Cast & creator
Harry Davenport
Best known for Gone with the Wind, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Little Women
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.
Also known as: Harold George Bryant Davenport, H. Davenport
129
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125
1914–1973 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (129)
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Gone with the Wind
Dr. Meade
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
King Louis XI
1939
Little Women
Dr. Barnes
1949
A Boy and His Dog
Squire Jim Kirby
1946
Meet Me in St. Louis
Grandpa
1944
You Can't Take It with You
Judge
1938
The Ox-Bow Incident
Arthur Davies
1943
Foreign Correspondent
Mr. Powers
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Pierre
1940
Marie Antoinette
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
1938
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Judge Rider
1939
Meet John Doe
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
1941
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Thaddeus
1947
The Life of Emile Zola
Chief of Staff
1937
Juarez
Dr. Samuel Basch
1939
The Cowboy and the Lady
Uncle Hannibal Smith
1938
The Farmer's Daughter
Dr. Matthew Sulven
1947
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
1973
Made for Each Other
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
1939
Courage of Lassie
Judge Payson
1946
Death of a Champion
Guy Lanyard
1939
Adventure
Dr. Ashton
1945
Gold Is Where You Find It
Dr. Parsons
1938
The Planter
Short
1917
Government Girl
Senator MacVickers
1943
The Thin Man Goes Home
Dr. Bertram Charles
1944
This Love of Ours
Dr. Wilkerson
1945
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Amos Kidder
1942
Her Husband's Secretary
Dan Kingdon
1937
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Judge
1940
Down to the Sea in Ships
Benjamin Harris
1949
Lady Luck
Judge Martin
1946
I Wanted Wings
'Sandbags' Riley
1941
One Foot in Heaven
Elias Samson
1941
G.I. War Brides
Grandpa Giles
1946
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Pop Tolliver
1941
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
1943
Tales of Manhattan
Professor Lyons
1942
That Lady in Ermine
Luigi
1948
The Sisters
Doc Moore
1938
His Woman
Customs Inspector
1931
Too Young to Know
Judge Boller
1945
Fit for a King
Archduke Julio
1937
I Want a Divorce
Grandpa Brokaw
1940
They Won't Forget
Confederate Soldier
1937
December 7th
Mr. 'C'
1943
My Wife's Relatives
Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
Dawn
Daniel Burton
1919
The Case of the Black Cat
Peter Laxter
1936
Shantytown
'Doc' Herndon
1943
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Doc Quinn
1937
That Forsyte Woman
Old Jolyon Forsyte
1949
Too Many Husbands
George
1940
Granny Get Your Gun
Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
1940
That Uncertain Feeling
Jones
1941
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Bane
1942
Three Wise Fools
The Ancient
1946
Tell It to the Judge
Judge MacKenzie Meredith
1949
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Albert
1945
A Girl at Bay
Frank Galt
1919
Princess O'Rourke
Supreme Court Judge
1943
Exile Express
Dr. Hite
1939
Pardon My Past
Grandpa Pemberton
1945
The Man from Texas
Pop Hickey
1948
Music for Millions
Doctor
1944
Three Daring Daughters
Dr. Cannon
1948
That Hagen Girl
Judge Merrivale
1947
Larceny, Inc.
Homer Bigelow
1942
Wells Fargo
Ingalls, banker
1937
As Good as Married
Jessup
1937
We've Never Been Licked
Pop Lambert
1943
Stallion Road
Dr. Stevens
1947
The Rage of Paris
Pop, Caretaker
1938
Keeper of the Bees
Michael Worthington
1947
The First Hundred Years
Uncle Dawson
1938
Faithful in My Fashion
Great Grandpa
1946
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Courtroom Attendant
1948
Claudia and David
Dr. Harry
1946
Kings Row
Colonel Skeffington
1942
Under Cover of Night
Dr. Reed
1937
For the Love of Mary
Justice Peabody
1948
Man-Proof
Hitchhiker (uncredited)
1938
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
Gramps
1946
Fly Away Baby
Colonel Higgam
1937
Kismet
Agha
1944
The Wheel of the Law
John Daniels
1916
Lucky Partners
Judge
1940
Grandpa Goes To Town
Grandpa
1940
Headin' for God's Country
Clem Adams
1943
Riding High
Johnson
1950
Paradise Express
Jed Carson
1937
Father and the Boys
Tobias Ford
1915
The Scoundrel
Slezack
1935
No More West
Judge
1934
First Lady
Charles
1937
My Sin
Roger Metcalf
1931
The Impatient Years
Minister
1944
King of Hockey
Tom McKenna
1936
Saleslady
Miles Cannon
1938
The Long Shot
Henry Sharon
1939
Get That Venus
Mr. Rendleby
1933
Money To Burn
Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
Tail Spin
T.P. Lester
1939
The Millionaire's Double
Director
1917
For a Woman’s Fair Name
Director
1916
Jack London
Prof. Hilliard
1943
Armored Car
Pop Logan
1937
Radio Patrol
John P. Adams, inventor
1937
The Perfect Specimen
Carl Carter
1937
Young Fugitives
Joel Bentham
1938
Sport of Kings
Maj. Denning
1947
The Higgins Family
Grandpa William Jordan
1938
The Fabulous Texan
Rev. Baker
1947
Gangway for Tomorrow
Fred Taylor
1943
The Unknown Quantity
Septimus Kinsolving
1919
Hurricane Smith
Robert Ingersoll Reed
1941
White Bondage
Pop Craig
1937The Campus Mystery
Dean Perry
1932
Sowers and Reapers
Henry Ainsworth
1917
Tillie Wakes Up
Director
1917
A Woman Alone
Director
1917
Damon and Pythias
Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
1914
Reckless Living
'General' Jeff
1938
The Covered Trailer
Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
Should Husbands Work?
Grandpa Higgins
1939
Earl of Puddlestone
Grandpa Ed Carson
1940
Her Unborn Child
Dr. Remington
1930
The Enchanted Forest
Old John
1945
C.O.D.
C.O. Darlington
1915