Henry Travers
Birthday
1874/03/04
Day of death
1965/10/18 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Prudhoe, Northumberland, Englang, UK
Also know as
Travers John Hegarty, Генри Траверс, Генри Треверс
Biography
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. ...Read more
Acting
(1946) It's a Wonderful Life
as Clarence
(1933) The Invisible Man
as Dr. Cranley
(1943) Shadow of a Doubt
as Joseph Newton
(1942) Random Harvest
as Dr. Sims
(1945) The Bells of St. Mary's
as Horace P. Bogardus
(1945) The Naughty Nineties
as Capt. Sam Jackson
(1941) High Sierra
as Pa
(1942) Mrs. Miniver
as Mr. Ballard
(1939) Dark Victory
as Dr. Parsons
(1941) Ball of Fire
as Prof. Jerome
(1943) Madame Curie
as Eugene Curie
(1940) Edison, the Man
as Ben Els
(1947) The Flame
as Dr. Mitchell
(1944) None Shall Escape
as Father Warecki
(1939) Dodge City
as Dr. Irving
(1940) Primrose Path
as Gramp
(1946) The Yearling
as Mr. Boyles
(1934) Born to Be Bad
as Fuzzy
(1933) Another Language
as Pop Hallam
(1935) Four Hours to Kill!
as Mac Mason
(1944) Dragon Seed
as Third Cousin
(1943) The Moon Is Down
as Mayor Orden
(1940) Anne of Windy Poplars
as Matey
(1935) Pursuit
as Tom Reynolds
(1935) Escapade
as Concierge
(1936) Too Many Parents
as Wilkins
(1933) Reunion in Vienna
as Father Krug
(1935) Maybe It's Love
as Mr. Halevy
(1941) I'll Wait for You
as Mr. Miller
(1941) A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Abel Martin
(1935) Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Lem Peters
(1944) The Very Thought of You
as Pop Wheeler
(1939) Remember?
as Judge Milliken
(1945) Thrill of a Romance
as Hobart Glenn
(1939) On Borrowed Time
as Dr. Evans
(1933) My Weakness
as Ellery Gregory
(1939) Stanley and Livingstone
as John Kingsley
(1939) The Rains Came
as Rev. Homer Smiley
(1946) Gallant Journey
as Thomas Logan
(1949) The Accused
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
(1940) Wyoming
as Sheriff
(1934) Ready for Love
as Judge Pickett
(1935) After Office Hours
as Cap
(1948) Beyond Glory
as Pop Dewing
(1949) The Girl from Jones Beach
as Judge Bullfinch
(1938) The Sisters
as Ned Elliott
(1941) The Bad Man
as Mr. Hardy
(1934) Death Takes a Holiday
as Baron Cesarea
(1942) Pierre of the Plains
as Percival Wellsby
(1935) Captain Hurricane
as Capt. Ben
(1939) You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Pop
(1934) The Party's Over
as Theodore
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Joseph Newton (archive footage) (uncredited)