Harry Davenport

Known for Acting

Harry Davenport's portrait

Details

Birthday: January 19, 1866

Deathday: August 09, 1949

Place of birth: 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.

Actor

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1950

Riding High

1949

That Forsyte Woman

1949

Little Women

1949

Down to the Sea in Ships

1949

Tell It to the Judge

1948

That Lady in Ermine

1948

Three Daring Daughters

1948

The Man from Texas

1948

For the Love of Mary

1948

The Decision of Christopher Blake

1947

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

The Farmer's Daughter

1947

Sport of Kings

1947

The Fabulous Texan

1947

That Hagen Girl

1947

Keeper of the Bees

1947

Stallion Road

1946

Courage of Lassie

1946

A Boy, a Girl and a Dog

1946

Claudia and David

1946

Lady Luck

1946

Faithful in My Fashion

1946

G.I. War Brides

1946

Three Wise Fools

1946

A Boy and His Dog

1945

Adventure

1945

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945

The Enchanted Forest

1945

Pardon My Past

1945

This Love of Ours

1945

Too Young to Know

1944

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

Kismet

1944

The Impatient Years

1944

Music for Millions

1943

Jack London

1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943

Government Girl

1943

December 7th

1943

Gangway for Tomorrow

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

Princess O'Rourke

1943

Shantytown

1943

Headin' for God's Country

1943

We've Never Been Licked

1942

Tales of Manhattan

1942

Larceny, Inc.

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942

Kings Row

1942

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1941

That Uncertain Feeling

1941

One Foot in Heaven

1941

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941

Hurricane Smith

1941

Meet John Doe

1941

I Wanted Wings

1940

Earl of Puddlestone

1940

All This, and Heaven Too

1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940

I Want a Divorce

1940

Foreign Correspondent

1940

Granny Get Your Gun

1940

Grandpa Goes To Town

1940

Lucky Partners

1940

Too Many Husbands

1939

Gone with the Wind

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

The Covered Trailer

1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939

Exile Express

1939

Tail Spin

1939

The Long Shot

1939

Made for Each Other

1939

Juarez

1939

Should Husbands Work?

1939

My Wife's Relatives

1939

Money To Burn

1939

Death of a Champion

1938

Reckless Living

1938

Man-Proof

1938

You Can't Take It with You

1938

The Rage of Paris

1938

Saleslady

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938

Young Fugitives

1938

The First Hundred Years

1938

The Sisters

1938

The Higgins Family

1938

Marie Antoinette

1937

They Won't Forget

1937

First Lady

1937

The Perfect Specimen

1937

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

1937

Paradise Express

1937

Fit for a King

1937

Armored Car

1937

Wells Fargo

1937

Radio Patrol

1937

Her Husband's Secretary

1937

Fly Away Baby

1937

White Bondage

1937

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

Under Cover of Night

1937

As Good as Married

1936

King of Hockey

1936

The Case of the Black Cat

1935

The Scoundrel

1934

No More West

1933

Get That Venus

1932

The Campus Mystery

1931

His Woman

1931

My Sin

1930

Her Unborn Child

1919

The Unknown Quantity

1919

A Girl at Bay

1919

Dawn

1917

The Planter

1917

Sowers and Reapers

1916

The Wheel of the Law

1915

C.O.D.

1915

Father and the Boys

1914

Damon and Pythias

Director

1917

The Millionaire's Double

1917

Tillie Wakes Up

1917

A Woman Alone

1916

For a Woman’s Fair Name