Harry Davenport
Acting
Born 1866-01-19
Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
Popular credits
Gone with the Wind
Dr. Meade
You Can't Take It with You
Judge
Foreign Correspondent
Mr. Powers
The Ox-Bow Incident
Arthur Davies
Meet Me in St. Louis
Grandpa
Meet John Doe
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
Little Women
Dr. Barnes
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
King Louis XI
The Life of Emile Zola
Chief of Staff
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Judge Thaddeus Turner
The Thin Man Goes Home
Dr. Bertram Charles
All This, and Heaven Too
Pierre
That Uncertain Feeling
Jones
Made for Each Other
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
Kings Row
Colonel Skeffington
The Farmer's Daughter
Dr. Matthew Sulven
Tales of Manhattan
Professor Lyons
Courage of Lassie
Judge Payson
Marie Antoinette
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
Homer Bigelow