Henry Travers
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1874-03-04
Day of Death
1965-10-18 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Prudhoe, Northumberland, Englang, UK
Henry Travers
Biography
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
Acting
(1988)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1949)
The Accused
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
(1949)
The Girl from Jones Beach
as Judge Bullfinch
(1948)
Beyond Glory
as Pop Dewing
(1947)
The Flame
as Dr. Mitchell
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Clarence
(1946)
The Yearling
as Mr. Boyles
(1946)
Gallant Journey
as Thomas Logan
(1945)
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Horace P. Bogardus
(1945)
Thrill of a Romance
as Hobart Glenn
(1945)
The Naughty Nineties
as Capt. Sam Jackson
(1944)
Dragon Seed
as Third Cousin
(1944)
None Shall Escape
as Father Warecki
(1944)
The Very Thought of You
as Pop Wheeler
(1943)
Shadow of a Doubt
as Joseph Newton
(1943)
Madame Curie
as Eugene Curie
(1943)
The Moon Is Down
as Mayor Orden
(1942)
Mrs. Miniver
as Mr. Ballard
(1942)
Random Harvest
as Dr. Sims
(1942)
Pierre of the Plains
as Percival Wellsby
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Jerome
(1941)
High Sierra
as Pa
(1941)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Abel Martin
(1941)
The Bad Man
as Mr. Hardy
(1941)
I'll Wait for You
as Mr. Miller
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Ben Els
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Gramp
(1940)
Wyoming
as Sheriff
(1940)
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Matey
(1939)
Dodge City
as Dr. Irving
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
as Dr. Evans
(1939)
Dark Victory
as Dr. Parsons
(1939)
The Rains Came
as Rev. Homer Smiley
(1939)
(1939)
Stanley and Livingstone
as John Kingsley
(1939)
Remember?
as Judge Milliken
(1938)
The Sisters
as Ned Elliott
(1936)
Too Many Parents
as Wilkins
(1935)
After Office Hours
as Cap
(1935)
Captain Hurricane
as Capt. Ben
(1935)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Lem Peters
(1935)
Four Hours to Kill!
as Mac Mason
(1935)
Maybe It's Love
as Mr. Halevy
(1935)
Pursuit
as Tom Reynolds
(1935)
Escapade
as Concierge
(1934)
Death Takes a Holiday
as Baron Cesarea
(1934)
Born to Be Bad
as Fuzzy
(1934)
Ready for Love
as Judge Pickett
(1934)
The Party's Over
as Theodore
(1933)
The Invisible Man
as Dr. Cranley
(1933)
Reunion in Vienna
as Father Krug
(1933)
Another Language
as Pop Hallam
(1933)
My Weakness
as Ellery Gregory