1874-03-04 Prudhoe, Northumberland, Englang, UK
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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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
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The Girl from Jones Beach | Judge Bullfinch | 1949-07-16 |
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The Accused | Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited) | 1949-01-12 |
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Beyond Glory | Pop Dewing | 1948-08-03 |
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The Flame | Dr. Mitchell | 1947-11-24 |
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The Yearling | Mr. Boyles | 1946-12-18 |
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It's a Wonderful Life | Clarence | 1946-12-20 |
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Gallant Journey | Thomas Logan | 1946-09-24 |
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The Bells of St. Mary's | Horace P. Bogardus | 1945-12-27 |
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Thrill of a Romance | Hobart Glenn | 1945-05-23 |
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The Naughty Nineties | Capt. Sam Jackson | 1945-06-20 |
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Dragon Seed | Third Cousin | 1944-07-20 |
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None Shall Escape | Father Warecki | 1944-02-03 |
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The Very Thought of You | Pop Wheeler | 1944-10-20 |
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Shadow of a Doubt | Joseph Newton | 1943-01-15 |
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The Moon Is Down | Mayor Orden | 1943-03-14 |
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Madame Curie | Eugene Curie | 1943-12-16 |
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Pierre of the Plains | Percival Wellsby | 1942-07-29 |
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Random Harvest | Dr. Sims | 1942-12-17 |
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Mrs. Miniver | Mr. Ballard | 1942-07-03 |
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The Bad Man | Mr. Hardy | 1941-03-28 |
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I'll Wait for You | Mr. Miller | 1941-05-16 |
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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Abel Martin | 1941-03-14 |
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Ball of Fire | Prof. Jerome | 1941-12-02 |
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High Sierra | Pa | 1941-01-23 |
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Primrose Path | Gramp | 1940-03-22 |
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Anne of Windy Poplars | Matey | 1940-06-28 |
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Wyoming | Sheriff | 1940-09-13 |
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Edison, the Man | Ben Els | 1940-05-10 |
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On Borrowed Time | Dr. Evans | 1939-07-07 |
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You Can't Get Away with Murder | Pop | 1939-03-23 |
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Stanley and Livingstone | John Kingsley | 1939-08-18 |
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The Rains Came | Rev. Homer Smiley | 1939-09-15 |
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Dodge City | Dr. Irving | 1939-04-08 |
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Dark Victory | Dr. Parsons | 1939-04-20 |
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Remember? | Judge Milliken | 1939-12-19 |
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The Sisters | Ned Elliott | 1938-10-14 |
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Too Many Parents | Wilkins | 1936-03-19 |
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After Office Hours | Cap | 1935-02-22 |
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Escapade | Concierge | 1935-07-05 |
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Seven Keys to Baldpate | Lem Peters | 1935-12-13 |
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Four Hours to Kill! | Mac Mason | 1935-04-11 |
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Captain Hurricane | Capt. Ben | 1935-03-01 |
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Pursuit | Tom Reynolds | 1935-08-09 |
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Maybe It's Love | Mr. Halevy | 1935-01-12 |
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Born to Be Bad | Fuzzy | 1934-05-18 |
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Death Takes a Holiday | Baron Cesarea | 1934-03-30 |
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The Party's Over | Theodore | 1934-08-30 |
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Ready for Love | Judge Pickett | 1934-11-30 |
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Reunion in Vienna | Father Krug | 1933-06-16 |
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The Invisible Man | Dr. Cranley | 1933-11-03 |
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Another Language | Pop Hallam | 1933-07-28 |
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My Weakness | Ellery Gregory | 1933-09-22 |
