Birthday
1866/01/19
Day of death
1949/08/09 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Harold George Bryant Davenport, H. Davenport
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.
(1944) Meet Me in St. Louis
as Grandpa
(1939) Gone with the Wind
as Dr. Meade
(1943) Jack London
as Prof. Hilliard
(1938) Reckless Living
as 'General' Jeff
(1939) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as King Louis XI
(1940) Earl of Puddlestone
as Grandpa Ed Carson
(1938) Man-Proof
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
(1939) The Covered Trailer
as Grandpa Ed Carson
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Judge
(1942) Tales of Manhattan
as Prof. Lyons
(1947) The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Judge Thaddeus Turner
(1944) The Thin Man Goes Home
as Dr. Bertram Charles
(1949) That Forsyte Woman
as Old Jolyon Forsyte
(1949) Little Women
as Dr. Barnes
(1947) The Farmer's Daughter
as Dr. Matthew Sulven
(1944) Kismet
as Agha
(1941) That Uncertain Feeling
as Jones
(1940) All This, and Heaven Too
as Pierre
(1938) The Rage of Paris
as Pop, Caretaker
(1946) Courage of Lassie
as Judge Payson
(1945) Adventure
as Dr. Ashton
(1943) The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
(1947) Sport of Kings
as Maj. Denning
(1939) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Judge Rider
(1937) They Won't Forget
as Confederate Soldier
(1942) Larceny, Inc.
as Homer Bigelow
(1948) That Lady in Ermine
as Luigi
(1943) Government Girl
as Senator MacVickers
(1941) One Foot in Heaven
as Elias Samson
(1946) A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
as Gramps
(1914) Damon and Pythias
as Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
(1940) Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Judge
(1943) December 7th
as Mr. 'C'
(1943) Gangway for Tomorrow
as Fred Taylor
(1945) She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Albert
(1937) First Lady
as Charles
(1950) Riding High
as Johnson
(1948) Three Daring Daughters
as Dr. Cannon
(1937) The Perfect Specimen
as Carl Carter
(1948) The Man from Texas
as Pop Hickey
(1949) Down to the Sea in Ships
as Benjamin Harris
(1944) The Impatient Years
as Minister
(1938) Saleslady
as Miles Cannon
(1945) The Enchanted Forest
as Old John
(1947) The Fabulous Texan
as Rev. Baker
(1945) Pardon My Past
as Grandpa Pemberton
(1944) Music for Millions
as Doctor
(1945) This Love of Ours
as Dr. Wilkerson
(1942) Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Bane
(1937) Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Doc Quinn
(1940) I Want a Divorce
as Grandpa Brokaw
(1919) The Unknown Quantity
as Septimus Kinsolving
(1936) King of Hockey
as Tom McKenna
(1946) Claudia and David
as Dr. Harry
(1937) Paradise Express
as Jed Carson
(1937) Fit for a King
as Archduke Julio
(1947) That Hagen Girl
as Judge Merrivale
(1946) Lady Luck
as Judge Martin
(1947) Keeper of the Bees
as Michael Worthington
(1940) Foreign Correspondent
as Mr. Powers
(1931) His Woman
as Customs Inspector
(1931) My Sin
as Roger Metcalf
(1938) Gold Is Where You Find It
as Dr. Parsons
(1939) Exile Express
as Dr. Hite
(1938) The Cowboy and the Lady
as Uncle Hannibal Smith
(1938) Young Fugitives
as Joel Bentham
(1938) The First Hundred Years
as Uncle Dawson
(1942) Kings Row
as Colonel Skeffington
(1948) For the Love of Mary
as Justice Peabody
(1937) Armored Car
as Pop Logan
(1941) The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Pop Tolliver
(1937) Wells Fargo
as Ingalls, banker
(1939) Tail Spin
as T.P. Lester
(1942) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Amos Kidder
(1973) The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
(1946) Faithful in My Fashion
as Great Grandpa
(1948) The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Courtroom Attendant
(1937) Radio Patrol
as John P. Adams, inventor
(1936) The Case of the Black Cat
as Peter Laxter
(1940) Granny Get Your Gun
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
(1939) The Long Shot
as Henry Sharon
(1939) Made for Each Other
as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
(1939) Juarez
as Dr. Samuel Basch
(1937) Her Husband's Secretary
as Dan Kingdon
(1941) Hurricane Smith
as Robert Ingersoll Reed
(1939) Should Husbands Work?
as Grandpa Higgins
(1935) The Scoundrel
as Slezack
(1946) G.I. War Brides
as Grandpa Giles
(1942) The Ox-Bow Incident
as Arthur Davies
(1937) Fly Away Baby
as Colonel Higgam
(1943) Princess O'Rourke
as Supreme Court Judge
(1938) The Sisters
as Doc Moore
(1937) White Bondage
as Pop Craig
(1938) The Higgins Family
as Grandpa William Jordan
(1939) Money To Burn
as Grandpa Ed Carson
(1939) My Wife's Relatives
as Grandpa Ed Carson
(1940) Grandpa Goes To Town
as Grandpa
(1945) Too Young to Know
as Judge Boller
(1943) Shantytown
as 'Doc' Herndon
(1940) Lucky Partners
as Judge
(1940) Too Many Husbands
as George
(1937) The Life of Emile Zola
as Chief of Staff
(1947) Stallion Road
as Dr. Stevens
(1946) Three Wise Fools
as The Ancient
(1937) Under Cover of Night
as Dr. Reed
(1946) A Boy and His Dog
as Squire Jim Kirby
(1941) Meet John Doe
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
(1943) Headin' for God's Country
as Clem Adams
(1943) We've Never Been Licked
as Pop Lambert
(1939) Death of a Champion
as Guy Lanyard
(1949) Tell It to the Judge
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith
(1934) No More West
as Judge
(1938) Marie Antoinette
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
(1937) As Good as Married
as Jessup
(1933) Get That Venus
as Mr. Rendleby
(1941) I Wanted Wings
as 'Sandbags' Riley