Harry Davenport
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.
Born: January 19, 1866
Place of Birth: Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Gone with the Wind
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
The Ox-Bow Incident
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
You Can't Take It with You
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Little Women
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Meet John Doe
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
All This, and Heaven Too
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
Kings Row
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.
The Thin Man Goes Home
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Johnson
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
as Dr. Barnes
as Benjamin Harris
as Courtroom Attendant
as Justice Peabody
as Luigi
as Pop Hickey
as Dr. Cannon
as Rev. Baker
as Judge Merrivale
as Judge Thaddeus Turner
as Michael Worthington
as Maj. Denning
as Dr. Stevens
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
as Squire Jim Kirby
as Judge Payson
as Judge Martin
as The Ancient
as Great Grandpa
as Grandpa Giles
as Gramps
as Dr. Harry
as Dr. Ashton
as Grandpa Pemberton
as Old John
as Judge Boller
as Albert
as Dr. Wilkerson
as Dr. Bertram Charles
as Doctor
as Grandpa
as Agha
as Minister
as Prof. Hilliard
as Senator MacVickers
as Fred Taylor
as Supreme Court Judge
as Clem Adams
as Pop Lambert
as 'Doc' Herndon
as Arthur Davies
as Mr. 'C'
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
as Professor Lyons
as Homer Bigelow
as Colonel Skeffington
as Amos Kidder
as Elias Samson
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
as Pop Tolliver
as Jones
as 'Sandbags' Riley
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
as Grandpa Brokaw
as Grandpa Ed Carson
as Mr. Powers
as Judge
as Pierre
as Grandpa
as George
as Judge
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
as Grandpa Ed Carson
as Dr. Meade
as Grandpa Ed Carson
as King Louis XI
as Guy Lanyard
as Grandpa Higgins
as Dr. Samuel Basch
as Dr. Hite
as Grandpa Ed Carson
as Judge Rider
as T.P. Lester
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
as Henry Sharon
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
as Doc Moore
as Judge
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
as Joel Bentham
as Pop, Caretaker
as Grandpa William Jordan
as Uncle Dawson
as 'General' Jeff
as Dr. Parsons
as Miles Cannon
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
as Ingalls, banker
as Charles
as Carl Carter
as John P. Adams, inventor
as Chief of Staff
as Archduke Julio
as Doc Quinn
as Pop Craig
as Confederate Soldier
as Colonel Higgam
as Pop Logan
as Jessup
as Dan Kingdon
as Jed Carson
as Dr. Reed
as Tom McKenna
as Peter Laxter
as Slezack
as Judge
as Mr. Rendleby
as Customs Inspector
as Roger Metcalf
as Dr. Remington
as Daniel Burton
as Frank Galt
as Septimus Kinsolving
as Short
as Henry Ainsworth
as John Daniels
as Tobias Ford
as C.O. Darlington
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)