Under Cover of Night

Squire Jim Kirby
A Boy and His Dog

Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
Meet John Doe

Clem Adams
Headin' for God's Country

Pop Lambert
We've Never Been Licked

Guy Lanyard
Death of a Champion

Judge MacKenzie Meredith
Tell It to the Judge

Judge
No More West

Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette

Jessup
As Good as Married

Mr. Rendleby
Get That Venus

'Sandbags' Riley
I Wanted Wings

John Daniels
The Wheel of the Law

C.O. Darlington
C.O.D.

Dean Perry
The Campus Mystery

Tobias Ford
Father and the Boys

Dr. Remington
Her Unborn Child

Short
The Planter

Henry Ainsworth
Sowers and Reapers

Frank Galt
A Girl at Bay
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
124
Gender
Male
Birthday
1866-01-19
Place of Birth
Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Harold George Bryant Davenport