Movies
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
The Enchanted Forest
1945
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
That Forsyte Woman
1949
Saleslady
1938
My Sin
1931
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
Princess O'Rourke
1943
Too Many Husbands
1940
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
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Harry Davenport (actor 1866-1949)
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 for 1939.
Harry Davenport
He is known for Gone with the Wind (1939), You Can't Take It with You (1938), and Foreign Correspondent (1940). He married Alice Davenport at the age of 23.
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.
Born: January 19, 1866, Canton, PA
Died: August 9, 1949 (age 83 years), Los Angeles, CA
Grandchildren: Arthur Rankin, Jr., Dirk Wayne Summers,
Children: Dorothy Davenport, Arthur Rankin, Ned Davenport, Kate Davenport, Ann Davenport
Place of burial: Kensico Cemetery, NY
Spouse: Phyllis Rankin (m. 1896–1934), Alice Davenport (m. 1893–1896)
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