Henry Travers
Known for: Acting
Born: March 4, 1874
Died: October 18, 1965
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
53 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
5.5
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
6.1
The Accused
1949
8.0
Beyond Glory
1948
5.8
The Flame
1947
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
6.7
The Yearling
1946
6.5
Gallant Journey
1946
6.8
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
6.7
The Naughty Nineties
1945
6.6
Thrill of a Romance
1945
6.4
The Very Thought of You
1944
6.8
Dragon Seed
1944
6.5
None Shall Escape
1944
7.2
Madame Curie
1943
6.9
The Moon Is Down
1943
7.5
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
7.3
Random Harvest
1942
4.9
Pierre of the Plains
1942
7.1
Mrs. Miniver
1942
7.4
Ball of Fire
1941
6.8
I'll Wait for You
1941
5.9
The Bad Man
1941
5.5
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
7.1
High Sierra
1941
6.7
Wyoming
1940
6.0
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940
6.8
Edison, the Man
1940
6.7
Primrose Path
1940
6.0
Remember?
1939
6.1
The Rains Came
1939
6.4
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
7.6
On Borrowed Time
1939
6.9
Dark Victory
1939
6.9
Dodge City
1939
5.8
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
6.1
The Sisters
19385.2
Too Many Parents
1936
6.9
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
6.5
Pursuit
1935
8.0
Escapade
1935
5.7
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
6.0
Captain Hurricane
1935
6.5
After Office Hours
1935
7.0
Maybe It's Love
1935
6.2
Ready for Love
1934
5.0
The Party's Over
1934
5.8
Born to Be Bad
1934
6.3
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
7.5
The Invisible Man
1933
7.0
My Weakness
1933
6.8
Another Language
1933
7.2
Reunion in Vienna
1933