Harry Davenport
Highest Rated: 100% One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Lowest Rated: 71% That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
Birthday: Jan 19, 1866
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
During a career that spanned both the silent era and the talkies, Harry Davenport was often cast as grandfathers, doctors, judges, and ministers. He is best known for playing Dr. Meade in the Civil War epic "Gone with the Wind," 1939's Academy Award winner for Best Picture and the highest-grossing film of the Golden Age of American movies. During the making of "Gone with the Wind," the cast and crew honored Davenport's 69th year in show business by presenting him with a personalized actor's chair. After "Gone with the Wind"'s monumental success, Davenport was cast in a number of Oscar-caliber films, including 1939's "Hunchback of Notre Dame"; 1942's coming-of-age-drama "Kings Row"; and the 1943 western "The Ox-Bow Incident," as the sole voice of reason in a bloodthirsty lynch mob. Relegated to playing mostly older characters, Davenport continued acting in movies until his death in 1949 at the age of 83.
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Filmography
Movies
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 68% | That Forsyte Woman | Old Jolyon Forsyte (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | That Lady in Ermine | Luigi (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Three Daring Daughters | Dr. Cannon (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Decision of Christopher Blake | Courtroom Attendant (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | For the Love of Mary | Justice Peabody (Character) | - | 1948 |
| 78% | 78% | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Thaddeus (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man From Texas | "Pop" Hickey (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | That Hagen Girl | Judge Merrivale (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keeper of the Bees | Michal Worthington (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sport of Kings | Maj. Denning (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 100% | 77% | The Farmer's Daughter | Dr. Matthew Sulven (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Claudia and David | Dr. Harry (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Luck | Judge Martin (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Courage of Lassie | Judge Payson (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Boy, a Girl and a Dog | Gramps (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Faithful in My Fashion | Great Grandpa (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Wise Fools | The Ancient (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | G.I. War Brides | Grandpa Giles (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Boy and His Dog | Squire Jim Kirby (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Enchanted Forest | Old John (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Albert (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Love of Ours | Dr. Wilkerson (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 75% | 79% | The Thin Man Goes Home | Dr. Bertram Charles (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Music for Millions | Doctor (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Kismet | Agha (Character) | - | 1944 |
| 100% | 87% | Meet Me in St. Louis | Grandpa (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Impatient Years | Minister (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | December 7th | Mr. C (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | Princess O'Rourke | Supreme Court Judge (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | The Jack London Story | Prof. Hilliard (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 91% | 91% | The Ox-Bow Incident | Arthur Davies (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Headin' for God's Country | Clem Adams (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shantytown | Doc Herndon (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We've Never Been Licked | Unknown (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Son of Fury | Amos Kidder (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Larceny, Inc. | Homer Bigelow (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ten Gentlemen From West Point | Bane (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 71% | 56% | That Uncertain Feeling | Jones (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 100% | 55% | One Foot in Heaven | Elias Samson (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 95% | 81% | Foreign Correspondent | Mr. Powers (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Lucky Partners | Judge (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Judge (Character) | - | 1940 |
| 83% | 84% | All This and Heaven Too | Pierre (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Too Many Husbands | George (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Granny Get Your Gun | Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Earl of Puddlestone | Grandpa Ed Carson (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grandpa Goes to Town | Grandpa (Character) | - | 1940 |
| 94% | 87% | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | King Louis XI (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exile Express | Dr. Hite (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Made for Each Other | Dr. Healy (Character) | - | 1939 |
| 90% | 92% | Gone With the Wind | Dr. Meade (Character) | $198.7M | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Long Shot | Henry Sharon (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | The Cowboy and the Lady | Uncle Hannibal Smith (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Gold Is Where You Find It | Dr. 'Doc' Parsons (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saleslady | Miles Cannon (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Fugitives | Joel Bentham (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The First Hundred Years | Uncle Dawson (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | The Sisters | Doc Moore (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fly-Away Baby | Colonel Higgam (Character) | - | 1937 |
| 100% | 87% | Maytime | Opera Director (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | The Great Garrick | Innkeeper of Turk's Head (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fit for a King | Archduke Julio (Character) | - | 1937 |
| 91% | 73% | The Life of Emile Zola | Chief of Staff (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | First Lady | Charles (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Husband's Secretary | Dan Kingdon (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under Cover of Night | Dr. Reed (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Doc Jeremiah George Quinn (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Three Men on a Horse | Williams (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | The Case of the Black Cat | Peter Laxter (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | King of Hockey | Unknown (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Unborn Child | Dr. Remington (Character) | - | 1930 |