
Henry Travers
Born March 4, 1874 · Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, 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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Dark Victory

On Borrowed Time

The Bells of St. Mary's

High Sierra

Ball of Fire

Dodge City

The Yearling

Thrill of a Romance

Random Harvest

The Moon Is Down

Dragon Seed

Edison, the Man

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

The Flame

Primrose Path

Death Takes a Holiday

Madame Curie

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

You Can't Get Away with Murder

The Accused

Pierre of the Plains

I'll Wait for You

The Rains Came

Maybe It's Love

The Naughty Nineties

The Sisters

Captain Hurricane

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Four Hours to Kill!

Born to Be Bad

The Very Thought of You

The Party's Over

Anne of Windy Poplars

Reunion in Vienna

Stanley and Livingstone

The Bad Man

The Girl from Jones Beach

Pursuit

Gallant Journey

None Shall Escape

Beyond Glory

After Office Hours

Escapade

Wyoming

Ready for Love

Another Language

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