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Henry Travers

Henry Travers

Actor · Born 1874-03-04 · Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — Clarence
  2. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — Joseph Newton
  3. The Invisible Man (1933) — Dr. Cranley
  4. High Sierra (1941) — Pa
  5. Mrs. Miniver (1942) — Mr. Ballard
  6. Ball of Fire (1941) — Prof. Jerome
  7. Dark Victory (1939) — Dr. Parsons
  8. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) — Horace P. Bogardus
  9. Random Harvest (1942) — Dr. Sims
  10. Dodge City (1939) — Dr. Irving
  11. The Yearling (1946) — Mr. Boyles
  12. Madame Curie (1943) — Eugene Curie
  13. Death Takes a Holiday (1934) — Baron Cesarea
  14. The Naughty Nineties (1945) — Capt. Sam Jackson
  15. On Borrowed Time (1939) — Dr. Evans
  16. None Shall Escape (1944) — Father Warecki
  17. The Rains Came (1939) — Rev. Homer Smiley
  18. Edison, the Man (1940) — Ben Els
  19. Primrose Path (1940) — Gramp
  20. The Accused (1949) — Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
  21. You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) — Pop
  22. Stanley and Livingstone (1939) — John Kingsley
  23. Born to Be Bad (1934) — Fuzzy
  24. Dragon Seed (1944) — Third Cousin
  25. The Moon Is Down (1943) — Mayor Orden
  26. After Office Hours (1935) — Cap
  27. The Sisters (1938) — Ned Elliott
  28. The Flame (1947) — Dr. Mitchell
  29. Gallant Journey (1946) — Thomas Logan
  30. The Very Thought of You (1944) — Pop Wheeler
  31. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) — Lem Peters
  32. Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) — Matey
  33. Thrill of a Romance (1945) — Hobart Glenn
  34. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949) — Judge Bullfinch
  35. Pierre of the Plains (1942) — Percival Wellsby
  36. Four Hours to Kill! (1935) — Mac Mason
  37. Reunion in Vienna (1933) — Father Krug
  38. A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) — Abel Martin
  39. Remember? (1939) — Judge Milliken
  40. Too Many Parents (1936) — Wilkins