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.

Filmography

• 1950Riding High — Johnson
• 1949Down to the Sea in Ships — Benjamin Harris
• 1949Little Women — Dr. Barnes
• 1949Tell It to the Judge — Judge MacKenzie Meredith
• 1949That Forsyte Woman — Old Jolyon Forsyte
• 1948For the Love of Mary — Justice Peabody
• 1948That Lady in Ermine — Luigi
• 1948The Decision of Christopher Blake — Courtroom Attendant
• 1948The Man from Texas — Pop Hickey
• 1948Three Daring Daughters — Dr. Cannon
• 1947Keeper of the Bees — Michael Worthington
• 1947Sport of Kings — Maj. Denning
• 1947Stallion Road — Dr. Stevens
• 1947That Hagen Girl — Judge Merrivale
• 1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer — Thaddeus
• 1947The Fabulous Texan — Rev. Baker
• 1947The Farmer's Daughter — Dr. Matthew Sulven
• 1946A Boy and His Dog — Squire Jim Kirby
• 1946A Boy, a Girl and a Dog — Gramps
• 1946Claudia and David — Dr. Harry
• 1946Courage of Lassie — Judge Payson
• 1946Faithful in My Fashion — Great Grandpa
• 1946G.I. War Brides — Grandpa Giles
• 1946Lady Luck — Judge Martin
• 1946Three Wise Fools — The Ancient
• 1945Adventure — Dr. Ashton
• 1945Pardon My Past — Grandpa Pemberton
• 1945She Wouldn't Say Yes — Albert
• 1945The Enchanted Forest — Old John
• 1945This Love of Ours — Dr. Wilkerson
• 1945Too Young to Know — Judge Boller
• 1944Kismet — Agha
• 1944Meet Me in St. Louis — Grandpa
• 1944Music for Millions — Doctor
• 1944The Impatient Years — Minister
• 1944The Thin Man Goes Home — Dr. Bertram Charles
• 1943December 7th — Mr. 'C'
• 1943Gangway for Tomorrow — Fred Taylor
• 1943Government Girl — Senator MacVickers
• 1943Headin' for God's Country — Clem Adams
• 1943Jack London — Prof. Hilliard
• 1943Princess O'Rourke — Supreme Court Judge
• 1943Shantytown — 'Doc' Herndon
• 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday — Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
• 1943The Ox-Bow Incident — Arthur Davies
• 1943We've Never Been Licked — Pop Lambert
• 1942Kings Row — Colonel Skeffington
• 1942Larceny, Inc. — Homer Bigelow
• 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake — Amos Kidder
• 1942Tales of Manhattan — Professor Lyons
• 1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point — Bane
• 1941Hurricane Smith — Robert Ingersoll Reed
• 1941I Wanted Wings — 'Sandbags' Riley
• 1941Meet John Doe — Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
• 1941One Foot in Heaven — Elias Samson
• 1941That Uncertain Feeling — Jones
• 1941The Bride Came C.O.D. — Pop Tolliver
• 1940All This, and Heaven Too — Pierre
• 1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet — Judge
• 1940Earl of Puddlestone — Grandpa Ed Carson
• 1940Foreign Correspondent — Mr. Powers
• 1940Grandpa Goes To Town — Grandpa
• 1940Granny Get Your Gun — Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
• 1940I Want a Divorce — Grandpa Brokaw
• 1940Lucky Partners — Judge
• 1940Too Many Husbands — George
• 1939Death of a Champion — Guy Lanyard
• 1939Exile Express — Dr. Hite
• 1939Gone with the Wind — Dr. Meade
• 1939Juarez — Dr. Samuel Basch
• 1939Made for Each Other — Dr. Healy (uncredited)
• 1939Money To Burn — Grandpa Ed Carson
• 1939My Wife's Relatives — Grandpa Ed Carson
• 1939Should Husbands Work? — Grandpa Higgins
• 1939Tail Spin — T.P. Lester
• 1939The Covered Trailer — Grandpa Ed Carson
• 1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame — King Louis XI
• 1939The Long Shot — Henry Sharon
• 1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell — Judge Rider
• 1938Gold Is Where You Find It — Dr. Parsons
• 1938Man-Proof — Hitchhiker (uncredited)
• 1938Marie Antoinette — Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
• 1938Reckless Living — 'General' Jeff
• 1938Saleslady — Miles Cannon
• 1938The Cowboy and the Lady — Uncle Hannibal Smith
• 1938The First Hundred Years — Uncle Dawson
• 1938The Higgins Family — Grandpa William Jordan
• 1938The Rage of Paris — Pop, Caretaker
• 1938The Sisters — Doc Moore
• 1938You Can't Take It with You — Judge
• 1938Young Fugitives — Joel Bentham
• 1937Armored Car — Pop Logan
• 1937As Good as Married — Jessup
• 1937First Lady — Charles
• 1937Fit for a King — Archduke Julio
• 1937Fly Away Baby — Colonel Higgam
• 1937Her Husband's Secretary — Dan Kingdon
• 1937Mr. Dodd Takes the Air — Doc Quinn
• 1937Paradise Express — Jed Carson
• 1937Radio Patrol — John P. Adams, inventor
• 1937The Life of Emile Zola — Chief of Staff
• 1937The Perfect Specimen — Carl Carter
• 1937They Won't Forget — Confederate Soldier
• 1937Under Cover of Night — Dr. Reed
• 1937Wells Fargo — Ingalls, banker
• 1937White Bondage — Pop Craig
• 1936King of Hockey — Tom McKenna
• 1936The Case of the Black Cat — Peter Laxter
• 1935The Scoundrel — Slezack
• 1934No More West — Judge
• 1933Get That Venus — Mr. Rendleby
• 1932The Campus Mystery — Dean Perry
• 1931His Woman — Customs Inspector
• 1931My Sin — Roger Metcalf
• 1930Her Unborn Child — Dr. Remington
• 1919A Girl at Bay — Frank Galt
• 1919Dawn — Daniel Burton
• 1919The Unknown Quantity — Septimus Kinsolving
• 1917A Woman Alone — Director
• 1917Sowers and Reapers — Henry Ainsworth
• 1917The Millionaire's Double — Director
• 1917The Planter — Short
• 1917Tillie Wakes Up — Director
• 1916For a Woman’s Fair Name — Director
• 1916The Wheel of the Law — John Daniels
• 1915C.O.D. — C.O. Darlington
• 1915Father and the Boys — Tobias Ford
• 1914Damon and Pythias — Phillistus (as H. Davenport)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli — Self (archive footage)