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 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.
53 acting credits
Acting · 53
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
The Invisible Man
1933
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
High Sierra
1941
Madame Curie
1943
Random Harvest
1942
Dragon Seed
1944
Dodge City
1939
Ball of Fire
1941
Dark Victory
1939
The Yearling
1946
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Edison, the Man
1940
The Accused
1949
The Rains Came
1939
Gallant Journey
1946
The Naughty Nineties
1945
Primrose Path
1940
Remember?
1939
The Flame
1947
On Borrowed Time
1939
The Sisters
1938
Pursuit
1935
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
The Moon Is Down
1943
My Weakness
1933
Another Language
1933
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
Too Many Parents
1936
Maybe It's Love
1935
None Shall Escape
1944
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
Thrill of a Romance
1945
The Bad Man
1941
Wyoming
1940
After Office Hours
1935
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
Beyond Glory
1948
Escapade
1935
Ready for Love
1934
Captain Hurricane
1935
The Very Thought of You
1944
The Party's Over
1934
Reunion in Vienna
1933
Born to Be Bad
1934
Pierre of the Plains
1942
I'll Wait for You
1941