Harry Davenport

Acting

January 19, 1866 – August 9, 1949 (died at 83)

Canton, Pennsylvania, USA

Male

129 Movies

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.

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944 7.0

as Grandpa

Age 78 (now 83)

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 7.7

as Arthur Davies

Age 77 (now 83)

Foreign Correspondent

1940 7.0

as Mr. Powers

Age 74 (now 83)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947 6.9

as Thaddeus

Age 81 (now 83)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939 7.3

as King Louis XI

Age 73 (now 83)

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944 7.1

as Dr. Bertram Charles

Age 78 (now 83)

Gone with the Wind

1939 7.9

as Dr. Meade

Age 73 (now 83)

December 7th

1943 5.8

as Mr. 'C'

Age 77 (now 83)

Little Women

1949 7.4

as Dr. Barnes

Age 83

That Uncertain Feeling

1941 6.6

as Jones

Age 75 (now 83)

Courage of Lassie

1946 5.9

as Judge Payson

Age 80 (now 83)

The Farmer's Daughter

1947 7.1

as Dr. Matthew Sulven

Age 81 (now 83)

A Boy and His Dog

1946 5.9

as Squire Jim Kirby

Age 80 (now 83)

All This, and Heaven Too

1940 7.2

as Pierre

Age 74 (now 83)

Larceny, Inc.

1942 7.1

as Homer Bigelow

Age 76 (now 83)

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941 7.0

as Pop Tolliver

Age 75 (now 83)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973 7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Age 106 (now 83)

Riding High

1950 6.1

as Johnson

Age 84 (now 83)

Tell It to the Judge

1949 6.6

as Judge MacKenzie Meredith

Age 83

That Forsyte Woman

1949 6.0

as Old Jolyon Forsyte

Age 83

Little Women

1949 7.4

as Dr. Barnes

Age 83

Down to the Sea in Ships

1949 7.2

as Benjamin Harris

Age 83

The Decision of Christopher Blake

1948 3.8

as Courtroom Attendant

Age 82 (now 83)

For the Love of Mary

1948 6.2

as Justice Peabody

Age 82 (now 83)

That Lady in Ermine

1948 6.0

as Luigi

Age 82 (now 83)

The Man from Texas

1948 8.0

as Pop Hickey

Age 82 (now 83)

Three Daring Daughters

1948 5.9

as Dr. Cannon

Age 82 (now 83)

The Fabulous Texan

1947 6.5

as Rev. Baker

Age 81 (now 83)

That Hagen Girl

1947 5.3

as Judge Merrivale

Age 81 (now 83)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947 6.9

as Thaddeus

Age 81 (now 83)

Keeper of the Bees

1947 10.0

as Michael Worthington

Age 81 (now 83)

Sport of Kings

1947 10.0

as Maj. Denning

Age 81 (now 83)

Stallion Road

1947 7.5

as Dr. Stevens

Age 81 (now 83)

The Farmer's Daughter

1947 7.1

as Dr. Matthew Sulven

Age 81 (now 83)

A Boy and His Dog

1946 5.9

as Squire Jim Kirby

Age 80 (now 83)

Courage of Lassie

1946 5.9

as Judge Payson

Age 80 (now 83)

Lady Luck

1946 5.6

as Judge Martin

Age 80 (now 83)

Three Wise Fools

1946 5.7

as The Ancient

Age 80 (now 83)

Faithful in My Fashion

1946 7.0

as Great Grandpa

Age 80 (now 83)

G.I. War Brides

1946 9.0

as Grandpa Giles

Age 80 (now 83)

A Boy, a Girl and a Dog

1946 5.1

as Gramps

Age 80 (now 83)

Claudia and David

1946 7.5

as Dr. Harry

Age 80 (now 83)

Adventure

1945 6.4

as Dr. Ashton

Age 79 (now 83)

Pardon My Past

1945 6.7

as Grandpa Pemberton

Age 79 (now 83)

The Enchanted Forest

1945 6.5

as Old John

Age 79 (now 83)

Too Young to Know

1945 7.0

as Judge Boller

Age 79 (now 83)

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945 6.4

as Albert

Age 79 (now 83)

