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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.
Acted in 51
1940s
- 1949
The Girl from Jones Beach
Judge Bullfinch
The Accused
Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1948
Beyond Glory
Pop Dewing
- 1947
- 1946
Gallant Journey
Thomas Logan
- 1945
The Naughty Nineties
Capt. Sam Jackson
Thrill of a Romance
Hobart Glenn
- 1944
The Very Thought of You
Pop Wheeler
Dragon Seed
Third Cousin
None Shall Escape
Father Warecki
- 1943
The Moon Is Down
Mayor Orden
- 1942
Pierre of the Plains
Percival Wellsby
- 1941
I'll Wait for You
Mr. Miller
The Bad Man
Mr. Hardy
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Abel Martin
High Sierra
Pa
- 1940
Wyoming
Sheriff
Anne of Windy Poplars
Matey
Edison, the Man
Ben Els
Primrose Path
Gramp
1930s
- 1939
Remember?
Judge Milliken
Stanley and Livingstone
John Kingsley
- 1938
The Sisters
Ned Elliott
- 1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Lem Peters
Pursuit
Tom Reynolds
Escapade
Concierge
Four Hours to Kill!
Mac Mason
After Office Hours
Cap
Maybe It's Love
Mr. Halevy
- 1934
Ready for Love
Judge Pickett
The Party's Over
Theodore
Born to Be Bad
Fuzzy
Death Takes a Holiday
Baron Cesarea
- 1933
My Weakness
Ellery Gregory
Another Language
Pop Hallam
Reunion in Vienna
Father Krug
Appearances1
1980s
- 1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)