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

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

Hitchhiker (uncredited)

Man-Proof

Grandpa Ed Carson

The Covered Trailer

Judge

You Can't Take It with You

Prof. 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

Doctor

Music for Millions

Grandpa Pemberton

Pardon My Past

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

Uncle Hannibal Smith

The Cowboy and the Lady

Dr. Hite

Exile Express

Dr. Parsons

Gold Is Where You Find It

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 William Jordan

The Higgins Family

Grandpa Ed Carson

My Wife's Relatives

Grandpa Ed Carson

Money To Burn

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

119

Gender

Male

Birthday

1866-01-19

Place of Birth

Canton, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Harold George Bryant Davenport