<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Alice Davenport (1893--1896; divorced) Phyllis Rankin (1896--1934; her death) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Edward Loomis Davenport (Father), Fanny Vining Davenport (Mother) </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 and appeared in films, including Gone with the Wind (1939), in which he played Dr. Meade . </P> <P> His specialty was playing grandfathers, judges, doctors, and ministers . Bette Davis called Davenport "without a doubt (...) the greatest character actor of all time ." </P>

Who played the doctor in gone with the wind