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Henry Travers

Mar 04, 1874 - Oct 18, 1965 (91 years old) in 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.

Known For

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It's a Wonderful Life
Clarence
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Joseph Newton (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Dark Victory
Dr. Parsons
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
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Thrill of a Romance
Hobart Glenn
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On Borrowed Time
Dr. Evans
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Ball of Fire
Prof. Jerome
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Mrs. Miniver
Mr. Ballard
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The Accused
Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
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Dodge City
Dr. Irving

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