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.
Acted in 123
1950s
- 1950
Riding High
Johnson
1940s
- 1949
Tell It to the Judge
Judge MacKenzie Meredith
That Forsyte Woman
Old Jolyon Forsyte
Down to the Sea in Ships
Benjamin Harris
- 1948
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Courtroom Attendant
For the Love of Mary
Justice Peabody
That Lady in Ermine
Luigi
Three Daring Daughters
Dr. Cannon
- 1947
That Hagen Girl
Judge Merrivale
Keeper of the Bees
Michael Worthington
Sport of Kings
Maj. Denning
Stallion Road
Dr. Stevens
The Farmer's Daughter
Dr. Matthew Sulven
- 1946
Courage of Lassie
Judge Payson
Lady Luck
Judge Martin
Three Wise Fools
The Ancient
G.I. War Brides
Grandpa Giles
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
Gramps
Claudia and David
Dr. Harry
- 1945
Adventure
Dr. Ashton
Pardon My Past
Grandpa Pemberton
The Enchanted Forest
Old John
Too Young to Know
Judge Boller
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Albert
This Love of Ours
Dr. Wilkerson
- 1944
Music for Millions
Doctor
The Impatient Years
Minister
- 1943
Jack London
Prof. Hilliard
Government Girl
Senator MacVickers
Gangway for Tomorrow
Fred Taylor
Princess O'Rourke
Supreme Court Judge
Headin' for God's Country
Clem Adams
We've Never Been Licked
Pop Lambert
Shantytown
'Doc' Herndon
The Ox-Bow Incident
Arthur Davies
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
- 1942
Tales of Manhattan
Professor Lyons
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Bane
Kings Row
Colonel Skeffington
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Amos Kidder
- 1941
One Foot in Heaven
Elias Samson
Hurricane Smith
Robert Ingersoll Reed
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Pop Tolliver
I Wanted Wings
'Sandbags' Riley
- 1940
I Want a Divorce
Grandpa Brokaw
Earl of Puddlestone
Grandpa Ed Carson
Lucky Partners
Judge
Grandpa Goes To Town
Grandpa
Too Many Husbands
George
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Judge
Granny Get Your Gun
Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
1930s
- 1939
Money To Burn
Grandpa Ed Carson
The Covered Trailer
Grandpa Ed Carson
Death of a Champion
Guy Lanyard
Should Husbands Work?
Grandpa Higgins
Exile Express
Dr. Hite
My Wife's Relatives
Grandpa Ed Carson
Tail Spin
T.P. Lester
The Long Shot
Henry Sharon
- 1938
The Sisters
Doc Moore
Young Fugitives
Joel Bentham
The Higgins Family
Grandpa William Jordan
The First Hundred Years
Uncle Dawson
Reckless Living
'General' Jeff
Gold Is Where You Find It
Dr. Parsons
Saleslady
Miles Cannon
Man-Proof
Hitchhiker (uncredited)
- 1937
First Lady
Charles
The Perfect Specimen
Carl Carter
Radio Patrol
John P. Adams, inventor
Fit for a King
Archduke Julio
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Doc Quinn
White Bondage
Pop Craig
They Won't Forget
Confederate Soldier
Fly Away Baby
Colonel Higgam
Armored Car
Pop Logan
As Good as Married
Jessup
Her Husband's Secretary
Dan Kingdon
Paradise Express
Jed Carson
Under Cover of Night
Dr. Reed
- 1936
King of Hockey
Tom McKenna
The Case of the Black Cat
Peter Laxter
- 1935
The Scoundrel
Slezack
- 1934
No More West
Judge
- 1933
Get That Venus
Mr. Rendleby
- 1931
His Woman
Customs Inspector
My Sin
Roger Metcalf
- 1930
Her Unborn Child
Dr. Remington
1910s
- 1919
Dawn
Daniel Burton
A Girl at Bay
Frank Galt
The Unknown Quantity
Septimus Kinsolving
- 1917
The Planter
Short
Sowers and Reapers
Henry Ainsworth
- 1916
The Wheel of the Law
John Daniels
- 1915
Father and the Boys
Tobias Ford
C.O.D.
C.O. Darlington
- 1914
Damon and Pythias
Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
Directed 4
1910s
- 1917
The Millionaire's Double
Director
Tillie Wakes Up
Director
A Woman Alone
Director
- 1916
For a Woman’s Fair Name
Director
Appearances1
1970s
- 1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)