Henry Travers
Known For
Acting
Born
1874-03-04 in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
Died
1965-10-18
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.
Most Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
as Clarence
Pursuit
as Tom Reynolds
The Invisible Man
as Dr. Cranley
The Rains Came
as Rev. Homer Smiley
Shadow of a Doubt
as Joseph Newton
The Flame
as Dr. Mitchell
Madame Curie
as Eugene Curie
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Jerome
Mrs. Miniver
as Mr. Ballard
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Horace P. Bogardus
Dodge City
as Dr. Irving
The Yearling
as Mr. Boyles
Captain Hurricane
as Capt. Ben
High Sierra
as Pa
Dark Victory
as Dr. Parsons
Random Harvest
as Dr. Sims
Death Takes a Holiday
as Baron Cesarea
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Dragon Seed
as Third Cousin
Stanley and Livingstone
as John Kingsley