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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 19, 1866
Died
August 9, 1949
Place of Birth
Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Harold George Bryant Davenport
- H. Davenport
Harry Davenport
0.4 Popularity
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
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Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
5.8
Johnson
Riding High
1950
6.3
Judge MacKenzie Meredith
Tell It to the Judge
1949
5.7
Old Jolyon Forsyte
That Forsyte Woman
1949
7.4
Dr. Barnes
Little Women
1949
7.0
Benjamin Harris
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
2.7
Courtroom Attendant
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
5.8
Justice Peabody
For the Love of Mary
1948
5.9
Luigi
That Lady in Ermine
1948
6.0
Pop Hickey
The Man from Texas
1948
Credits
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
0.0
Riding High
as Johnson
1950
5.8
Tell It to the Judge
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
1949
6.3
That Forsyte Woman
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
1949
5.7
Little Women
as Dr. Barnes
1949
7.4
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Benjamin Harris
1949
7.0
The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Courtroom Attendant
1948
2.7
For the Love of Mary
as Justice Peabody
1948
5.8
That Lady in Ermine
as Luigi
1948
5.9
The Man from Texas
as Pop Hickey
1948
6.0
Three Daring Daughters
as Dr. Cannon
1948
5.7
The Fabulous Texan
as Rev. Baker
1947
4.0
That Hagen Girl
as Judge Merrivale
1947
4.8
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Judge Thaddeus Turner
1947
6.9
Keeper of the Bees
as Michael Worthington
1947
0.0
Sport of Kings
as Maj. Denning
1947
0.0
Stallion Road
as Dr. Stevens
1947
5.0
The Farmer's Daughter
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
1947
6.9
A Boy and His Dog
as Squire Jim Kirby
1946
5.6
Courage of Lassie
as Judge Payson
1946
5.7
Lady Luck
as Judge Martin
1946
5.4
Three Wise Fools
as The Ancient
1946
5.0
Faithful in My Fashion
as Great Grandpa
1946
6.3
G.I. War Brides
as Grandpa Giles
1946
0.0
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
as Gramps
1946
4.5
Claudia and David
as Dr. Harry
1946
6.0
Adventure
as Dr. Ashton
1945
6.2
Pardon My Past
as Grandpa Pemberton
1945
6.0
The Enchanted Forest
as Old John
1945
0.0
Too Young to Know
as Judge Boller
1945
0.0
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Albert
1945
5.9
This Love of Ours
as Dr. Wilkerson
1945
5.7
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Dr. Bertram Charles
1944
7.1
Music for Millions
as Doctor
1944
6.0
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Grandpa
1944
7.0
Kismet
as Agha
1944
5.2
The Impatient Years
as Minister
1944
6.3
Jack London
as Prof. Hilliard
1943
5.6
Government Girl
as Senator MacVickers
1943
5.2
Gangway for Tomorrow
as Fred Taylor
1943
5.3
Princess O'Rourke
as Supreme Court Judge
1943
6.3
Headin' for God's Country
as Clem Adams
1943
0.0
We've Never Been Licked
as Pop Lambert
1943
0.0
Shantytown
as 'Doc' Herndon
1943
6.0
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Arthur Davies
1943
7.7
December 7th
as Mr. 'C'
1943
5.8
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
1943
6.7
Tales of Manhattan
as Professor Lyons
1942
6.2
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Bane
1942
5.8
Larceny, Inc.
as Homer Bigelow
1942
7.0
Kings Row
as Colonel Skeffington
1942
7.2
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Amos Kidder
1942
7.2
One Foot in Heaven
as Elias Samson
1941
6.6
Hurricane Smith
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
1941
3.7
The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Pop Tolliver
1941
6.9
That Uncertain Feeling
as Jones
1941
6.6
I Wanted Wings
as 'Sandbags' Riley
1941
5.4
Meet John Doe
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
1941
7.3
I Want a Divorce
as Grandpa Brokaw
1940
0.0
Earl of Puddlestone
as Grandpa Ed Carson
1940
0.0
Foreign Correspondent
as Mr. Powers
1940
7.0
Lucky Partners
as Judge
1940
6.0
All This, and Heaven Too
as Pierre
1940
7.2
Grandpa Goes To Town
as Grandpa
1940
0.0
Too Many Husbands
as George
1940
6.3
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Judge
1940
6.5
Granny Get Your Gun
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
1940
3.5
Money To Burn
as Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
0.0
Gone with the Wind
as Dr. Meade
1939
7.9
The Covered Trailer
as Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
0.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as King Louis XI
1939
7.3
Death of a Champion
as Guy Lanyard
1939
0.0
Should Husbands Work?
as Grandpa Higgins
1939
2.0
Juarez
as Dr. Samuel Basch
1939
6.5
Exile Express
as Dr. Hite
1939
5.0
My Wife's Relatives
as Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
0.0
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Judge Rider
1939
6.0
Tail Spin
as T.P. Lester
1939
5.8
Made for Each Other
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
1939
6.1
The Long Shot
as Henry Sharon
1939
5.8
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
1938
6.3
The Sisters
as Doc Moore
1938
5.8
You Can't Take It with You
as Judge
1938
7.5
Marie Antoinette
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Young Fugitives
as Joel Bentham
1938
1.0
The Rage of Paris
as Pop, Caretaker
1938
5.8
The Higgins Family
as Grandpa William Jordan
1938
0.0
The First Hundred Years
as Uncle Dawson
1938
6.0
Reckless Living
as 'General' Jeff
1938
0.0
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Dr. Parsons
1938
6.9
Saleslady
as Miles Cannon
1938
0.0
Man-Proof
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
1938
4.3
Wells Fargo
as Ingalls, banker
1937
5.2
First Lady
as Charles
1937
6.2
The Perfect Specimen
as Carl Carter
1937
5.7
Radio Patrol
as John P. Adams, inventor
1937
0.0
The Life of Emile Zola
as Chief of Staff
1937
6.7
Fit for a King
as Archduke Julio
1937
5.0
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Doc Quinn
1937
5.4
White Bondage
as Pop Craig
1937
6.0
They Won't Forget
as Confederate Soldier
1937
5.6
Fly Away Baby
as Colonel Higgam
1937
6.2
Armored Car
as Pop Logan
1937
4.2
As Good as Married
as Jessup
1937
7.0
Her Husband's Secretary
as Dan Kingdon
1937
5.0
Paradise Express
as Jed Carson
1937
5.0
Under Cover of Night
as Dr. Reed
1937
5.7
King of Hockey
as Tom McKenna
1936
5.0
The Case of the Black Cat
as Peter Laxter
1936
6.6
The Scoundrel
as Slezack
1935
6.2
No More West
as Judge
1934
0.0
Get That Venus
as Mr. Rendleby
1933
5.0
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The Campus Mystery
as Dean Perry
1932
0.0
His Woman
as Customs Inspector
1931
3.2
My Sin
as Roger Metcalf
1931
5.4
Her Unborn Child
as Dr. Remington
1930
0.0
A Girl at Bay
as Frank Galt
1919
0.0
The Unknown Quantity
as Septimus Kinsolving
1919
0.0
The Planter
as Short
1917
0.0
Sowers and Reapers
as Henry Ainsworth
1917
0.0
The Wheel of the Law
as John Daniels
1916
0.0
Father and the Boys
as Tobias Ford
1915
0.0
C.O.D.
as C.O. Darlington
1915
0.0
Damon and Pythias
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
1914
5.0