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