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Harry Davenport

Harry Davenport

Harry Davenport

1866-01-19

Canton, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Best known for:

Gone with the Wind

You Can't Take It with You

Foreign Correspondent

The Ox-Bow Incident

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet John Doe

Little Women

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Life of Emile Zola

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Thin Man Goes Home

That Uncertain Feeling

All This, and Heaven Too

Made for Each Other

Kings Row

The Farmer's Daughter

Courage of Lassie

Marie Antoinette

Tales of Manhattan

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Larceny, Inc.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

They Won't Forget

The Cowboy and the Lady

December 7th

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Filmography:

Damon and Pythias (1914)
APPEREAD AS:
Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
Father and the Boys (1915)
APPEREAD AS:
Tobias Ford
C.O.D. (1915)
APPEREAD AS:
C.O. Darlington
For a Woman’s Fair Name (1916)
WORK AS:
Director
The Wheel of the Law (1916)
APPEREAD AS:
John Daniels
A Woman Alone (1917)
WORK AS:
Director
The Millionaire's Double (1917)
WORK AS:
Director
The Unknown Quantity (1919)
APPEREAD AS:
Septimus Kinsolving

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Her Unborn Child (1930)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Remington
His Woman (1931)
APPEREAD AS:
Customs Inspector
My Sin (1931)
APPEREAD AS:
Roger Metcalf
Get That Venus (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Rendleby
No More West (1934)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge
The Scoundrel (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Slezack
The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Peter Laxter
King of Hockey (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Tom McKenna

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The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
5.3
APPEREAD AS:
Chief of Staff
They Won't Forget (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Confederate Soldier
Wells Fargo (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Ingalls, banker
First Lady (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Charles
Under Cover of Night (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Reed
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Carl Carter
Fly Away Baby (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Colonel Higgam
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Doc Quinn
Paradise Express (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Jed Carson
Fit for a King (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Archduke Julio
Armored Car (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Pop Logan
Radio Patrol (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
John P. Adams, inventor
Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Dan Kingdon
White Bondage (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Pop Craig
As Good as Married (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Jessup
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
6.3
APPEREAD AS:
Judge
Marie Antoinette (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Pop, Caretaker
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Uncle Hannibal Smith
The Sisters (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Doc Moore
Saleslady (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Miles Cannon
Man-Proof (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Parsons
The First Hundred Years (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Uncle Dawson
Young Fugitives (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Joel Bentham
The Higgins Family (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa William Jordan
Reckless Living (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
'General' Jeff
Gone with the Wind (1939)
7.2
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Meade
Made for Each Other (1939)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
6
APPEREAD AS:
King Louis XI
Tail Spin (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
T.P. Lester
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge Rider
Juarez (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Samuel Basch
Exile Express (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Hite
The Long Shot (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Henry Sharon
Should Husbands Work? (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa Higgins
My Wife's Relatives (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa Ed Carson
Money To Burn (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa Ed Carson
Death of a Champion (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Guy Lanyard
The Covered Trailer (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa Ed Carson
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Powers
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Pierre
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge
Too Many Husbands (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
George
Lucky Partners (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge
I Want a Divorce (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa Brokaw
Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
Grandpa Goes To Town (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa
Earl of Puddlestone (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa Ed Carson
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Pop Tolliver
Meet John Doe (1941)
6
APPEREAD AS:
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
5.2
APPEREAD AS:
Jones
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Elias Samson
I Wanted Wings (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
'Sandbags' Riley
Hurricane Smith (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Robert Ingersoll Reed
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Prof. Lyons
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Amos Kidder
Kings Row (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Colonel Skeffington
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Homer Bigelow
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Bane
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
Arthur Davies
Jack London (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Prof. Hilliard
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Supreme Court Judge
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
Government Girl (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Senator MacVickers
Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Fred Taylor
December 7th (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. 'C'
We've Never Been Licked (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Pop Lambert
Shantytown (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
'Doc' Herndon
Headin' for God's Country (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Clem Adams
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Bertram Charles
Kismet (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Agha
The Impatient Years (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Minister
Music for Millions (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Doctor
Adventure (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Ashton
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Albert
The Enchanted Forest (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Old John
Pardon My Past (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa Pemberton
This Love of Ours (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Wilkerson
Too Young to Know (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge Boller
Courage of Lassie (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge Payson
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Gramps
Three Wise Fools (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
The Ancient
Claudia and David (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Harry
Lady Luck (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge Martin
Faithful in My Fashion (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Great Grandpa
G.I. War Brides (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandpa Giles
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
5.6
APPEREAD AS:
Judge Thaddeus Turner
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Matthew Sulven
The Fabulous Texan (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Rev. Baker
That Hagen Girl (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge Merrivale
Keeper of the Bees (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Michael Worthington
Stallion Road (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Stevens
Sport of Kings (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Maj. Denning
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Luigi
For the Love of Mary (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Justice Peabody
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Cannon
The Man from Texas (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Pop Hickey
The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Courtroom Attendant
That Forsyte Woman (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Old Jolyon Forsyte
Little Women (1949)
6.1
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Barnes
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Benjamin Harris
Tell It to the Judge (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge MacKenzie Meredith
Riding High (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Johnson