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