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Harry Davenport

Acting

Born January 19, 1866 · Canton, Pennsylvania, USA

Died August 9, 1949

Also known as Harold George Bryant Davenport · H. 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.

Filmography37 titles

The Man from Texas

1948as Pop Hickey

Saleslady

1938as Miles Cannon

Gone with the Wind

1939as Dr. Meade

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943as Arthur Davies

You Can't Take It with You

1938as Judge

Little Women

1949as Dr. Barnes

Kings Row

1942as Colonel Skeffington

Meet John Doe

1941as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939as King Louis XI

All This, and Heaven Too

1940as Pierre

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944as Dr. Bertram Charles

Larceny, Inc

1942as Homer Bigelow

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944as Grandpa

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941as Pop Tolliver

Foreign Correspondent

1940as Mr. Powers

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947as Thaddeus

Music for Millions

1944as Doctor

The Life of Emile Zola

1937as Chief of Staff

Tell It to the Judge

1949as Judge MacKenzie Meredith

That Uncertain Feeling

1941as Jones

Marie Antoinette

1938as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)

Juarez

1939as Dr. Samuel Basch

Adventure

1945as Dr. Ashton

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938as Uncle Hannibal Smith

Jack London

1943as Prof. Hilliard

Made for Each Other

1939as Dr. Healy (uncredited)

That Lady in Ermine

1948as Luigi

Three Daring Daughters

1948as Dr. Cannon

Courage of Lassie

1946as Judge Payson

December 7th

1943as Mr. 'C'

The Rage of Paris

1938as Pop, Caretaker

Paradise Express

1937as Jed Carson

Kismet

1944as Agha

Wells Fargo

1937as Ingalls, banker

That Hagen Girl

1947as Judge Merrivale

A Boy, a Girl and a Dog

1946as Gramps

Young Fugitives

1938as Joel Bentham