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

It's a Wonderful Life

The Invisible Man

Shadow of a Doubt

Mrs. Miniver

High Sierra

Dodge City

Ball of Fire

Madame Curie

All Movies (53)

• James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Girl from Jones Beach1949 · as Judge Bullfinch
• The Accused1949 · as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
• Beyond Glory1948 · as Pop Dewing
• The Flame1947 · as Dr. Mitchell
• It's a Wonderful Life1946 · as Clarence
• The Yearling1946 · as Mr. Boyles
• Gallant Journey1946 · as Thomas Logan
• The Bells of St. Mary's1945 · as Horace P. Bogardus
• The Naughty Nineties1945 · as Capt. Sam Jackson
• Thrill of a Romance1945 · as Hobart Glenn
• The Very Thought of You1944 · as Pop Wheeler
• Dragon Seed1944 · as Third Cousin
• None Shall Escape1944 · as Father Warecki
• Madame Curie1943 · as Eugene Curie
• The Moon Is Down1943 · as Mayor Orden
• Shadow of a Doubt1943 · as Joseph Newton
• Random Harvest1942 · as Dr. Sims
• Pierre of the Plains1942 · as Percival Wellsby
• Mrs. Miniver1942 · as Mr. Ballard
• Ball of Fire1941 · as Prof. Jerome
• I'll Wait for You1941 · as Mr. Miller
• The Bad Man1941 · as Mr. Hardy
• A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob1941 · as Abel Martin
• High Sierra1941 · as Pa
• Wyoming1940 · as Sheriff
• Anne of Windy Poplars1940 · as Matey
• Edison, the Man1940 · as Ben Els
• Primrose Path1940 · as Gramp
• Remember?1939 · as Judge Milliken
• The Rains Came1939 · as Rev. Homer Smiley
• Stanley and Livingstone1939 · as John Kingsley
• On Borrowed Time1939 · as Dr. Evans
• Dark Victory1939 · as Dr. Parsons
• Dodge City1939 · as Dr. Irving
• You Can't Get Away with Murder1939 · as Pop
• The Sisters1938 · as Ned Elliott
• Too Many Parents1936 · as Wilkins
• Seven Keys to Baldpate1935 · as Lem Peters
• Pursuit1935 · as Tom Reynolds
• Escapade1935 · as Concierge
• Four Hours to Kill!1935 · as Mac Mason
• Captain Hurricane1935 · as Capt. Ben
• After Office Hours1935 · as Cap
• Maybe It's Love1935 · as Mr. Halevy
• Ready for Love1934 · as Judge Pickett
• The Party's Over1934 · as Theodore
• Born to Be Bad1934 · as Fuzzy
• Death Takes a Holiday1934 · as Baron Cesarea
• The Invisible Man1933 · as Dr. Cranley
• My Weakness1933 · as Ellery Gregory
• Another Language1933 · as Pop Hallam
• Reunion in Vienna1933 · as Father Krug