Henry Travers
Known for Acting · 53 credits
- Born
- 1874-03-04
- Died
- 1965-10-18
- Place of birth
- Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as
- Travers John Hegarty · Генри Траверс · Генри Треверс
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
Movies (53)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Clarence
The Invisible Man
1933
as Dr. Cranley
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Joseph Newton
The Yearling
1946
as Mr. Boyles
Dodge City
1939
as Dr. Irving
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Mr. Ballard
Random Harvest
1942
as Dr. Sims
My Weakness
1933
as Ellery Gregory
Primrose Path
1940
as Gramp
Madame Curie
1943
as Eugene Curie
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Captain Hurricane
1935
as Capt. Ben
Dark Victory
1939
as Dr. Parsons
Ball of Fire
1941
as Prof. Jerome
High Sierra
1941
as Pa
The Accused
1949
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
Dragon Seed
1944
as Third Cousin
The Flame
1947
as Dr. Mitchell
Beyond Glory
1948
as Pop Dewing
The Rains Came
1939
as Rev. Homer Smiley
The Sisters
1938
as Ned Elliott
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
as Baron Cesarea
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
as Pop
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
as Horace P. Bogardus
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as John Kingsley
Edison, the Man
1940
as Ben Els
The Moon Is Down
1943
as Mayor Orden
Reunion in Vienna
1933
as Father Krug
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Capt. Sam Jackson
Thrill of a Romance
1945
as Hobart Glenn
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
as Judge Bullfinch
Gallant Journey
1946
as Thomas Logan
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Lem Peters
Maybe It's Love
1935
as Mr. Halevy
Remember?
1939
as Judge Milliken
Wyoming
1940
as Sheriff
Born to Be Bad
1934
as Fuzzy
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Dr. Evans
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940
as Matey
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
as Mac Mason
Another Language
1933
as Pop Hallam
Ready for Love
1934
as Judge Pickett
The Party's Over
1934
as Theodore
The Very Thought of You
1944
as Pop Wheeler
Too Many Parents
1936
as Wilkins
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Abel Martin
None Shall Escape
1944
as Father Warecki
The Bad Man
1941
as Mr. Hardy
Pursuit
1935
as Tom Reynolds
After Office Hours
1935
as Cap
Escapade
1935
as Concierge
Pierre of the Plains
1942
as Percival Wellsby
I'll Wait for You
1941
as Mr. Miller
About Henry Travers
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 an… With 53 credits spanning from 1933 to 1987, Henry Travers has appeared in 53 films and 0 TV shows.
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- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — as Clarence
- The Invisible Man (1933) — as Dr. Cranley
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — as Joseph Newton
- The Yearling (1946) — as Mr. Boyles
- Dodge City (1939) — as Dr. Irving
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