Known For
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Dr. Meade
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Mr. Powers
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
King Louis XI
Little Women
(1949)
Dr. Barnes
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis
(1944)
Grandpa
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Arthur Davies
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Judge
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Chief of Staff
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
(1947)
Judge Thaddeus Turner
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
(1937)
Ingalls, banker
Princess O'Rourke
(1943)
Supreme Court Judge
Tales of Manhattan
(1942)
Prof. Lyons
Made for Each Other
(1939)
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
For the Love of Mary
(1948)
Justice Peabody
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
King of Hockey
(1936)
Tom McKenna
The Case of the Black Cat
(1936)
Peter Laxter
They Won't Forget
(1937)
Confederate Soldier
First Lady
(1937)
Charles
The Perfect Specimen
(1937)
Carl Carter
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
(1937)
Doc Quinn
Paradise Express
(1937)
Jed Carson
Fit for a King
(1937)
Archduke Julio
Armored Car
(1937)
Pop Logan
Wells Fargo
(1937)
Ingalls, banker
Radio Patrol
(1937)
John P. Adams, inventor
Her Husband's Secretary
(1937)
Dan Kingdon
Fly Away Baby
(1937)
Colonel Higgam
White Bondage
(1937)
Pop Craig
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Chief of Staff
Under Cover of Night
(1937)
Dr. Reed
As Good as Married
(1937)
Jessup
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Judge
The Rage of Paris
(1938)
Pop, Caretaker
Saleslady
(1938)
Miles Cannon
The Cowboy and the Lady
(1938)
Uncle Hannibal Smith
Gold Is Where You Find It
(1938)
Dr. Parsons
Young Fugitives
(1938)
Joel Bentham
The First Hundred Years
(1938)
Uncle Dawson
The Sisters
(1938)
Doc Moore
The Higgins Family
(1938)
Grandpa William Jordan
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
Reckless Living
(1938)
'General' Jeff
Man-Proof
(1938)
Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Dr. Meade
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
King Louis XI
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
(1939)
Judge Rider
Exile Express
(1939)
Dr. Hite
Tail Spin
(1939)
T.P. Lester
The Long Shot
(1939)
Henry Sharon
Made for Each Other
(1939)
Dr. Healy (uncredited)
Juarez
(1939)
Dr. Samuel Basch
Should Husbands Work?
(1939)
Grandpa Higgins
My Wife's Relatives
(1939)
Grandpa Ed Carson
Money To Burn
(1939)
Grandpa Ed Carson
Death of a Champion
(1939)
Guy Lanyard
The Covered Trailer
(1939)
Grandpa Ed Carson
All This, and Heaven Too
(1940)
Pierre
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
(1940)
Judge
I Want a Divorce
(1940)
Grandpa Brokaw
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Mr. Powers
Granny Get Your Gun
(1940)
Nathaniel "Nate" Paulson
Grandpa Goes To Town
(1940)
Grandpa
Lucky Partners
(1940)
Judge
Too Many Husbands
(1940)
George
Earl of Puddlestone
(1940)
Grandpa Ed Carson
That Uncertain Feeling
(1941)
Jones
One Foot in Heaven
(1941)
Elias Samson
The Bride Came C.O.D.
(1941)
Pop Tolliver
Hurricane Smith
(1941)
Robert Ingersoll Reed
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
I Wanted Wings
(1941)
'Sandbags' Riley
Tales of Manhattan
(1942)
Prof. Lyons
Larceny, Inc.
(1942)
Homer Bigelow
Kings Row
(1942)
Colonel Skeffington
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
(1942)
Amos Kidder
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
(1942)
Bane
Jack London
(1943)
Prof. Hilliard
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
(1943)
Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
Government Girl
(1943)
Senator MacVickers
December 7th
(1943)
Mr. 'C'
Gangway for Tomorrow
(1943)
Fred Taylor
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Arthur Davies
Princess O'Rourke
(1943)
Supreme Court Judge
Shantytown
(1943)
'Doc' Herndon
Headin' for God's Country
(1943)
Clem Adams
We've Never Been Licked
(1943)
Pop Lambert
Meet Me in St. Louis
(1944)
Grandpa
The Thin Man Goes Home
(1944)
Dr. Bertram Charles
Kismet
(1944)
Agha
The Impatient Years
(1944)
Minister
Music for Millions
(1944)
Doctor
Adventure
(1945)
Dr. Ashton
She Wouldn't Say Yes
(1945)
Albert
The Enchanted Forest
(1945)
Old John
This Love of Ours
(1945)
Dr. Wilkerson
Pardon My Past
(1945)
Grandpa Pemberton
Too Young to Know
(1945)
Judge Boller
Courage of Lassie
(1946)
Judge Payson
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
(1946)
Gramps
Claudia and David
(1946)
Dr. Harry
Lady Luck
(1946)
Judge Martin
Faithful in My Fashion
(1946)
Great Grandpa
Three Wise Fools
(1946)
The Ancient
A Boy and His Dog
(1946)
Squire Jim Kirby
G.I. War Brides
(1946)
Grandpa Giles
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
(1947)
Judge Thaddeus Turner
The Farmer's Daughter
(1947)
Dr. Matthew Sulven
The Fabulous Texan
(1947)
Rev. Baker
That Hagen Girl
(1947)
Judge Merrivale
Keeper of the Bees
(1947)
Michael Worthington
Stallion Road
(1947)
Dr. Stevens
Sport of Kings
(1947)
Maj. Denning
That Lady in Ermine
(1948)
Luigi
Three Daring Daughters
(1948)
Dr. Cannon
The Man from Texas
(1948)
Pop Hickey
For the Love of Mary
(1948)
Justice Peabody
The Decision of Christopher Blake
(1948)
Courtroom Attendant
That Forsyte Woman
(1949)
Old Jolyon Forsyte
Little Women
(1949)
Dr. Barnes
Down to the Sea in Ships
(1949)
Benjamin Harris
Tell It to the Judge
(1949)
Judge MacKenzie Meredith
Riding High
(1950)
Johnson
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
(1973)
Self (archive footage)
Directing