The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
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Harry Davenport was one of the best-known and busiest "old men" in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s. He started his film career at the age of 47, debuting in the 1913 silent short film Kenton's Heir. The next year, he starred in Fogg's Millions co-starring Rose Tapley.
Harry Davenport. Actor: Gone with the Wind. Character fame on film came quite late for long-time stage actor Harry Davenport at age 70, but he made up for lost time in very quick fashion with well over a hundred film roles registered from the advent of sound to the time of his death in 1949.
Harry Davenport may refer to: Harry Davenport (actor) (1866–1949), American film and stage actor. Harry Davenport (footballer) (1900–1984), Australian footballer.
Oct 30, 2009 · Harry Davenport played those parts often, and to perfection, in a career that lasted no less than 78 years. He was a member of an acting dynasty that stretches from the 18th century to the present with connections to the Barrymores and the Drews.
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...
Here are 10 things you should know about Harry Davenport, born on January 19, 1866. No less an authority than Bette Davis reportedly said of him, "Without a doubt, he was the greatest character...
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...
Jan 19, 2014 · A veteran stage actor, Harry Davenport made his film debut at age 48. In his 37-year film career, he appeared in over 160 films and shorts, playing his share of grandfathers, judges and doctors.
Nov 11, 2013 · Despite the impact he had on me as Grandpa in Vincente Minnelli’s, Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), the film in which I first saw him, Harry Davenport is probably best remembered for a role he played five years earlier, that of the stalwart Dr. Meade in Victor Fleming’s, Gone With the Wind.
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.
