Actor
Harry Davenport
Born 1866-01-19Died 1949-08-09aged 83
Harry Davenport (1866–1949) is best known for That Forsyte Woman, Riding High and Little Women.
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."
Filmography (37)
★ 6.61950
That Forsyte Woman
1950
★ 6.21950
Riding High
1950
★ 7.21949
Little Women
1949
★ 5.81948
That Lady in Ermine
1948
★ 6.21948
Three Daring Daughters
1948
★ 7.21947
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
★ 7.21947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
★ 6.21946
Courage of Lassie
1946
★ 6.11945
Adventure
1945
★ 7.51944
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
★ 7.31944
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
★ 6.11944
Kismet
1944
★ 6.71943
Princess O'Rourke
1943
★ 8.01943
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
★ 7.11942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
★ 7.31942
Tales of Manhattan
1942
★ 7.51942
Kings Row
1942
★ 6.61941
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
★ 6.71941
One Foot in Heaven
1941
★ 6.91941
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
★ 7.61941
Meet John Doe
1941
★ 6.31941
I Wanted Wings
1941
★ 7.41940
Foreign Correspondent
1940
★ 6.51940
Too Many Husbands
1940