Harry Davenport
Acting
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.
Movies(125)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
1973
Riding High
Johnson
1950
Tell It to the Judge
Judge MacKenzie Meredith
1949
That Forsyte Woman
Old Jolyon Forsyte
1949
Little Women
Dr. Barnes
1949
Down to the Sea in Ships
Benjamin Harris
1949
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Courtroom Attendant
1948
For the Love of Mary
Justice Peabody
1948
That Lady in Ermine
Luigi
1948
The Man from Texas
Pop Hickey
1948
Three Daring Daughters
Dr. Cannon
1948
The Fabulous Texan
Rev. Baker
1947
That Hagen Girl
Judge Merrivale
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Judge Thaddeus Turner
1947
Keeper of the Bees
Michael Worthington
1947
Sport of Kings
Maj. Denning
1947
Stallion Road
Dr. Stevens
1947
The Farmer's Daughter
Dr. Matthew Sulven
1947
A Boy and His Dog
Squire Jim Kirby
1946
Courage of Lassie
Judge Payson
1946
Lady Luck
Judge Martin
1946
Three Wise Fools
The Ancient
1946
Faithful in My Fashion
Great Grandpa
1946
G.I. War Brides
Grandpa Giles
1946
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
Gramps
1946
Claudia and David
Dr. Harry
1946
Adventure
Dr. Ashton
1945
Pardon My Past
Grandpa Pemberton
1945
The Enchanted Forest
Old John
1945
Too Young to Know
Judge Boller
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Albert
1945
This Love of Ours
Dr. Wilkerson
1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
Dr. Bertram Charles
1944
Music for Millions
Doctor
1944
Meet Me in St. Louis
Grandpa
1944
Kismet
Agha
1944
The Impatient Years
Minister
1944
Jack London
Prof. Hilliard
1943
Government Girl
Senator MacVickers
1943
Gangway for Tomorrow
Fred Taylor
1943
Princess O'Rourke
Supreme Court Judge
1943
Headin' for God's Country
Clem Adams
1943
We've Never Been Licked
Pop Lambert
1943
Shantytown
'Doc' Herndon
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
Arthur Davies
1943
December 7th
Mr. 'C'
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
1943
Tales of Manhattan
Professor Lyons
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Bane
1942
Larceny, Inc.
Homer Bigelow
1942
Kings Row
Colonel Skeffington
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Amos Kidder
1942
One Foot in Heaven
Elias Samson
1941
Hurricane Smith
Robert Ingersoll Reed
1941
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Pop Tolliver
1941
That Uncertain Feeling
Jones
1941
I Wanted Wings
'Sandbags' Riley
1941
Meet John Doe
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
1941
I Want a Divorce
Grandpa Brokaw
1940
Earl of Puddlestone
Grandpa Ed Carson
1940
Foreign Correspondent
Mr. Powers
1940
Lucky Partners
Judge
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Pierre
1940
Grandpa Goes To Town
Grandpa
1940
Too Many Husbands
George
1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Judge
1940
Granny Get Your Gun
Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
1940
Money To Burn
Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
Gone with the Wind
Dr. Meade
1939
The Covered Trailer
Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
King Louis XI
1939
Death of a Champion
Guy Lanyard
1939
Should Husbands Work?
Grandpa Higgins
1939
Juarez
Dr. Samuel Basch
1939
Exile Express
Dr. Hite
1939
My Wife's Relatives
Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Judge Rider
1939
Tail Spin
T.P. Lester
1939
Made for Each Other
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
1939
The Long Shot
Henry Sharon
1939
The Cowboy and the Lady
Uncle Hannibal Smith
1938
The Sisters
Doc Moore
1938
You Can't Take It with You
Judge
1938
Marie Antoinette
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
1938
Young Fugitives
Joel Bentham
1938
The Rage of Paris
Pop, Caretaker
1938
The Higgins Family
Grandpa William Jordan
1938
The First Hundred Years
Uncle Dawson
1938
Reckless Living
'General' Jeff
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
Dr. Parsons
1938
Saleslady
Miles Cannon
1938
Man-Proof
Hitchhiker (uncredited)
1938
Wells Fargo
Ingalls, banker
1937
First Lady
Charles
1937
The Perfect Specimen
Carl Carter
1937
Radio Patrol
John P. Adams, inventor
1937
The Life of Emile Zola
Chief of Staff
1937
Fit for a King
Archduke Julio
1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Doc Quinn
1937
White Bondage
Pop Craig
1937
They Won't Forget
Confederate Soldier
1937
Fly Away Baby
Colonel Higgam
1937
Armored Car
Pop Logan
1937
As Good as Married
Jessup
1937
Her Husband's Secretary
Dan Kingdon
1937
Paradise Express
Jed Carson
1937
Under Cover of Night
Dr. Reed
1937
King of Hockey
Tom McKenna
1936
The Case of the Black Cat
Peter Laxter
1936
The Scoundrel
Slezack
1935
No More West
Judge
1934
Get That Venus
Mr. Rendleby
1933
The Campus Mystery
Dean Perry
1932
His Woman
Customs Inspector
1931
My Sin
Roger Metcalf
1931
Her Unborn Child
Dr. Remington
1930
Dawn
Daniel Burton
1919
A Girl at Bay
Frank Galt
1919
The Unknown Quantity
Septimus Kinsolving
1919
The Planter
Short
1917
Sowers and Reapers
Henry Ainsworth
1917
The Wheel of the Law
John Daniels
1916
Father and the Boys
Tobias Ford
1915
C.O.D.
C.O. Darlington
1915
Damon and Pythias
Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
1914