Henry Travers
ActingBritish-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
Clarence
The Invisible Man
Dr. Cranley
Mrs. Miniver
Mr. Ballard
Shadow of a Doubt
Joseph Newton
Dodge City
Dr. Irving
The Girl from Jones Beach
Judge Bullfinch
Madame Curie
Eugene Curie
Random Harvest
Dr. Sims
The Bells of St. Mary's
Horace P. Bogardus
High Sierra
Pa
Filmography — Acting
It's a Wonderful Life
Clarence
The Invisible Man
Dr. Cranley
Mrs. Miniver
Mr. Ballard
Shadow of a Doubt
Joseph Newton
Dodge City
Dr. Irving
The Girl from Jones Beach
Judge Bullfinch
Madame Curie
Eugene Curie
Random Harvest
Dr. Sims
The Bells of St. Mary's
Horace P. Bogardus
High Sierra
Pa
The Yearling
Mr. Boyles
The Accused
Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
Prof. Jerome
Dark Victory
Dr. Parsons
The Rains Came
Rev. Homer Smiley
Gallant Journey
Thomas Logan
Dragon Seed
Third Cousin
Thrill of a Romance
Hobart Glenn
On Borrowed Time
Dr. Evans
The Moon Is Down
Mayor Orden
Edison, the Man
Ben Els
Beyond Glory
Pop Dewing
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Pursuit
Tom Reynolds
Death Takes a Holiday
Baron Cesarea
Wyoming
Sheriff
The Flame
Dr. Mitchell
The Sisters
Ned Elliott
Remember?
Judge Milliken
Primrose Path
Gramp
Stanley and Livingstone
John Kingsley
Anne of Windy Poplars
Matey
None Shall Escape
Father Warecki
Ready for Love
Judge Pickett
The Naughty Nineties
Capt. Sam Jackson
Captain Hurricane
Capt. Ben
Too Many Parents
Wilkins
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Pop
Reunion in Vienna
Father Krug
Maybe It's Love
Mr. Halevy
The Bad Man
Mr. Hardy
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Abel Martin
Four Hours to Kill!
Mac Mason
The Very Thought of You
Pop Wheeler
Escapade
Concierge
My Weakness
Ellery Gregory
After Office Hours
Cap
Pierre of the Plains
Percival Wellsby
The Party's Over
Theodore
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Lem Peters
I'll Wait for You
Mr. Miller
Born to Be Bad
Fuzzy
Another Language
Pop Hallam