Henry Travers
Acting
Born: March 4, 1874 · Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
Died: October 18, 1965 (aged 91)
Highest Rated
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
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
The Invisible Man
1933
High Sierra
1941
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Ball of Fire
1941
Dark Victory
1939
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Random Harvest
1942
Dodge City
1939
The Yearling
1946
Madame Curie
1943
Photos (2)
Movies (51)
It's a Wonderful Life
Clarence
Shadow of a Doubt
Joseph Newton
The Invisible Man
Dr. Cranley
Mrs. Miniver
Mr. Ballard
Dark Victory
Dr. Parsons
The Bells of St. Mary's
Horace P. Bogardus
High Sierra
Pa
Ball of Fire
Prof. Jerome
The Yearling
Mr. Boyles
Dodge City
Dr. Irving
Edison, the Man
Ben Els
Random Harvest
Dr. Sims
The Moon Is Down
Mayor Orden
Primrose Path
Gramp
Thrill of a Romance
Hobart Glenn
Dragon Seed
Third Cousin
Madame Curie
Eugene Curie
Death Takes a Holiday
Baron Cesarea
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Pop
The Accused
Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Abel Martin
The Rains Came
Rev. Homer Smiley
On Borrowed Time
Dr. Evans
The Sisters
Ned Elliott
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Lem Peters
I'll Wait for You
Mr. Miller
The Naughty Nineties
Capt. Sam Jackson
Born to Be Bad
Fuzzy
Maybe It's Love
Mr. Halevy
Pierre of the Plains
Percival Wellsby
The Flame
Dr. Mitchell
Captain Hurricane
Capt. Ben
The Girl from Jones Beach
Judge Bullfinch
Stanley and Livingstone
John Kingsley
The Bad Man
Mr. Hardy
Gallant Journey
Thomas Logan
Pursuit
Tom Reynolds
Four Hours to Kill!
Mac Mason
The Party's Over
Theodore
The Very Thought of You
Pop Wheeler
Reunion in Vienna
Father Krug
Anne of Windy Poplars
Matey
Beyond Glory
Pop Dewing
Escapade
Concierge
Another Language
Pop Hallam
None Shall Escape
Father Warecki
Wyoming
Sheriff
After Office Hours
Cap
Ready for Love
Judge Pickett
Remember?
Judge Milliken
My Weakness
Ellery Gregory
