Henry Travers
Acting
1874-03-04 · 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 · Movie
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949 · Movie
The Accused
1949 · Movie
Beyond Glory
1948 · Movie
The Flame
1947 · Movie
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Movie
The Yearling
1946 · Movie
Gallant Journey
1946 · Movie
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 · Movie
The Naughty Nineties
1945 · Movie
Thrill of a Romance
1945 · Movie
The Very Thought of You
1944 · Movie
Dragon Seed
1944 · Movie
None Shall Escape
1944 · Movie
Madame Curie
1943 · Movie
The Moon Is Down
1943 · Movie
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Movie
Random Harvest
1942 · Movie
Pierre of the Plains
1942 · Movie
Mrs. Miniver
1942 · Movie
Ball of Fire
1941 · Movie
I'll Wait for You
1941 · Movie
The Bad Man
1941 · Movie
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Movie
High Sierra
1941 · Movie
Wyoming
1940 · Movie
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940 · Movie
Edison, the Man
1940 · Movie
Primrose Path
1940 · Movie
Remember?
1939 · Movie
The Rains Came
1939 · Movie
Stanley and Livingstone
1939 · Movie
On Borrowed Time
1939 · Movie
Dark Victory
1939 · Movie
Dodge City
1939 · Movie
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939 · Movie
The Sisters
1938 · Movie
Too Many Parents
1936 · Movie
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935 · Movie
Pursuit
1935 · Movie
Escapade
1935 · Movie
Four Hours to Kill!
1935 · Movie
Captain Hurricane
1935 · Movie
After Office Hours
1935 · Movie
Maybe It's Love
1935 · Movie
Ready for Love
1934 · Movie
The Party's Over
1934 · Movie
Born to Be Bad
1934 · Movie
Death Takes a Holiday
1934 · Movie
The Invisible Man
1933 · Movie
My Weakness
1933 · Movie
Another Language
1933 · Movie
Reunion in Vienna
1933 · Movie