Henry Travers
British-American actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Lived 1874 to 1965 · aged 91
Travers John Heagerty, known professionally as Henry Travers, was an English film and stage character actor who specialised in portraying slightly bumbling but amiable and likeable older men. His best known role to today's audiences was the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
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The AccusedFilm, Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)1948
Beyond GloryFilm, Pop Dewing1947
The FlameFilm, Dr. Mitchell1946
Gallant JourneyFilm, Thomas Logan1945
The Bells of St. Mary'sFilm, Horace P. Bogardus1944
Dragon SeedFilm, Third Cousin1943
Madame CurieFilm, Eugene Curie1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a GobFilm, Abel Martin1940
Anne of Windy PoplarsFilm, Matey1939
Dark VictoryFilm, Dr. Parsons1938
The SistersFilm, Ned Elliott1935
After Office HoursFilm, Cap1934
Born to Be BadFilm, Fuzzy1933
Reunion in ViennaFilm, Father Krug1874Born5 March 1874Known for
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Shadow of a Doubt 1943
The Invisible Man 1933
Ball of Fire 1941
Random Harvest 1942
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Sidney Franklin Produced Mrs. Miniver and The Yearling
Hal B. Wallis Produced Dark Victory and Dodge City
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Rains Came (1939)
Clarence Brown Directed The Yearling and The Rains Came
Richard Thorpe Directed Thrill of a Romance and The Bad Man
Herbert Stothart Wrote Mrs. Miniver and The Yearling
Greer Garson Also in Mrs. Miniver and Remember?
Lionel Barrymore Also in It's a Wonderful Life and Dragon Seed
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Random Harvest and Madame Curie
Robert Z. Leonard Directed After Office Hours and Escapade
Reginald Owen Also in Random Harvest and Madame Curie
Samuel Bischoff Produced You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
Miles Mander Also in Madame Curie and Stanley and Livingstone
Humphrey Bogart Also in Dark Victory (1939)
Alfred Newman Wrote Ball of Fire and The Rains Came
Max Steiner Wrote Dark Victory, Dodge City and The Sisters
Beulah Bondi Also in It's a Wonderful Life and The Sisters- James Hilton Wrote Random Harvest and Mrs. Miniver
Una O'Connor Also in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Laura Hope Crews Also in The Sisters and Remember?
Joan Carroll Also in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Katharine Alexander Also in After Office Hours (1935)
Charles Waldron Also in On Borrowed Time and Edison, the Man
Harold S. Bucquet Directed Dragon Seed (1944)
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Henry Travers as the Burglar in the Theatre Guild's Broadway production of Heartbreak House (1920)
Lynn Fontanne (Eliza) and Henry Travers (Alfred Doolittle) in the Theatre Guild production of Pygmalion (1926)
Travers in his most memorable role, as guardian angel Clarence Odbody opposite James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)About this person
He also received an Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in Mrs. Miniver (1942). Other notable films include The Invisible Man (1933), Dark Victory (1939), High Sierra (1941), and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945).
