Acting
Henry Travers
EN cinema · 53 credits
Born
4 March 1874
Died
18 October 1965 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
Also known as Travers John Hegarty · Генри Траверс · Генри Треверс
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
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
The Accused
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
The Girl from Jones Beach
as Judge Bullfinch
Beyond Glory
as Pop Dewing
The Flame
as Dr. Mitchell
It's a Wonderful Life
as Clarence
The Yearling
as Mr. Boyles
Gallant Journey
as Thomas Logan
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Horace P. Bogardus
The Naughty Nineties
as Capt. Sam Jackson
Thrill of a Romance
as Hobart Glenn
None Shall Escape
as Father Warecki
Dragon Seed
as Third Cousin
The Very Thought of You
as Pop Wheeler
Shadow of a Doubt
as Joseph Newton
Madame Curie
as Eugene Curie
The Moon Is Down
as Mayor Orden
Random Harvest
as Dr. Sims
Mrs. Miniver
as Mr. Ballard
Pierre of the Plains
as Percival Wellsby
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Jerome
I'll Wait for You
as Mr. Miller
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Abel Martin
The Bad Man
as Mr. Hardy
Edison, the Man
as Ben Els
Primrose Path
as Gramp
Wyoming
as Sheriff
Dark Victory
as Dr. Parsons
Dodge City
as Dr. Irving
Remember?
as Judge Milliken
On Borrowed Time
as Dr. Evans
Stanley and Livingstone
as John Kingsley
The Rains Came
as Rev. Homer Smiley
The Sisters
as Ned Elliott
Four Hours to Kill!
as Mac Mason
Pursuit
as Tom Reynolds
Escapade
as Concierge
Maybe It's Love
as Mr. Halevy
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Lem Peters
Captain Hurricane
as Capt. Ben
Born to Be Bad
as Fuzzy
Ready for Love
as Judge Pickett
Death Takes a Holiday
as Baron Cesarea
The Party's Over
as Theodore
The Invisible Man
as Dr. Cranley
Another Language
as Pop Hallam
Reunion in Vienna
as Father Krug
My Weakness
as Ellery Gregory