Henry Travers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4 March 1874 · Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
- Died
- 18 October 1965
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 53
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1949The Girl from Jones Beach as Judge Bullfinch
- 1949The Accused as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1948Beyond Glory as Pop Dewing
- 1947The Flame as Dr. Mitchell
- 1946It's a Wonderful Life as Clarence
- 1946The Yearling as Mr. Boyles
- 1946Gallant Journey as Thomas Logan
- 1945The Bells of St. Mary's as Horace P. Bogardus
- 1945The Naughty Nineties as Capt. Sam Jackson
- 1945Thrill of a Romance as Hobart Glenn
- 1944The Very Thought of You as Pop Wheeler
- 1944Dragon Seed as Third Cousin
- 1944None Shall Escape as Father Warecki
- 1943Madame Curie as Eugene Curie
- 1943The Moon Is Down as Mayor Orden
- 1943Shadow of a Doubt as Joseph Newton
- 1942Random Harvest as Dr. Sims
- 1942Pierre of the Plains as Percival Wellsby
- 1942Mrs. Miniver as Mr. Ballard
- 1941Ball of Fire as Prof. Jerome
- 1941I'll Wait for You as Mr. Miller
- 1941The Bad Man as Mr. Hardy
- 1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Abel Martin
- 1941High Sierra as Pa
- 1940Wyoming as Sheriff
- 1940Anne of Windy Poplars as Matey
- 1940Edison, the Man as Ben Els
- 1940Primrose Path as Gramp
- 1939Remember? as Judge Milliken
- 1939The Rains Came as Rev. Homer Smiley
- 1939Stanley and Livingstone as John Kingsley
- 1939On Borrowed Time as Dr. Evans
- 1939Dark Victory as Dr. Parsons
- 1939Dodge City as Dr. Irving
- 1939You Can't Get Away with Murder as Pop
- 1938The Sisters as Ned Elliott
- 1936Too Many Parents as Wilkins
- 1935Seven Keys to Baldpate as Lem Peters
- 1935Pursuit as Tom Reynolds
- 1935Escapade as Concierge
- 1935Four Hours to Kill! as Mac Mason
- 1935Captain Hurricane as Capt. Ben
- 1935After Office Hours as Cap
- 1935Maybe It's Love as Mr. Halevy
- 1934Ready for Love as Judge Pickett
- 1934The Party's Over as Theodore
- 1934Born to Be Bad as Fuzzy
- 1934Death Takes a Holiday as Baron Cesarea
- 1933The Invisible Man as Dr. Cranley
- 1933My Weakness as Ellery Gregory
- 1933Another Language as Pop Hallam
- 1933Reunion in Vienna as Father Krug