Henry Travers
Acting
Born March 4, 1874 · 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.
Films (53)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
The Accused
1949
Beyond Glory
1948
The Flame
1947
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
The Yearling
1946
Gallant Journey
1946
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
The Naughty Nineties
1945
Thrill of a Romance
1945
The Very Thought of You
1944
Dragon Seed
1944
None Shall Escape
1944
Madame Curie
1943
The Moon Is Down
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
Random Harvest
1942
Pierre of the Plains
1942
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Ball of Fire
1941
I'll Wait for You
1941
The Bad Man
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
High Sierra
1941
Wyoming
1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940
Edison, the Man
1940
Primrose Path
1940
Remember?
1939
The Rains Came
1939
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
On Borrowed Time
1939
Dark Victory
1939
Dodge City
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
The Sisters
1938
Too Many Parents
1936
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
Pursuit
1935
Escapade
1935
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
Captain Hurricane
1935
After Office Hours
1935
Maybe It's Love
1935
Ready for Love
1934
The Party's Over
1934
Born to Be Bad
1934
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
The Invisible Man
1933
My Weakness
1933
Another Language
1933
Reunion in Vienna
1933