This Love of Ours

1945 6.0

as Dr. Wilkerson

Age 79 (now 83)

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944 7.1

as Dr. Bertram Charles

Age 78 (now 83)

Music for Millions

1944 6.7

as Doctor

Age 78 (now 83)

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944 7.0

as Grandpa

Age 78 (now 83)

Kismet

1944 5.5

as Agha

Age 78 (now 83)

The Impatient Years

1944 6.7

as Minister

Age 78 (now 83)

Jack London

1943 6.1

as Prof. Hilliard

Age 77 (now 83)

Government Girl

1943 5.7

as Senator MacVickers

Age 77 (now 83)

Gangway for Tomorrow

1943 6.1

as Fred Taylor

Age 77 (now 83)

Princess O'Rourke

1943 6.5

as Supreme Court Judge

Age 77 (now 83)

Headin' for God's Country

1943 8.0

as Clem Adams

Age 77 (now 83)

We've Never Been Licked

1943 6.5

as Pop Lambert

Age 77 (now 83)

Shantytown

1943 6.5

as 'Doc' Herndon

Age 77 (now 83)

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 7.7

as Arthur Davies

Age 77 (now 83)

December 7th

1943 5.8

as Mr. 'C'

Age 77 (now 83)

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943 6.7

as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday

Age 77 (now 83)

Tales of Manhattan

1942 6.5

as Professor Lyons

Age 76 (now 83)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942 6.4

as Bane

Age 76 (now 83)

Larceny, Inc.

1942 7.1

as Homer Bigelow

Age 76 (now 83)

Kings Row

1942 7.3

as Colonel Skeffington

Age 76 (now 83)

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942 7.2

as Amos Kidder

Age 76 (now 83)

One Foot in Heaven

1941 6.9

as Elias Samson

Age 75 (now 83)

Hurricane Smith

1941 4.8

as Robert Ingersoll Reed

Age 75 (now 83)

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941 7.0

as Pop Tolliver

Age 75 (now 83)

That Uncertain Feeling

1941 6.6

as Jones

Age 75 (now 83)

I Wanted Wings

1941 5.6

as 'Sandbags' Riley

Age 75 (now 83)

Meet John Doe

1941 7.3

as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)

Age 75 (now 83)

I Want a Divorce

1940 10.0

as Grandpa Brokaw

Age 74 (now 83)

Earl of Puddlestone

1940 10.0

as Grandpa Ed Carson

Age 74 (now 83)

Foreign Correspondent

1940 7.0

as Mr. Powers

Age 74 (now 83)

Lucky Partners

1940 6.1

as Judge

Age 74 (now 83)

All This, and Heaven Too

1940 7.2

as Pierre

Age 74 (now 83)

Grandpa Goes To Town

1940 10.0

as Grandpa

Age 74 (now 83)

Too Many Husbands

1940 6.5

as George

Age 74 (now 83)

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940 6.5

as Judge

Age 74 (now 83)

Granny Get Your Gun

1940 5.7

as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson

Age 74 (now 83)

Money To Burn

1939 10.0

as Grandpa Ed Carson

Age 73 (now 83)

Gone with the Wind

1939 7.9

as Dr. Meade

Age 73 (now 83)

The Covered Trailer

1939 7.0

as Grandpa Ed Carson

Age 73 (now 83)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939 7.3

as King Louis XI

Age 73 (now 83)

Death of a Champion

1939 7.0

as Guy Lanyard

Age 73 (now 83)

Should Husbands Work?

1939 6.0

as Grandpa Higgins

Age 73 (now 83)

Juarez

1939 6.5

as Dr. Samuel Basch

Age 73 (now 83)

Exile Express

1939 7.0

as Dr. Hite

Age 73 (now 83)

My Wife's Relatives

1939 7.0

as Grandpa Ed Carson

Age 73 (now 83)

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939 6.3

as Judge Rider

Age 73 (now 83)

Tail Spin

1939 6.3

as T.P. Lester

Age 73 (now 83)

Made for Each Other

1939 6.1

as Dr. Healy (uncredited)

Age 73 (now 83)

The Long Shot

1939 6.0

as Henry Sharon

Age 72 (now 83)

