Henry Travers
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Film
It's a Wonderful Life
Clarence
1946
Film
Shadow of a Doubt
Joseph Newton
1943
Film
The Invisible Man
Dr. Cranley
1933
Film
Mrs. Miniver
Mr. Ballard
1942
Film
Dodge City
Dr. Irving
1939
Film
Ball of Fire
Prof. Jerome
1941
Film
High Sierra
Pa
1941
Film
The Yearling
Mr. Boyles
1946
Film
The Bells of St. Mary's
Horace P. Bogardus
1945
Film
The Flame
Dr. Mitchell
1947
Film
Dark Victory
Dr. Parsons
1939
Film
Random Harvest
Dr. Sims
1942
Film
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
The Naughty Nineties
Capt. Sam Jackson
1945
Film
The Accused
Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
1949
Film
Edison, the Man
Ben Els
1940
Film
Captain Hurricane
Capt. Ben
1935
Film
Stanley and Livingstone
John Kingsley
1939
Film
Madame Curie
Eugene Curie
1943
Film
The Rains Came
Rev. Homer Smiley
1939
Film
On Borrowed Time
Dr. Evans
1939
Film
Death Takes a Holiday
Baron Cesarea
1934
Film
Dragon Seed
Third Cousin
1944
Film
Thrill of a Romance
Hobart Glenn
1945
Film
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Pop
1939
Film
The Sisters
Ned Elliott
1938
Film
I'll Wait for You
Mr. Miller
1941
Film
Reunion in Vienna
Father Krug
1933
Film
Beyond Glory
Pop Dewing
1948
Film
Primrose Path
Gramp
1940
Film
After Office Hours
Cap
1935
Film
Anne of Windy Poplars
Matey
1940
Film
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Lem Peters
1935
Film
Remember?
Judge Milliken
1939
Film
Pierre of the Plains
Percival Wellsby
1942
Film
Pursuit
Tom Reynolds
1935
Film
The Bad Man
Mr. Hardy
1941
Film
The Very Thought of You
Pop Wheeler
1944
Film
The Girl from Jones Beach
Judge Bullfinch
1949
Film
None Shall Escape
Father Warecki
1944
Film
The Moon Is Down
Mayor Orden
1943
Film
Gallant Journey
Thomas Logan
1946
Film
Born to Be Bad
Fuzzy
1934
Film
Wyoming
Sheriff
1940
Film
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Abel Martin
1941
Film
Maybe It's Love
Mr. Halevy
1935
Film
Ready for Love
Judge Pickett
1934
Film
Another Language
Pop Hallam
1933
Film
My Weakness
Ellery Gregory
1933
Film
Four Hours to Kill!
Mac Mason
1935
Too Many Parents
Wilkins
1936
Film
The Party's Over
Theodore
1934
Film
Escapade
Concierge
1935