Acting · Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK · Born March 4, 1874
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.
MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Girl from Jones Beach
1949
as Judge Bullfinch
MovieThe Accused
1949
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
MovieBeyond Glory
1948
as Pop Dewing
MovieThe Flame
1947
as Dr. Mitchell
MovieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Clarence
MovieThe Yearling
1946
as Mr. Boyles
MovieGallant Journey
1946
as Thomas Logan
MovieThe Bells of St. Mary's
1945
as Horace P. Bogardus
MovieThe Naughty Nineties
1945
as Capt. Sam Jackson
MovieThrill of a Romance
1945
as Hobart Glenn
MovieThe Very Thought of You
1944
as Pop Wheeler
MovieDragon Seed
1944
as Third Cousin
MovieNone Shall Escape
1944
as Father Warecki
MovieMadame Curie
1943
as Eugene Curie
MovieThe Moon Is Down
1943
as Mayor Orden
MovieShadow of a Doubt
1943
as Joseph Newton
MovieRandom Harvest
1942
as Dr. Sims
MoviePierre of the Plains
1942
as Percival Wellsby
MovieMrs. Miniver
1942
as Mr. Ballard
MovieBall of Fire
1941
as Prof. Jerome
MovieI'll Wait for You
1941
as Mr. Miller
MovieThe Bad Man
1941
as Mr. Hardy
MovieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Abel Martin
MovieHigh Sierra
1941
as Pa
MovieWyoming
1940
as Sheriff
MovieAnne of Windy Poplars
1940
as Matey
MovieEdison, the Man
1940
as Ben Els
MoviePrimrose Path
1940
as Gramp
MovieRemember?
1939
as Judge Milliken
MovieThe Rains Came
1939
as Rev. Homer Smiley
MovieStanley and Livingstone
1939
as John Kingsley
MovieOn Borrowed Time
1939
as Dr. Evans
MovieDark Victory
1939
as Dr. Parsons
MovieDodge City
1939
as Dr. Irving
MovieYou Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
as Pop
MovieThe Sisters
1938
as Ned Elliott
Too Many Parents
1936
as Wilkins
MovieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Lem Peters
MoviePursuit
1935
as Tom Reynolds
MovieEscapade
1935
as Concierge
MovieFour Hours to Kill!
1935
as Mac Mason
MovieCaptain Hurricane
1935
as Capt. Ben
MovieAfter Office Hours
1935
as Cap
MovieMaybe It's Love
1935
as Mr. Halevy
MovieReady for Love
1934
as Judge Pickett
MovieThe Party's Over
1934
as Theodore
MovieBorn to Be Bad
1934
as Fuzzy
MovieDeath Takes a Holiday
1934
as Baron Cesarea
MovieThe Invisible Man
1933
as Dr. Cranley
MovieMy Weakness
1933
as Ellery Gregory
MovieAnother Language
1933
as Pop Hallam
MovieReunion in Vienna
1933
as Father Krug