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938 6.3

as Uncle Hannibal Smith

Age 72 (now 83)

The Sisters

1938 6.1

as Doc Moore

Age 72 (now 83)

You Can't Take It with You

1938 7.5

as Judge

Age 72 (now 83)

Marie Antoinette

1938 6.6

as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)

Age 72 (now 83)

Young Fugitives

1938 3.7

as Joel Bentham

Age 72 (now 83)

The Rage of Paris

1938 5.8

as Pop, Caretaker

Age 72 (now 83)

The Higgins Family

1938 7.0

as Grandpa William Jordan

Age 72 (now 83)

The First Hundred Years

1938 8.0

as Uncle Dawson

Age 72 (now 83)

Reckless Living

1938 8.0

as 'General' Jeff

Age 72 (now 83)

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938 7.0

as Dr. Parsons

Age 72 (now 83)

Saleslady

1938 8.0

as Miles Cannon

Age 72 (now 83)

Man-Proof

1938 5.0

as Hitchhiker (uncredited)

Age 71 (now 83)

Wells Fargo

1937 5.5

as Ingalls, banker

Age 71 (now 83)

First Lady

1937 6.6

as Charles

Age 71 (now 83)

The Perfect Specimen

1937 6.4

as Carl Carter

Age 71 (now 83)

Radio Patrol

1937 10.0

as John P. Adams, inventor

Age 71 (now 83)

The Life of Emile Zola

1937 6.7

as Chief of Staff

Age 71 (now 83)

Fit for a King

1937 6.0

as Archduke Julio

Age 71 (now 83)

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

1937 5.6

as Doc Quinn

Age 71 (now 83)

White Bondage

1937 6.8

as Pop Craig

Age 71 (now 83)

They Won't Forget

1937 5.9

as Confederate Soldier

Age 71 (now 83)

Fly Away Baby

1937 6.4

as Colonel Higgam

Age 71 (now 83)

Armored Car

1937 5.6

as Pop Logan

Age 71 (now 83)

As Good as Married

1937 8.0

as Jessup

Age 71 (now 83)

Her Husband's Secretary

1937 6.0

as Dan Kingdon

Age 71 (now 83)

Paradise Express

1937 5.8

as Jed Carson

Age 71 (now 83)

Under Cover of Night

1937 6.0

as Dr. Reed

Age 70 (now 83)

King of Hockey

1936 5.4

as Tom McKenna

Age 70 (now 83)

The Case of the Black Cat

1936 7.0

as Peter Laxter

Age 70 (now 83)

The Scoundrel

1935 6.3

as Slezack

Age 69 (now 83)

No More West

1934 10.0

as Judge

Age 68 (now 83)

Get That Venus

1933 7.5

as Mr. Rendleby

Age 67 (now 83)

The Campus Mystery

1932 7.0

as Dean Perry

Age 66 (now 83)

His Woman

1931 4.3

as Customs Inspector

Age 65 (now 83)

My Sin

1931 5.7

as Roger Metcalf

Age 65 (now 83)

Her Unborn Child

1930 7.0

as Dr. Remington

Age 63 (now 83)

Dawn

1919 7.0

as Daniel Burton

Age 53 (now 83)

A Girl at Bay

1919

as Frank Galt

Age 53 (now 83)

The Unknown Quantity

1919 8.0

as Septimus Kinsolving

Age 53 (now 83)

The Planter

1917

as Short

Age 51 (now 83)

Sowers and Reapers

1917

as Henry Ainsworth

Age 51 (now 83)

The Millionaire's Double

1917

Director

Age 51 (now 83)

Tillie Wakes Up

1917 6.0

Director

Age 51 (now 83)

A Woman Alone

1917

Director

Age 50 (now 83)

The Wheel of the Law

1916 10.0

as John Daniels

Age 50 (now 83)

For a Woman’s Fair Name

1916 8.0

Director

Age 50 (now 83)

Father and the Boys

1915

as Tobias Ford

Age 49 (now 83)

C.O.D.

1915

as C.O. Darlington

Age 49 (now 83)

Damon and Pythias

1914 5.0

as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)

Age 48 (now 83)