Henry Travers
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting53
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Girl from Jones Beach
1949
Judge Bullfinch
movieThe Accused
1949
Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
movieBeyond Glory
1948
Pop Dewing
movieThe Flame
1947
Dr. Mitchell
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946
Clarence
movieThe Yearling
1946
Mr. Boyles
movieGallant Journey
1946
Thomas Logan
movieThe Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Horace P. Bogardus
movieThe Naughty Nineties
1945
Capt. Sam Jackson
movieThrill of a Romance
1945
Hobart Glenn
movieThe Very Thought of You
1944
Pop Wheeler
movieDragon Seed
1944
Third Cousin
movieNone Shall Escape
1944
Father Warecki
movieMadame Curie
1943
Eugene Curie
movieThe Moon Is Down
1943
Mayor Orden
movieShadow of a Doubt
1943
Joseph Newton
movieRandom Harvest
1942
Dr. Sims
moviePierre of the Plains
1942
Percival Wellsby
movieMrs. Miniver
1942
Mr. Ballard
movieBall of Fire
1941
Prof. Jerome
movieI'll Wait for You
1941
Mr. Miller
movieThe Bad Man
1941
Mr. Hardy
movieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
Abel Martin
movieWyoming
1940
Sheriff
movieEdison, the Man
1940
Ben Els
movieRemember?
1939
Judge Milliken
movieThe Rains Came
1939
Rev. Homer Smiley
movieStanley and Livingstone
1939
John Kingsley
movieOn Borrowed Time
1939
Dr. Evans
movieDark Victory
1939
Dr. Parsons
movieDodge City
1939
Dr. Irving
movieThe Sisters
1938
Ned Elliott
movieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1935
Lem Peters
moviePursuit
1935
Tom Reynolds
movieEscapade
1935
Concierge
movieFour Hours to Kill!
1935
Mac Mason
movieCaptain Hurricane
1935
Capt. Ben
movieMaybe It's Love
1935
Mr. Halevy
movieReady for Love
1934
Judge Pickett
movieThe Party's Over
1934
Theodore
movieDeath Takes a Holiday
1934
Baron Cesarea
movieThe Invisible Man
1933
Dr. Cranley
movieMy Weakness
1933
Ellery Gregory
movieAnother Language
1933
Pop Hallam
movieReunion in Vienna
1933
Father Krug