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