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