Harry 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Grandpa
1944
Gone with the Wind
as Dr. Meade
1939
Jack London
as Prof. Hilliard
1943
Reckless Living
as 'General' Jeff
1938
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as King Louis XI
1939
Earl of Puddlestone
as Grandpa Ed Carson
1940
Man-Proof
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
1938
The Covered Trailer
as Grandpa Ed Carson
1939
You Can't Take It with You
as Judge
1938
Tales of Manhattan
as Professor Lyons
1942
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Judge Thaddeus Turner
1947
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Dr. Bertram Charles
1944
That Forsyte Woman
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
1949
Little Women
as Dr. Barnes
1949
The Farmer's Daughter
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
1947
Kismet
as Agha
1944
That Uncertain Feeling
as Jones
1941
All This, and Heaven Too
as Pierre
1940
The Rage of Paris
as Pop, Caretaker
1938
Courage of Lassie
as Judge Payson
1946