Henry Travers
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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
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Clarence
The Invisible Man (1933)
as Dr. Cranley
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Joseph Newton
High Sierra (1941)
as Pa
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
as Mr. Ballard
Madame Curie (1943)
as Eugene Curie
The Yearling (1946)
as Mr. Boyles
Dodge City (1939)
as Dr. Irving
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
as Horace P. Bogardus
Dark Victory (1939)
as Dr. Parsons
The Accused (1949)
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
Ball of Fire (1941)
as Prof. Jerome
Random Harvest (1942)
as Dr. Sims
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
as John Kingsley
The Flame (1947)
as Dr. Mitchell
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Ben Els
Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)
as Matey
Dragon Seed (1944)
as Third Cousin
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Primrose Path (1940)
as Gramp
The Sisters (1938)
as Ned Elliott
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
as Capt. Sam Jackson
Gallant Journey (1946)
as Thomas Logan
The Moon Is Down (1943)
as Mayor Orden
Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
as Baron Cesarea
Remember? (1939)
as Judge Milliken
The Rains Came (1939)
as Rev. Homer Smiley
On Borrowed Time (1939)
as Dr. Evans
Captain Hurricane (1935)
as Capt. Ben
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
as Hobart Glenn
Reunion in Vienna (1933)
as Father Krug
Maybe It's Love (1935)
as Mr. Halevy
Pursuit (1935)
as Tom Reynolds
The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
as Judge Bullfinch
Another Language (1933)
as Pop Hallam
Wyoming (1940)
as Sheriff
Beyond Glory (1948)
as Pop Dewing
You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
as Pop
Escapade (1935)
as Concierge
The Bad Man (1941)
as Mr. Hardy
None Shall Escape (1944)
as Father Warecki
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
as Abel Martin
Pierre of the Plains (1942)
as Percival Wellsby
Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
as Mac Mason
I'll Wait for You (1941)
as Mr. Miller
The Party's Over (1934)
as Theodore
After Office Hours (1935)
as Cap
My Weakness (1933)
as Ellery Gregory
Ready for Love (1934)
as Judge Pickett
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
as Lem Peters
Born to Be Bad (1934)
as Fuzzy
The Very Thought of You (1944)
as Pop Wheeler
Too Many Parents (1936)
as Wilkins