Harry Davenport (actor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harry Davenport (actor)

American actor

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1866

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1949

Profession: actor, stage actor, film director, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Harold George Bryant Davenport (January 19, 1866 – August 9, 1949) 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.
His roles include Dr.
Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Grandpa in Meet Me in St.
Louis (1944).
Bette Davis once called Davenport "without a doubt [.
.
.] the greatest character actor of all time."