Harry Davenport
Department: Acting
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
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
Gone with the Wind
1939
Jack London
1943
Reckless Living
1938
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
Earl of Puddlestone
1940
Man-Proof
1938
The Covered Trailer
1939
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Tales of Manhattan
1942
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
That Forsyte Woman
1949
Little Women
1949
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
Kismet
1944
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
The Rage of Paris
1938
Courage of Lassie
1946
Adventure
1945
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Sport of Kings
1947
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
They Won't Forget
1937
Larceny, Inc.
1942
That Lady in Ermine
1948
Government Girl
1943
One Foot in Heaven
1941
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
1946
Damon and Pythias
1914
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
December 7th
1943
Gangway for Tomorrow
1943
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
First Lady
1937
Riding High
1950
Three Daring Daughters
1948
The Perfect Specimen
1937
The Man from Texas
1948
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
The Impatient Years
1944
Saleslady
1938
The Enchanted Forest
1945
The Fabulous Texan
1947
Music for Millions
1944
Pardon My Past
1945
This Love of Ours
1945
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
I Want a Divorce
1940
The Unknown Quantity
1919
King of Hockey
1936
Claudia and David
1946
Paradise Express
1937
Fit for a King
1937
That Hagen Girl
1947
Lady Luck
1946
Keeper of the Bees
1947
Foreign Correspondent
1940
His Woman
1931
My Sin
1931
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
Exile Express
1939
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
Young Fugitives
1938
The First Hundred Years
1938
Kings Row
1942
For the Love of Mary
1948
Armored Car
1937
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
Wells Fargo
1937
Tail Spin
1939
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Faithful in My Fashion
1946
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
Radio Patrol
1937
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
Granny Get Your Gun
1940
The Long Shot
1939
Made for Each Other
1939
Juarez
1939
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
Hurricane Smith
1941
Should Husbands Work?
1939
The Scoundrel
1935
G.I. War Brides
1946
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
Fly Away Baby
1937
Princess O'Rourke
1943
The Sisters
1938
White Bondage
1937
The Higgins Family
1938
My Wife's Relatives
1939
Money To Burn
1939
Grandpa Goes To Town
1940
Too Young to Know
1945
Shantytown
1943
Lucky Partners
1940
Too Many Husbands
1940
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
Stallion Road
1947
Three Wise Fools
1946
Under Cover of Night
1937
A Boy and His Dog
1946
Meet John Doe
1941
Headin' for God's Country
1943
We've Never Been Licked
1943
Death of a Champion
1939
Tell It to the Judge
1949
No More West
1934
Marie Antoinette
1938
As Good as Married
1937
Get That Venus
1933
I Wanted Wings
1941
The Wheel of the Law
1916
C.O.D.
1915
The Campus Mystery
1932
Father and the Boys
1915
Her Unborn Child
1930
The Planter
1917
Sowers and Reapers
1917
A Girl at Bay
1919
Dawn
1919