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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.
He was an American actor of stage and film. His stage career started at age six. He began his prolific film career in Fogg's Millions in 1914 and worked steadily until his death, appearing in over 160 films. Among his notable films were Little Women, Meet Me in St. Louis, and The Ox-Bow Incident.
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.
Oct 30, 2009 · Harry Davenport had always enjoyed good health and was extremely active for an octogenarian. On Tuesday, August 9, 1949, he had telephoned Walter Herzbrun, his agent for the last 15 years, to inquire about a film role he had been assigned which was scheduled to begin shooting the following week.
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.
Harry Davenport was an American actor and director who had a long career in film and television. He was born on January 19, 1866 in New York City, New York. He began his career in vaudeville and made his Broadway debut in 1891.
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...
Harold George Bryant Davenport (January 19, 1866 – August 9, 1949) was an American actor. His roles include Dr. Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Grandpa in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
Mar 22, 2006 · Harry Davenport of Canton, Pa., the Grand Old Man of the American stage and screen, died yesterday in Hollywood after a heart attack. Eighty-three, he had spent 78 years in the land of make believe that lies behind the footlights of the stage and in the bustle and glare of movie sets.
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.
