Harry Davenport

Harry Davenport

January 19, 1866

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

20 titles
1
Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944 · 1h 53m · Movie

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

7.5
2
The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 · 1h 15m · Movie

Walter Van Tilburg Clark's novel inspires an account of a lynch mob that seeks revenge for a rancher's murder.

8.0
3
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1940 · 2h 0m · Movie

On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.

7.4
4
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939 · 1h 56m · Movie

In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

7.8
5
The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

1937 · 1h 56m · Movie

The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair, a Jewish army officer who is accused of treason.

7.1
6
Little Women

Little Women

1949 · 2h 2m · Movie

The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.

7.2
7
The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944 · 1h 40m · Movie

Nick, a private detective, visits his hometown with wife Nora. Locals believe he's investigating a case. When someone is murdered on his doorstep, Nick gets embroiled in solving the crime despite intending a vacation.

7.3
8
All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

1940 · 2h 21m · Movie

A duchess' irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.

7.4
9
Kings Row

Kings Row

1942 · 2h 7m · Movie

The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.

7.5
10
The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941 · 1h 32m · Movie

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

6.9
11
That Uncertain Feeling

That Uncertain Feeling

1941 · 1h 24m · Movie

A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.

6.6
12
The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

1947 · 1h 37m · Movie

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

7.2
13
Juarez

Juarez

1939 · 2h 5m · Movie

Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.

6.9
14
The Sisters

The Sisters

1938 · 1h 39m · Movie

Three daughters of a small town pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.

6.7
15
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939 · 1h 38m · Movie

The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

7.0
16
That Lady in Ermine

That Lady in Ermine

1948 · 1h 29m · Movie

That Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, with one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th.

5.8
17
Music for Millions

Music for Millions

1944 · 1h 57m · Movie

Six year old "Mike" joins her sister Barbara Ainsworth who plays in a classical orchestra during WW II.

6.6
18
Riding High

Riding High

1950 · 1h 52m · Movie

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

6.2
19
Three Wise Fools

Three Wise Fools

1946 · 1h 30m · Movie

40 years since Richard, James, and Theodore insulted 'The O'Monahan' and he put a vexing blessing on them, all three have obtained their dreams of grandeur, but they all live in one house as bachelors. Into this grand house comes ...

6.5
20
For the Love of Mary

For the Love of Mary

1948 · 1h 30m · Movie

A young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.

6.6