Acting · Canton, Pennsylvania, USA · Born January 19, 1866
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.
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRiding High
1950
as Johnson
MovieTell It to the Judge
1949
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
MovieThat Forsyte Woman
1949
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
MovieLittle Women
1949
as Dr. Barnes
MovieDown to the Sea in Ships
1949
as Benjamin Harris
MovieThe Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
as Courtroom Attendant
MovieFor the Love of Mary
1948
as Justice Peabody
MovieThat Lady in Ermine
1948
as Luigi
MovieThe Man from Texas
1948
as Pop Hickey
MovieThree Daring Daughters
1948
as Dr. Cannon
MovieThe Fabulous Texan
1947
as Rev. Baker
MovieThat Hagen Girl
1947
as Judge Merrivale
MovieThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Thaddeus
MovieKeeper of the Bees
1947
as Michael Worthington
MovieSport of Kings
1947
as Maj. Denning
MovieStallion Road
1947
as Dr. Stevens
MovieThe Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
MovieA Boy and His Dog
1946
as Squire Jim Kirby
MovieCourage of Lassie
1946
as Judge Payson
MovieLady Luck
1946
as Judge Martin
MovieThree Wise Fools
1946
as The Ancient
MovieFaithful in My Fashion
1946
as Great Grandpa
MovieG.I. War Brides
1946
as Grandpa Giles
MovieA Boy, a Girl and a Dog
1946
as Gramps
MovieClaudia and David
1946
as Dr. Harry
MovieAdventure
1945
as Dr. Ashton
MoviePardon My Past
1945
as Grandpa Pemberton
MovieThe Enchanted Forest
1945
as Old John
MovieToo Young to Know
1945
as Judge Boller
MovieShe Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Albert
MovieThis Love of Ours
1945
as Dr. Wilkerson
MovieThe Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Dr. Bertram Charles
MovieMusic for Millions
1944
as Doctor
MovieMeet Me in St. Louis
1944
as Grandpa
MovieKismet
1944
as Agha
MovieThe Impatient Years
1944
as Minister
MovieJack London
1943
as Prof. Hilliard
MovieGovernment Girl
1943
as Senator MacVickers
MovieGangway for Tomorrow
1943
as Fred Taylor
MoviePrincess O'Rourke
1943
as Supreme Court Judge
MovieHeadin' for God's Country
1943
as Clem Adams
MovieWe've Never Been Licked
1943
as Pop Lambert
MovieShantytown
1943
as 'Doc' Herndon
MovieThe Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Arthur Davies
MovieDecember 7th
1943
as Mr. 'C'
MovieThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
MovieTales of Manhattan
1942
as Professor Lyons
MovieTen Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Bane
MovieLarceny, Inc.
1942
as Homer Bigelow
MovieKings Row
1942
as Colonel Skeffington
MovieSon of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Amos Kidder
MovieOne Foot in Heaven
1941
as Elias Samson
MovieHurricane Smith
1941
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
MovieThe Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
as Pop Tolliver
MovieThat Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Jones
MovieI Wanted Wings
1941
as 'Sandbags' Riley
MovieMeet John Doe
1941
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
MovieI Want a Divorce
1940
as Grandpa Brokaw
MovieEarl of Puddlestone
1940
as Grandpa Ed Carson
MovieForeign Correspondent
1940
as Mr. Powers
MovieLucky Partners
1940
as Judge
MovieAll This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Pierre
MovieGrandpa Goes To Town
1940
as Grandpa
MovieToo Many Husbands
1940
as George
MovieDr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Judge
MovieGranny Get Your Gun
1940
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
MovieMoney To Burn
1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
MovieGone with the Wind
1939
as Dr. Meade
MovieThe Covered Trailer
1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
MovieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as King Louis XI
MovieDeath of a Champion
1939
as Guy Lanyard
MovieShould Husbands Work?
1939
as Grandpa Higgins
MovieJuarez
1939
as Dr. Samuel Basch
MovieExile Express
1939
as Dr. Hite
MovieMy Wife's Relatives
1939
as Grandpa Ed Carson
MovieThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Judge Rider
MovieTail Spin
1939
as T.P. Lester
MovieMade for Each Other
1939
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
MovieThe Long Shot
1939
as Henry Sharon
MovieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
MovieThe Sisters
1938
as Doc Moore
MovieYou Can't Take It with You
1938
as Judge
MovieMarie Antoinette
1938
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
MovieYoung Fugitives
1938
as Joel Bentham
MovieThe Rage of Paris
1938
as Pop, Caretaker
MovieThe Higgins Family
1938
as Grandpa William Jordan
MovieThe First Hundred Years
1938
as Uncle Dawson
MovieReckless Living
1938
as 'General' Jeff
MovieGold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Dr. Parsons
MovieSaleslady
1938
as Miles Cannon
MovieMan-Proof
1938
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
MovieWells Fargo
1937
as Ingalls, banker
MovieFirst Lady
1937
as Charles
MovieThe Perfect Specimen
1937
as Carl Carter
MovieRadio Patrol
1937
as John P. Adams, inventor
MovieThe Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Chief of Staff
MovieFit for a King
1937
as Archduke Julio
MovieMr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
as Doc Quinn
MovieWhite Bondage
1937
as Pop Craig
MovieThey Won't Forget
1937
as Confederate Soldier
MovieFly Away Baby
1937
as Colonel Higgam
MovieArmored Car
1937
as Pop Logan
MovieAs Good as Married
1937
as Jessup
MovieHer Husband's Secretary
1937
as Dan Kingdon
MovieParadise Express
1937
as Jed Carson
MovieUnder Cover of Night
1937
as Dr. Reed
MovieKing of Hockey
1936
as Tom McKenna
MovieThe Case of the Black Cat
1936
as Peter Laxter
MovieThe Scoundrel
1935
as Slezack
MovieNo More West
1934
as Judge
MovieGet That Venus
1933
as Mr. Rendleby
The Campus Mystery
1932
as Dean Perry
MovieHis Woman
1931
as Customs Inspector
MovieMy Sin
1931
as Roger Metcalf
MovieHer Unborn Child
1930
as Dr. Remington
MovieDawn
1919
as Daniel Burton
MovieA Girl at Bay
1919
as Frank Galt
MovieThe Unknown Quantity
1919
as Septimus Kinsolving
MovieThe Planter
1917
as Short
MovieSowers and Reapers
1917
as Henry Ainsworth
MovieThe Wheel of the Law
1916
as John Daniels
MovieFather and the Boys
1915
as Tobias Ford
MovieC.O.D.
1915
as C.O. Darlington
MovieDamon and Pythias
1914
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
