Henry Travers
Acting
Born 1874-03-04
Died 1965-10-18
Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
53 credits
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 1943 Best Supporting Actor Nominated Mrs. Miniver
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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
It's a Wonderful Life
Shadow of a Doubt
The Invisible Man
Mrs. Miniver
High Sierra
The Yearling
Ball of Fire
Dodge City
Dark Victory
Random Harvest
Dragon Seed
The Bells of St. Mary's
Madame Curie
Captain Hurricane
Edison, the Man
The Flame
The Naughty Nineties
The Rains Came
The Accused
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Death Takes a Holiday
Thrill of a Romance
Stanley and Livingstone
On Borrowed Time
Primrose Path
The Sisters
Reunion in Vienna
Beyond Glory
After Office Hours
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Pierre of the Plains
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
The Very Thought of You
The Moon Is Down
Remember?
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Gallant Journey
Born to Be Bad
I'll Wait for You
Wyoming
None Shall Escape
Pursuit
The Bad Man
Anne of Windy Poplars
The Girl from Jones Beach
Maybe It's Love
My Weakness
Too Many Parents
Ready for Love
The Party's Over
Another Language
Four Hours to Kill!
Escapade
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