Henry Travers
Acting
Born March 4, 1874 · Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
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 i…
Known For · 40 titles
It's a Wonderful Life
The Invisible Man
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Miniver
High Sierra
Ball of Fire
Dodge City
Random Harvest
Dark Victory
Madame Curie
The Yearling
Reunion in Vienna
The Flame
Captain Hurricane
The Bells of St. Mary's
Stanley and Livingstone
The Naughty Nineties
The Rains Came
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Pierre of the Plains
Pursuit
I'll Wait for You
Remember?
Thrill of a Romance
The Accused
The Girl from Jones Beach
The Moon Is Down
On Borrowed Time
Death Takes a Holiday
Gallant Journey
Seven Keys to Baldpate
The Sisters
Dragon Seed
Edison, the Man
Primrose Path
Beyond Glory
Wyoming
After Office Hours
None Shall Escape
You Can't Get Away with Murder