Henry Travers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 4, 1874
- Died
- October 18, 1965 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
Biography
British-born Henry Travers was a veteran of the English stage before emigrating to the U.S. in 1917. He gained more stage experience there on Broadway working with the Theatre Guild, and began his long film career with Reunion in Vienna (1933). Travers' kindly, grandfatherly demeanor became familiar to filmgoers over the next 25 years, especially in films like High Sierra (1941), where he played Joan Leslie's kindly but slyly observant uncle, and the generous Mr. Bogardus in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), but it's as the somewhat befuddled angel Clarence Oddbody assigned to James Stewart in the classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946) that Travers will forever be known. After a long and successful career, he retired from the screen in 1949, and died in Hollywood in 1965.
Known For
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Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Accused
Movie · as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
The Girl from Jones Beach
Movie · as Judge Bullfinch
Beyond Glory
Movie · as Pop Dewing
The Flame
Movie · as Dr. Mitchell
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie · as Clarence
The Yearling
Movie · as Mr. Boyles
Gallant Journey
Movie · as Thomas Logan
The Bells of St. Mary's
Movie · as Horace P. Bogardus
The Naughty Nineties
Movie · as Capt. Sam Jackson
Thrill of a Romance
Movie · as Hobart Glenn
None Shall Escape
Movie · as Father Warecki
Dragon Seed
Movie · as Third Cousin
The Very Thought of You
Movie · as Pop Wheeler
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie · as Joseph Newton
Madame Curie
Movie · as Eugene Curie
The Moon Is Down
Movie · as Mayor Orden
Random Harvest
Movie · as Dr. Sims
Mrs. Miniver
Movie · as Mr. Ballard
Pierre of the Plains
Movie · as Percival Wellsby
High Sierra
Movie · as Pa
Ball of Fire
Movie · as Prof. Jerome
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie · as Abel Martin
I'll Wait for You
Movie · as Mr. Miller
The Bad Man
Movie · as Mr. Hardy
Edison, the Man
Movie · as Ben Els
Primrose Path
Movie · as Gramp
Anne of Windy Poplars
Movie · as Matey
Wyoming
Movie · as Sheriff
Dark Victory
Movie · as Dr. Parsons
Dodge City
Movie · as Dr. Irving
Remember?
Movie · as Judge Milliken
On Borrowed Time
Movie · as Dr. Evans
Stanley and Livingstone
Movie · as John Kingsley
The Rains Came
Movie · as Rev. Homer Smiley
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie · as Pop
The Sisters
Movie · as Ned Elliott
Too Many Parents
Movie · as Wilkins
Four Hours to Kill!
Movie · as Mac Mason
Pursuit
Movie · as Tom Reynolds
Escapade
Movie · as Concierge
Maybe It's Love
Movie · as Mr. Halevy
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Movie · as Lem Peters
After Office Hours
Movie · as Cap
Captain Hurricane
Movie · as Capt. Ben
Born to Be Bad
Movie · as Fuzzy
Ready for Love
Movie · as Judge Pickett
Death Takes a Holiday
Movie · as Baron Cesarea
The Party's Over
Movie · as Theodore
The Invisible Man
Movie · as Dr. Cranley
Another Language
Movie · as Pop Hallam
Reunion in Vienna
Movie · as Father Krug
My Weakness
Movie · as Ellery Gregory