Harry Davenport

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.

Known For

Gone with the Wind

as Dr. Meade

You Can't Take It with You

as Judge

Foreign Correspondent

as Mr. Powers

The Ox-Bow Incident

as Arthur Davies

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Grandpa

Meet John Doe

as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)

Little Women

as Dr. Barnes

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as King Louis XI

The Life of Emile Zola

as Chief of Staff

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Judge Thaddeus Turner