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Harry Davenport

Actor / Film Director | * 01/19/1866 († 83, 08/09/1949) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Harold George Bryant Davenport (January 19, 1866 – August 9, 1949) 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. His roles include Dr. Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Grandpa in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). Bette Davis once called Davenport "without a doubt [. . .] the greatest character actor of all time." ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanati ...

Foreign Correspondent

13

1940 | 3.5/5 | 2h
Action, Mystery, Thriller, War
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The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. ...

Gone with the Wind

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1939 | 4.0/5 | 3h 53min
Drama, War, Romance / Love
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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 K ...

You Can't Take It with You

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1938 | 3.8/5 | 2h 6min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. ...

Meet Me in St. Louis

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1944 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love, Kids & Family
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Movies with Harry Davenport as Actor(114)

as Self (archive footage)1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Johnson1950 Riding High
as Judge MacKenzie Meredith1949 Tell It to the Judge
as Benjamin Harris1949 Down to the Sea in Ships
as Old Jolyon Forsyte1949 That Forsyte Woman
as Dr. Barnes1949 Little Women
as Justice Peabody1948 For the Love of Mary
as Pop Hickey1948 Man from Texas
as Courtroom Attendant1948 The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Luigi1948 That Lady in Ermine
as Dr. Cannon1948 Three Daring Daughters
as Michael Worthington1947 Keeper of the Bees
as Judge Merrivale1947 That Hagen Girl
as Dr. Stevens1947 Stallion Road
as Rev. Baker1947 The Fabulous Texan
as Dr. Matthew Sulven1947 The Farmer's Daughter
as Judge Thaddeus Turner1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Maj. Denning1947 Sport of Kings
1946 G.I. War Brides
as Great Grandpa1946 Faithful in My Fashion
as The Ancient1946 Three Wise Fools
as Squire Jim Kirby1946 A Boy and His Dog
as Gramps1946 A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
as Judge Payson1946 Courage of Lassie
as Dr. Harry1946 Claudia and David
as Judge Martin1946 Lady Luck
as Dr. Wilkerson1945 This Love of Ours
as Judge Boller1945 Too Young to Know
as Albert1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Dr. Ashton1945 Adventure
as Grandpa Pemberton1945 Pardon My Past
as Dr. Bertram Charles1944 The Thin Man Goes Home
as Minister1944 The Impatient Years
as Grandpa1944 Meet Me in St. Louis
as Agha1944 Kismet
as Doctor1944 Music for Millions
as Clem Adams1943 Headin' for God's Country
as Arthur Davies1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
as Fred Taylor1943 Gangway for Tomorrow
as Supreme Court Judge1943 Princess O'Rourke
as Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as 'Doc' Herndon1943 Shantytown
as Senator MacVickers1943 Government Girl
as Pop Lambert1943 We've Never Been Licked
as Mr. 'C'1943 December 7th
as Prof. Hilliard1943 Jack London
as Homer Bigelow1942 Larceny, Inc.
as Amos Kidder1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Prof. Lyons1942 Tales of Manhattan
as Bane1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Colonel Skeffington1942 Kings Row
as 'Sandbags' Riley1941 I Wanted Wings
as Pop Tolliver1941 The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Jones1941 That Uncertain Feeling
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)1941 Meet John Doe
as Elias Samson1941 One Foot in Heaven
as Robert Ingersoll Reed1941 Hurricane Smith
as Judge1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Grandpa Brokaw1940 I Want a Divorce
as Judge1940 Lucky Partners
as Grandpa Ed Carson1940 Earl of Puddlestone
as Mr. Powers1940 Foreign Correspondent
as Pierre1940 All This, and Heaven Too
as Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson1940 Granny Get Your Gun
as Grandpa1940 Grandpa Goes To Town
as George1940 Too Many Husbands
as Grandpa Ed Carson1939 My Wife's Relatives
as Dr. Healy1939 Made for Each Other
as Grandpa Higgins1939 Should Husbands Work?
as Grandpa Ed Carson1939 Money To Burn
as Dr. Hite1939 Exile Express
as Dr. Meade1939 Gone with the Wind
as T.P. Lester1939 Tail Spin
as Guy Lanyard1939 Death of a Champion
as Grandpa Ed Carson1939 The Covered Trailer
as Judge Rider1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Dr. Samuel Basch1939 Juarez
as Henry Sharon1939 The Long Shot
as King Louis XI1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Doc Moore1938 The Sisters
as 'General' Jeff1938 Reckless Living
as Uncle Dawson1938 The First Hundred Years
as Joel Bentham1938 Young Fugitives
as Judge1938 You Can't Take It with You
as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)1938 Marie Antoinette
as Dr. Parsons1938 Gold Is Where You Find It
as Miles Cannon1938 Saleslady
as Pop, Caretaker1938 The Rage of Paris
as Grandpa William Jordan1938 The Higgins Family
as Uncle Hannibal Smith1938 The Cowboy and the Lady
as Hitchhiker (uncredited)1938 Man-Proof
as Archduke Julio1937 Fit for a King
as Ingalls, banker1937 Wells Fargo
as Jessup1937 As Good as Married
as Pop Logan1937 Armored Car
as Dan Kingdon1937 Her Husband's Secretary
as Jed Carson1937 Paradise Express
as Charles1937 First Lady
as Pop Craig1937 White Bondage
as Chief of Staff1937 The Life of Emile Zola
as Colonel Higgam1937 Fly Away Baby
as Dr. Reed1937 Under Cover of Night
as Carl Carter1937 The Perfect Specimen
as Doc Quinn1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Confederate Soldier1937 They Won't Forget
as John P. Adams, inventor1937 Radio Patrol
as Peter Laxter1936 The Case of the Black Cat
as Tom McKenna1936 King of Hockey
as Slezack1935 The Scoundrel
as Judge1934 No More West
as Mr. Rendleby1933 Get That Venus
as Roger Metcalf1931 My Sin
as Customs Inspector1931 His Woman
as Septimus Kinsolving1919 The Unknown Quantity

Movies with Harry Davenport as Crew(4)

Directing/Director1917 A Woman Alone
Directing/Director1917 The Millionaire's Double
Directing/Director1917 Tillie Wakes Up
Directing/Director1916 For a Woman’s Fair Name

Full Name: Harry Davenport
Born: Friday, 01/19 1866 (January) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 08/09 1949 (August) in Los Angeles (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Phyllis Rankin, Alice Davenport
Children: Dorothy Davenport, Arthur Rankin, Kate Davenport
Siblings: Fanny Davenport, Edgar L. Davenport, Blanche Davenport, Lily Vining Davenport, May Davenport, Florence Cecilia Davenport
Father: Edward Loomis Davenport
Mother: Fanny Vining
Other names for Harry Davenport (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Harold George Bryant Davenport"
"H. Davenport"
Harry Davenport frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (13x, Crew)
Irving Bacon (13x, Actor)
Bess Flowers (12x, Actress)
James Gleason (11x, Actor)
Irene (11x, Crew)
Max Steiner (10x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (9x, Crew)
Perc Westmore (9x, Crew)
Alfred Newman (9x, Crew)
Hal B. Wallis (9x, Crew)
Thomas Little (9x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:285954, Added: 08/10/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024