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.
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Movies (50)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
The Girl from Jones Beach
as Judge Bullfinch
1949
The Accused
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
1949
Beyond Glory
as Pop Dewing
1948
The Flame
as Dr. Mitchell
1947
It's a Wonderful Life
as Clarence
1946
The Yearling
as Mr. Boyles
1946
Gallant Journey
as Thomas Logan
1946
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Horace P. Bogardus
1945
The Naughty Nineties
as Capt. Sam Jackson
1945
Thrill of a Romance
as Hobart Glenn
1945
The Very Thought of You
as Pop Wheeler
1944
Dragon Seed
as Third Cousin
1944
None Shall Escape
as Father Warecki
1944
Madame Curie
as Eugene Curie
1943
The Moon Is Down
as Mayor Orden
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
as Joseph Newton
1943
Random Harvest
as Dr. Sims
1942
Pierre of the Plains
as Percival Wellsby
1942
Mrs. Miniver
as Mr. Ballard
1942
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Jerome
1941
I'll Wait for You
as Mr. Miller
1941
The Bad Man
as Mr. Hardy
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Abel Martin
1941
High Sierra
as Pa
1941
Wyoming
as Sheriff
1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Matey
1940
Edison, the Man
as Ben Els
1940
Primrose Path
as Gramp
1940
Remember?
as Judge Milliken
1939
The Rains Came
as Rev. Homer Smiley
1939
Stanley and Livingstone
as John Kingsley
1939
On Borrowed Time
as Dr. Evans
1939
Dark Victory
as Dr. Parsons
1939
Dodge City
as Dr. Irving
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Pop
1939
The Sisters
as Ned Elliott
1938
Too Many Parents
as Wilkins
1936
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Lem Peters
1935
Pursuit
as Tom Reynolds
1935
Escapade
as Concierge
1935
Four Hours to Kill!
as Mac Mason
1935
Captain Hurricane
as Capt. Ben
1935
After Office Hours
as Cap
1935
Maybe It's Love
as Mr. Halevy
1935
Ready for Love
as Judge Pickett
1934
The Party's Over
as Theodore
1934
Born to Be Bad
as Fuzzy
1934
Death Takes a Holiday
as Baron Cesarea
1934
The Invisible Man
as Dr. Cranley
1933