Actor

Harry Davenport

Birthday: January 19, 1866

Born in: Canton, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movie Credits

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 106
Riding High (1950) as Johnson
Age: 84
Tell It to the Judge (1949) as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
Age: 83
That Forsyte Woman (1949) as Old Jolyon Forsyte
Age: 83
Little Women (1949) as Dr. Barnes
Age: 83
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) as Benjamin Harris
Age: 83
The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948) as Courtroom Attendant
Age: 82
For the Love of Mary (1948) as Justice Peabody
Age: 82
That Lady in Ermine (1948) as Luigi
Age: 82
The Man from Texas (1948) as Pop Hickey
Age: 82
Three Daring Daughters (1948) as Dr. Cannon
Age: 82
The Fabulous Texan (1947) as Rev. Baker
Age: 81
That Hagen Girl (1947) as Judge Merrivale
Age: 81
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) as Judge Thaddeus Turner
Age: 81
Keeper of the Bees (1947) as Michael Worthington
Age: 81
Sport of Kings (1947) as Maj. Denning
Age: 81
Stallion Road (1947) as Dr. Stevens
Age: 81
The Farmer's Daughter (1947) as Dr. Matthew Sulven
Age: 81
A Boy and His Dog (1946) as Squire Jim Kirby
Age: 80
Courage of Lassie (1946) as Judge Payson
Age: 80
Lady Luck (1946) as Judge Martin
Age: 80
Three Wise Fools (1946) as The Ancient
Age: 80
Faithful in My Fashion (1946) as Great Grandpa
Age: 80
G.I. War Brides (1946) as Grandpa Giles
Age: 80
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946) as Gramps
Age: 80
Claudia and David (1946) as Dr. Harry
Age: 80
Adventure (1945) as Dr. Ashton
Age: 79
Pardon My Past (1945) as Grandpa Pemberton
Age: 79
The Enchanted Forest (1945) as Old John
Age: 79
Too Young to Know (1945) as Judge Boller
Age: 79
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) as Albert
Age: 79
This Love of Ours (1945) as Dr. Wilkerson
Age: 79
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) as Dr. Bertram Charles
Age: 78
Music for Millions (1944) as Doctor
Age: 78
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) as Grandpa
Age: 78
Kismet (1944) as Agha
Age: 78
The Impatient Years (1944) as Minister
Age: 78
Jack London (1943) as Prof. Hilliard
Age: 77
Government Girl (1943) as Senator MacVickers
Age: 77
Gangway for Tomorrow (1943) as Fred Taylor
Age: 77
Princess O'Rourke (1943) as Supreme Court Judge
Age: 77
Headin' for God's Country (1943) as Clem Adams
Age: 77
We've Never Been Licked (1943) as Pop Lambert
Age: 77
Shantytown (1943) as 'Doc' Herndon
Age: 77
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) as Arthur Davies
Age: 77
December 7th (1943) as Mr. 'C'
Age: 77
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
Age: 77
Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Professor Lyons
Age: 76
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) as Bane
Age: 76
Larceny, Inc. (1942) as Homer Bigelow
Age: 76
Kings Row (1942) as Colonel Skeffington
Age: 76
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) as Amos Kidder
Age: 76
One Foot in Heaven (1941) as Elias Samson
Age: 75
Hurricane Smith (1941) as Robert Ingersoll Reed
Age: 75
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) as Pop Tolliver
Age: 75
That Uncertain Feeling (1941) as Jones
Age: 75
I Wanted Wings (1941) as 'Sandbags' Riley
Age: 75
Meet John Doe (1941) as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
Age: 75
I Want a Divorce (1940) as Grandpa Brokaw
Age: 74
Earl of Puddlestone (1940) as Grandpa Ed Carson
Age: 74
Foreign Correspondent (1940) as Mr. Powers
Age: 74
Lucky Partners (1940) as Judge
Age: 74
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) as Pierre
Age: 74
Grandpa Goes To Town (1940) as Grandpa
Age: 74
Too Many Husbands (1940) as George
Age: 74
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) as Judge
Age: 74
Granny Get Your Gun (1940) as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
Age: 74
Money To Burn (1939) as Grandpa Ed Carson
Age: 73
Gone with the Wind (1939) as Dr. Meade
Age: 73
The Covered Trailer (1939) as Grandpa Ed Carson
Age: 73
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) as King Louis XI
Age: 73
Death of a Champion (1939) as Guy Lanyard
Age: 73
Should Husbands Work? (1939) as Grandpa Higgins
Age: 73
Juarez (1939) as Dr. Samuel Basch
Age: 73
Exile Express (1939) as Dr. Hite
Age: 73
My Wife's Relatives (1939) as Grandpa Ed Carson
Age: 73
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) as Judge Rider
Age: 73
Tail Spin (1939) as T.P. Lester
Age: 73
Made for Each Other (1939) as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
Age: 73
The Long Shot (1939) as Henry Sharon
Age: 72
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) as Uncle Hannibal Smith
Age: 72
The Sisters (1938) as Doc Moore
Age: 72
You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Judge
Age: 72
Marie Antoinette (1938) as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Age: 72
Young Fugitives (1938) as Joel Bentham
Age: 72
The Rage of Paris (1938) as Pop, Caretaker
Age: 72
The Higgins Family (1938) as Grandpa William Jordan
Age: 72
The First Hundred Years (1938) as Uncle Dawson
Age: 72
Reckless Living (1938) as 'General' Jeff
Age: 72
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) as Dr. Parsons
Age: 72
Saleslady (1938) as Miles Cannon
Age: 72
Man-Proof (1938) as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Age: 71
Wells Fargo (1937) as Ingalls, banker
Age: 71
First Lady (1937) as Charles
Age: 71
The Perfect Specimen (1937) as Carl Carter
Age: 71
Radio Patrol (1937) as John P. Adams, inventor
Age: 71
The Life of Emile Zola (1937) as Chief of Staff
Age: 71
Fit for a King (1937) as Archduke Julio
Age: 71
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) as Doc Quinn
Age: 71
White Bondage (1937) as Pop Craig
Age: 71
They Won't Forget (1937) as Confederate Soldier
Age: 71
Fly Away Baby (1937) as Colonel Higgam
Age: 71
Armored Car (1937) as Pop Logan
Age: 71
As Good as Married (1937) as Jessup
Age: 71
Her Husband's Secretary (1937) as Dan Kingdon
Age: 71
Paradise Express (1937) as Jed Carson
Age: 71
Under Cover of Night (1937) as Dr. Reed
Age: 70
King of Hockey (1936) as Tom McKenna
Age: 70
The Case of the Black Cat (1936) as Peter Laxter
Age: 70
The Scoundrel (1935) as Slezack
Age: 69
No More West (1934) as Judge
Age: 68
Get That Venus (1933) as Mr. Rendleby
Age: 67
The Campus Mystery (1932) as Dean Perry
Age: 66
His Woman (1931) as Customs Inspector
Age: 65
My Sin (1931) as Roger Metcalf
Age: 65
Her Unborn Child (1930) as Dr. Remington
Age: 63
Dawn (1919) as Daniel Burton
Age: 53
A Girl at Bay (1919) as Frank Galt
Age: 53
The Unknown Quantity (1919) as Septimus Kinsolving
Age: 53
The Planter (1917) as Short
Age: 51
Sowers and Reapers (1917) as Henry Ainsworth
Age: 51
The Wheel of the Law (1916) as John Daniels
Age: 50
Father and the Boys (1915) as Tobias Ford
Age: 49
C.O.D. (1915) as C.O. Darlington
Age: 49
Damon and Pythias (1914) as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
Age: 48