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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/03/1987
The Girl from Jones Beach
Character:Judge Bullfinch
Release Date:16/07/1949
The Accused
Character:Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
Release Date:12/01/1949
Beyond Glory
Character:Pop Dewing
Release Date:03/08/1948
The Flame
Character:Dr. Mitchell
Release Date:24/11/1947
It's a Wonderful Life
Character:Clarence
Release Date:20/12/1946
The Yearling
Character:Mr. Boyles
Release Date:18/12/1946
Gallant Journey
Character:Thomas Logan
Release Date:24/09/1946
The Bells of St. Mary's
Character:Horace P. Bogardus
Release Date:27/12/1945
The Naughty Nineties
Character:Capt. Sam Jackson
Release Date:20/06/1945
Thrill of a Romance
Character:Hobart Glenn
Release Date:23/05/1945
The Very Thought of You
Character:Pop Wheeler
Release Date:20/10/1944
Dragon Seed
Character:Third Cousin
Release Date:20/07/1944
None Shall Escape
Character:Father Warecki
Release Date:03/02/1944
Madame Curie
Character:Eugene Curie
Release Date:16/12/1943
The Moon Is Down
Character:Mayor Orden
Release Date:14/03/1943
Shadow of a Doubt
Character:Joseph Newton
Release Date:12/01/1943
Random Harvest
Character:Dr. Sims
Release Date:17/12/1942
Pierre of the Plains
Character:Percival Wellsby
Release Date:29/07/1942
Mrs. Miniver
Character:Mr. Ballard
Release Date:03/07/1942
Ball of Fire
Character:Prof. Jerome
Release Date:02/12/1941
I'll Wait for You
Character:Mr. Miller
Release Date:16/05/1941
The Bad Man
Character:Mr. Hardy
Release Date:28/03/1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Character:Abel Martin
Release Date:14/03/1941
High Sierra
Character:Pa
Release Date:23/01/1941
Wyoming
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:13/09/1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
Character:Matey
Release Date:28/06/1940
Edison, the Man
Character:Ben Els
Release Date:10/05/1940
Primrose Path
Character:Gramp
Release Date:22/03/1940
Remember?
Character:Judge Milliken
Release Date:19/12/1939
The Rains Came
Character:Rev. Homer Smiley
Release Date:15/09/1939
Stanley and Livingstone
Character:John Kingsley
Release Date:18/08/1939
On Borrowed Time
Character:Dr. Evans
Release Date:07/07/1939
Dark Victory
Character:Dr. Parsons
Release Date:20/04/1939
Dodge City
Character:Dr. Irving
Release Date:08/04/1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Character:Pop
Release Date:23/03/1939
The Sisters
Character:Ned Elliott
Release Date:14/10/1938
Too Many Parents
Character:Wilkins
Release Date:19/03/1936
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Character:Lem Peters
Release Date:13/12/1935
Pursuit
Character:Tom Reynolds
Release Date:09/08/1935
Escapade
Character:Concierge
Release Date:05/07/1935
Four Hours to Kill!
Character:Mac Mason
Release Date:11/04/1935
Captain Hurricane
Character:Capt. Ben
Release Date:01/03/1935
After Office Hours
Character:Cap
Release Date:22/02/1935
Maybe It's Love
Character:Mr. Halevy
Release Date:12/01/1935
Ready for Love
Character:Judge Pickett
Release Date:30/11/1934
The Party's Over
Character:Theodore
Release Date:30/08/1934
Born to Be Bad
Character:Fuzzy
Release Date:18/05/1934
Death Takes a Holiday
Character:Baron Cesarea
Release Date:30/03/1934
The Invisible Man
Character:Dr. Cranley
Release Date:31/10/1933
My Weakness
Character:Ellery Gregory
Release Date:22/09/1933
Another Language
Character:Pop Hallam
Release Date:28/07/1933
Reunion in Vienna
Character:Father Krug
Release Date:16/06/1933
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