Acting
Henry Travers
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.
Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Film · 1987
The Accused
Film · 1949
The Girl from Jones Beach
Film · 1949
Beyond Glory
Film · 1948
The Flame
Film · 1947
It's a Wonderful Life
Film · 1946
The Yearling
Film · 1946
Gallant Journey
Film · 1946
The Bells of St. Mary's
Film · 1945
The Naughty Nineties
Film · 1945
Thrill of a Romance
Film · 1945
None Shall Escape
Film · 1944
Dragon Seed
Film · 1944
The Very Thought of You
Film · 1944
Shadow of a Doubt
Film · 1943
Madame Curie
Film · 1943
The Moon Is Down
Film · 1943
Random Harvest
Film · 1942
Mrs. Miniver
Film · 1942
Pierre of the Plains
Film · 1942
High Sierra
Film · 1941
Ball of Fire
Film · 1941
I'll Wait for You
Film · 1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Film · 1941
The Bad Man
Film · 1941
Edison, the Man
Film · 1940
Primrose Path
Film · 1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
Film · 1940
Wyoming
Film · 1940
Dark Victory
Film · 1939
Dodge City
Film · 1939
Remember?
Film · 1939
On Borrowed Time
Film · 1939
Stanley and Livingstone
Film · 1939
The Rains Came
Film · 1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Film · 1939
The Sisters
Film · 1938
Too Many Parents
Film · 1936
Four Hours to Kill!
Film · 1935
Pursuit
Film · 1935
Escapade
Film · 1935
Maybe It's Love
Film · 1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Film · 1935
After Office Hours
Film · 1935
Captain Hurricane
Film · 1935
Born to Be Bad
Film · 1934
Ready for Love
Film · 1934
Death Takes a Holiday
Film · 1934
The Party's Over
Film · 1934
The Invisible Man
Film · 1933
Another Language
Film · 1933
Reunion in Vienna
Film · 1933
My Weakness
Film · 1933