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Harry Davenport

Acting Born Jan 19, 1866 Canton, Pennsylvania, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Gone with the Wind

as Dr. Meade
Film

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Grandpa
Film

You Can't Take It with You

as Judge
Film

The Ox-Bow Incident

as Arthur Davies

Full filmography

  • Gone with the Wind (1939) as Dr. Meade
  • Little Women (1949) as Dr. Barnes
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) as King Louis XI
  • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) as Judge Rider
  • Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) as Grandpa
  • Foreign Correspondent (1940) as Mr. Powers
  • The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) as Dr. Bertram Charles
  • Meet John Doe (1941) as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
  • You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Judge
  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) as Thaddeus
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) as Arthur Davies
  • Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) as Dr. Parsons
  • Marie Antoinette (1938) as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
  • Juarez (1939) as Dr. Samuel Basch
  • Kings Row (1942) as Colonel Skeffington
  • All This, and Heaven Too (1940) as Pierre
  • The Life of Emile Zola (1937) as Chief of Staff
  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) as Uncle Hannibal Smith
  • Government Girl (1943) as Senator MacVickers
  • That Uncertain Feeling (1941) as Jones
  • That Lady in Ermine (1948) as Luigi
  • Made for Each Other (1939) as Dr. Healy (uncredited)
  • Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) as Amos Kidder