Henry Travers

Known for ActingBorn 1874-03-04Died 1965-10-18Prudhoe, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

It's a Wonderful Life

Beyond Glory

On Borrowed Time

Shadow of a Doubt

The Invisible Man

Ball of Fire

Random Harvest

Madame Curie

Reunion in Vienna

Mrs. Miniver

High Sierra

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

The Bells of St. Mary's

Escapade

Maybe It's Love

Dark Victory

The Moon Is Down

My Weakness

Dodge City

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Dragon Seed

I'll Wait for You

Edison, the Man

The Yearling

The Naughty Nineties

Another Language

Primrose Path

Wyoming

Thrill of a Romance

Gallant Journey

None Shall Escape

Pursuit

After Office Hours

The Very Thought of You

Stanley and Livingstone

The Accused

Death Takes a Holiday

Ready for Love

The Rains Came

The Sisters

Anne of Windy Poplars

Remember?

Captain Hurricane

The Bad Man

The Flame

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Born to Be Bad

Four Hours to Kill!