Henry Travers
Acting
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Acting Credits
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. ...
Known For
Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Accused
1949
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
as Judge Bullfinch
Beyond Glory
1948
as Pop Dewing
The Flame
1947
as Dr. Mitchell
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Clarence
The Yearling
1946
as Mr. Boyles
Gallant Journey
1946
as Thomas Logan
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
as Horace P. Bogardus
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Capt. Sam Jackson
Thrill of a Romance
1945
as Hobart Glenn
None Shall Escape
1944
as Father Warecki
Dragon Seed
1944
as Third Cousin
The Very Thought of You
1944
as Pop Wheeler
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Joseph Newton
Madame Curie
1943
as Eugene Curie
The Moon Is Down
1943
as Mayor Orden
Random Harvest
1942
as Dr. Sims
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Mr. Ballard
Pierre of the Plains
1942
as Percival Wellsby
High Sierra
1941
as Pa
Ball of Fire
1941
as Prof. Jerome
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Abel Martin
I'll Wait for You
1941
as Mr. Miller
The Bad Man
1941
as Mr. Hardy
Edison, the Man
1940
as Ben Els
Primrose Path
1940
as Gramp
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940
as Matey
Wyoming
1940
as Sheriff
Dark Victory
1939
as Dr. Parsons
Dodge City
1939
as Dr. Irving
Remember?
1939
as Judge Milliken
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Dr. Evans
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as John Kingsley
The Rains Came
1939
as Rev. Homer Smiley
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
as Pop
The Sisters
1938
as Ned Elliott
Too Many Parents
1936
as Wilkins
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
as Mac Mason
Pursuit
1935
as Tom Reynolds
Escapade
1935
as Concierge
Maybe It's Love
1935
as Mr. Halevy
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Lem Peters
After Office Hours
1935
as Cap
Captain Hurricane
1935
as Capt. Ben
Born to Be Bad
1934
as Fuzzy
Ready for Love
1934
as Judge Pickett
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
as Baron Cesarea
The Party's Over
1934
as Theodore
The Invisible Man
1933
as Dr. Cranley
Another Language
1933
as Pop Hallam
Reunion in Vienna
1933
as Father Krug
My Weakness
1933
as Ellery Gregory