Known For
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Dr. Meade
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
King Louis XI
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Mr. Powers
Little Women
(1949)
Dr. Barnes
Meet Me in St. Louis
(1944)
Grandpa
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Judge
Kings Row
(1942)
Colonel Skeffington
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Chief of Staff
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
(1939)
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Arthur Davies
That Uncertain Feeling
(1941)
Jones
The Thin Man Goes Home
(1944)
Dr. Bertram Charles
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
(1947)
Judge Thaddeus Turner
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
(1939)
Judge Rider
Full Filmography
Acting
Damon and Pythias
(1914)
Phillistus (as H. Davenport)
The Unknown Quantity
(1919)
Septimus Kinsolving
His Woman
(1931)
Customs Inspector
My Sin
(1931)
Roger Metcalf
Get That Venus
(1933)
Mr. Rendleby
No More West
(1934)
Judge
The Scoundrel
(1935)
Slezack
The Case of the Black Cat
(1936)
Peter Laxter
King of Hockey
(1936)
Tom McKenna
As Good as Married
(1937)
Jessup
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Chief of Staff
White Bondage
(1937)
Pop Craig
Fit for a King
(1937)
Archduke Julio
Her Husband's Secretary
(1937)
Dan Kingdon
Radio Patrol
(1937)
John P. Adams, inventor
Under Cover of Night
(1937)
Dr. Reed
Wells Fargo
(1937)
Ingalls, banker
Paradise Express
(1937)
Jed Carson
The Perfect Specimen
(1937)
Carl Carter
First Lady
(1937)
Charles
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
(1937)
Doc Quinn
Fly Away Baby
(1937)
Colonel Higgam
They Won't Forget
(1937)
Confederate Soldier
Armored Car
(1937)
Pop Logan
The Sisters
(1938)
Doc Moore
Gold Is Where You Find It
(1938)
Dr. Parsons
The First Hundred Years
(1938)
Uncle Dawson
Reckless Living
(1938)
'General' Jeff
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Judge
Young Fugitives
(1938)
Joel Bentham
The Rage of Paris
(1938)
Pop, Caretaker
The Cowboy and the Lady
(1938)
Uncle Hannibal Smith
Man-Proof
(1938)
Hitchhiker (uncredited)
The Higgins Family
(1938)
Grandpa William Jordan
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Saleslady
(1938)
Miles Cannon
Death of a Champion
(1939)
Guy Lanyard
Should Husbands Work?
(1939)
Grandpa Higgins
Made for Each Other
(1939)
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
Juarez
(1939)
Dr. Samuel Basch
The Covered Trailer
(1939)
Grandpa Ed Carson
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
(1939)
Judge Rider
The Long Shot
(1939)
Henry Sharon
Exile Express
(1939)
Dr. Hite
Tail Spin
(1939)
T.P. Lester
Money To Burn
(1939)
Grandpa Ed Carson
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
King Louis XI
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Dr. Meade
My Wife's Relatives
(1939)
Grandpa Ed Carson
Lucky Partners
(1940)
Judge
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
(1940)
Judge
Too Many Husbands
(1940)
George
I Want a Divorce
(1940)
Grandpa Brokaw
All This, and Heaven Too
(1940)
Pierre
Grandpa Goes To Town
(1940)
Grandpa
Earl of Puddlestone
(1940)
Grandpa Ed Carson
Granny Get Your Gun
(1940)
Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Mr. Powers
One Foot in Heaven
(1941)
Elias Samson
Hurricane Smith
(1941)
Robert Ingersoll Reed
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
That Uncertain Feeling
(1941)
Jones
I Wanted Wings
(1941)
'Sandbags' Riley
The Bride Came C.O.D.
(1941)
Pop Tolliver
Kings Row
(1942)
Colonel Skeffington
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
(1942)
Amos Kidder
Larceny, Inc.
(1942)
Homer Bigelow
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
(1942)
Bane
Tales of Manhattan
(1942)
Prof. Lyons
Princess O'Rourke
(1943)
Supreme Court Judge
December 7th
(1943)
Mr. 'C'
Gangway for Tomorrow
(1943)
Fred Taylor
Shantytown
(1943)
'Doc' Herndon
Government Girl
(1943)
Senator MacVickers
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
(1943)
Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
We've Never Been Licked
(1943)
Pop Lambert
Headin' for God's Country
(1943)
Clem Adams
Jack London
(1943)
Prof. Hilliard
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Arthur Davies
The Impatient Years
(1944)
Minister
Music for Millions
(1944)
Doctor
Kismet
(1944)
Agha
The Thin Man Goes Home
(1944)
Dr. Bertram Charles
Meet Me in St. Louis
(1944)
Grandpa
Pardon My Past
(1945)
Grandpa Pemberton
The Enchanted Forest
(1945)
Old John
This Love of Ours
(1945)
Dr. Wilkerson
She Wouldn't Say Yes
(1945)
Albert
Adventure
(1945)
Dr. Ashton
Too Young to Know
(1945)
Judge Boller
Lady Luck
(1946)
Judge Martin
Claudia and David
(1946)
Dr. Harry
G.I. War Brides
(1946)
Grandpa Giles
Courage of Lassie
(1946)
Judge Payson
A Boy and His Dog
(1946)
Squire Jim Kirby
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
(1946)
Gramps
Faithful in My Fashion
(1946)
Great Grandpa
Three Wise Fools
(1946)
The Ancient
Keeper of the Bees
(1947)
Michael Worthington
That Hagen Girl
(1947)
Judge Merrivale
The Fabulous Texan
(1947)
Rev. Baker
Sport of Kings
(1947)
Maj. Denning
The Farmer's Daughter
(1947)
Dr. Matthew Sulven
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
(1947)
Judge Thaddeus Turner
Stallion Road
(1947)
Dr. Stevens
For the Love of Mary
(1948)
Justice Peabody
Three Daring Daughters
(1948)
Dr. Cannon
The Decision of Christopher Blake
(1948)
Courtroom Attendant
The Man from Texas
(1948)
Pop Hickey
That Lady in Ermine
(1948)
Luigi
Tell It to the Judge
(1949)
Judge MacKenzie Meredith
Down to the Sea in Ships
(1949)
Benjamin Harris
Little Women
(1949)
Dr. Barnes
That Forsyte Woman
(1949)
Old Jolyon Forsyte
Riding High
(1950)
Johnson
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
(1973)
Self (archive footage)
Directing