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Henry Travers

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1874-03-04

Day of Death

1965-10-18

Place of Birth

Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK

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.

Filmography (53)

⭐ 6.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987
⭐ 5.5 Role: Judge Bullfinch

The Girl from Jones Beach

1949
⭐ 6.2 Role: Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)

The Accused

1949
⭐ 8.0 Role: Pop Dewing

Beyond Glory

1948
⭐ 5.8 Role: Dr. Mitchell

The Flame

1947
⭐ 8.3 Role: Clarence

It's a Wonderful Life

1946
⭐ 6.7 Role: Mr. Boyles

The Yearling

1946
⭐ 6.5 Role: Thomas Logan

Gallant Journey

1946
⭐ 6.8 Role: Horace P. Bogardus

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945
⭐ 6.7 Role: Capt. Sam Jackson

The Naughty Nineties

1945
⭐ 6.6 Role: Hobart Glenn

Thrill of a Romance

1945
⭐ 6.4 Role: Pop Wheeler

The Very Thought of You

1944
⭐ 6.7 Role: Third Cousin

Dragon Seed

1944
⭐ 6.5 Role: Father Warecki

None Shall Escape

1944
⭐ 7.2 Role: Eugene Curie

Madame Curie

1943