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