Henry Travers
Acting
1874-03-04 · Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
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.
Filmography(53)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage) · 1987 · 6.5
movieThe Girl from Jones Beach
as Judge Bullfinch · 1949 · 5.5
movieThe Accused
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited) · 1949 · 6.1
movieBeyond Glory
as Pop Dewing · 1948 · 8.0
movieThe Flame
as Dr. Mitchell · 1947 · 5.8
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
as Clarence · 1946 · 8.3
movieThe Yearling
as Mr. Boyles · 1946 · 6.7
movieGallant Journey
as Thomas Logan · 1946 · 6.5
movieThe Bells of St. Mary's
as Horace P. Bogardus · 1945 · 6.8
movieThe Naughty Nineties
as Capt. Sam Jackson · 1945 · 6.7
movieThrill of a Romance
as Hobart Glenn · 1945 · 6.6
movieThe Very Thought of You
as Pop Wheeler · 1944 · 6.4
movieDragon Seed
as Third Cousin · 1944 · 6.7
movieNone Shall Escape
as Father Warecki · 1944 · 6.5
movieMadame Curie
as Eugene Curie · 1943 · 7.2
movieThe Moon Is Down
as Mayor Orden · 1943 · 6.9
movieShadow of a Doubt
as Joseph Newton · 1943 · 7.5
movieRandom Harvest
as Dr. Sims · 1942 · 7.3
moviePierre of the Plains
as Percival Wellsby · 1942 · 4.7
movieMrs. Miniver
as Mr. Ballard · 1942 · 7.1
movieBall of Fire
as Prof. Jerome · 1941 · 7.4
movieI'll Wait for You
as Mr. Miller · 1941 · 6.8
movieThe Bad Man
as Mr. Hardy · 1941 · 5.9
movieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Abel Martin · 1941 · 5.5