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.

Known For

Meet Me in St. Louis

28 November, 1944

Gone with the Wind

15 December, 1939

Jack London

24 December, 1943

Reckless Living

1 March, 1938

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

31 August, 1939

Earl of Puddlestone

31 August, 1940

Man-Proof

7 January, 1938

The Covered Trailer

10 November, 1939

You Can't Take It with You

1 September, 1938

Tales of Manhattan

5 August, 1942

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1 September, 1947

The Thin Man Goes Home

24 December, 1944

That Forsyte Woman

3 November, 1949

Little Women

10 March, 1949

The Farmer's Daughter

26 March, 1947

Kismet

1 October, 1944

That Uncertain Feeling

20 April, 1941

All This, and Heaven Too

5 July, 1940

The Rage of Paris

9 June, 1938

Courage of Lassie

8 November, 1946

Adventure

28 December, 1945

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

19 February, 1943

Sport of Kings

26 June, 1947

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

4 April, 1939

They Won't Forget

14 July, 1937

Larceny, Inc.

24 April, 1942

That Lady in Ermine

24 August, 1948

Government Girl

5 November, 1943

One Foot in Heaven

1 November, 1941

A Boy, a Girl and a Dog

1 July, 1946

Damon and Pythias

23 November, 1914

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

23 February, 1940

December 7th

1 March, 1943

Gangway for Tomorrow

3 November, 1943

She Wouldn't Say Yes

29 November, 1945

First Lady

4 December, 1937

Riding High

12 April, 1950

Three Daring Daughters

12 February, 1948

The Perfect Specimen

23 October, 1937

The Man from Texas

6 March, 1948

Down to the Sea in Ships

15 February, 1949

The Impatient Years

10 September, 1944

Saleslady

27 January, 1938

The Enchanted Forest

8 December, 1945

The Fabulous Texan

9 November, 1947

Pardon My Past

24 December, 1945

Music for Millions

18 December, 1944

This Love of Ours

2 November, 1945

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

26 June, 1942

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

11 August, 1937

I Want a Divorce

20 September, 1940

The Unknown Quantity

14 April, 1919

King of Hockey

19 December, 1936

Claudia and David

25 February, 1946

Paradise Express

24 February, 1937

Fit for a King

1 September, 1937

That Hagen Girl

1 November, 1947

Lady Luck

30 October, 1946

Keeper of the Bees

10 July, 1947

Foreign Correspondent

16 August, 1940

His Woman

20 November, 1931

My Sin

26 September, 1931

Gold Is Where You Find It

12 February, 1938

Exile Express

27 May, 1939

The Cowboy and the Lady

17 November, 1938

Young Fugitives

30 June, 1938

The First Hundred Years

12 March, 1938

Kings Row

2 February, 1942

For the Love of Mary

1 September, 1948

Armored Car

1 June, 1937

The Bride Came C.O.D.

12 July, 1941

Wells Fargo

31 December, 1937

Tail Spin

19 February, 1939

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

29 January, 1942

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1 January, 1973

Faithful in My Fashion

21 August, 1946

The Decision of Christopher Blake

23 December, 1948

Radio Patrol

3 October, 1937

The Case of the Black Cat

31 October, 1936

Granny Get Your Gun

10 February, 1940

The Long Shot

6 January, 1939

Made for Each Other

10 February, 1939

Juarez

10 June, 1939

Her Husband's Secretary

26 February, 1937

Hurricane Smith

20 July, 1941

Should Husbands Work?

26 July, 1939

The Scoundrel

30 April, 1935

G.I. War Brides

12 August, 1946

The Ox-Bow Incident

11 March, 1943

Fly Away Baby

19 June, 1937

Princess O'Rourke

23 October, 1943

The Sisters

14 October, 1938

White Bondage

5 August, 1937

The Higgins Family

28 March, 1938

Money To Burn

31 December, 1939

My Wife's Relatives

20 May, 1939

Grandpa Goes To Town

13 April, 1940

Too Young to Know

1 December, 1945

Shantytown

20 April, 1943

Lucky Partners

2 August, 1940

Too Many Husbands

3 April, 1940

The Life of Emile Zola

9 September, 1937

Stallion Road

12 April, 1947

Three Wise Fools

26 September, 1946

Under Cover of Night

8 January, 1937

A Boy and His Dog

26 December, 1946

Meet John Doe

14 March, 1941

Headin' for God's Country

26 August, 1943

We've Never Been Licked

29 July, 1943

Death of a Champion

24 August, 1939

Tell It to the Judge

18 November, 1949

No More West

29 March, 1934

Marie Antoinette

26 August, 1938

As Good as Married

9 May, 1937

Get That Venus

1 September, 1933

I Wanted Wings

26 March, 1941

The Wheel of the Law

18 September, 1916

C.O.D.

1 February, 1915

The Campus Mystery

1 July, 1932

Father and the Boys

20 December, 1915

Her Unborn Child

10 January, 1930

The Planter

12 November, 1917

Sowers and Reapers

7 May, 1917

A Girl at Bay

28 June, 1919