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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 4, 1874
Place of Birth:
Prudhoe, Northumberland, Englang, UK
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Henry Travers
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1949 | The Accused | Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Girl from Jones Beach | Judge Bullfinch |
| 1948 | Beyond Glory | Pop Dewing |
| 1947 | The Flame | Dr. Mitchell |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Clarence |
| 1946 | The Yearling | Mr. Boyles |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey | Thomas Logan |
| 1945 | The Bells of St. Mary's | Horace P. Bogardus |
| 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Capt. Sam Jackson |
| 1945 | Thrill of a Romance | Hobart Glenn |
| 1944 | None Shall Escape | Father Warecki |
| 1944 | Dragon Seed | Third Cousin |
| 1944 | The Very Thought of You | Pop Wheeler |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Joseph Newton |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | Eugene Curie |
| 1943 | The Moon Is Down | Mayor Orden |
| 1942 | Random Harvest | Dr. Sims |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | Mr. Ballard |
| 1942 | Pierre of the Plains | Percival Wellsby |
| 1941 | High Sierra | Pa |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Prof. Jerome |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Abel Martin |
| 1941 | I'll Wait for You | Mr. Miller |
| 1941 | The Bad Man | Mr. Hardy |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Ben Els |
| 1940 | Primrose Path | Gramp |
| 1940 | Anne of Windy Poplars | Matey |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Sheriff |
| 1939 | Dark Victory | Dr. Parsons |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Dr. Irving |
| 1939 | Remember? | Judge Milliken |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time | Dr. Evans |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone | John Kingsley |
| 1939 | The Rains Came | Rev. Homer Smiley |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Pop |
| 1938 | The Sisters | Ned Elliott |
| 1936 | Too Many Parents | Wilkins |
| 1935 | Four Hours to Kill! | Mac Mason |
| 1935 | Pursuit | Tom Reynolds |
| 1935 | Escapade | Concierge |
| 1935 | Maybe It's Love | Mr. Halevy |
| 1935 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Lem Peters |
| 1935 | After Office Hours | Cap |
| 1935 | Captain Hurricane | Capt. Ben |
| 1934 | Born to Be Bad | Fuzzy |
| 1934 | Ready for Love | Judge Pickett |
| 1934 | Death Takes a Holiday | Baron Cesarea |
| 1934 | The Party's Over | Theodore |
| 1933 | The Invisible Man | Dr. Cranley |
| 1933 | Another Language | Pop Hallam |
| 1933 | Reunion in Vienna | Father Krug |
| 1933 | My Weakness | Ellery Gregory |
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