Henry Travers
Highest Rated: 100% Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Lowest Rated: 80% Edison, the Man (1940)
Birthday: Mar 05, 1874
Birthplace: Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, UK
A veteran of the English stage, actor Henry Travers came to Hollywood in the early 1930s and is best known as Clarence the guardian angel from Frank Capra's classic film "It's a Wonderful Life." The relaxed demeanor and bemused whimsy of Travers's angel, who hopes to earn his wings by helping a depressed and suicidal James Stewart to find the true worth of being alive, helped make the film a beloved holiday favorite. That approach to the role was not relegated only to Capra's film; many of Travers's performances are similar in tone, though serious drama was not outside of his reach. Some of his finest acting can be seen in the William Wyler drama "Mrs. Miniver," playing the postman Mr. Ballard, for which he received his only Oscar nomination. Travers also starred in the Errol Flynn Western "Dodge City," as Doc Irving; Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "Shadow of a Doubt," playing Teresa Wright's mystery story-obsessed father; and the drama "The Bells of St. Mary's," as businessman Horace P. Bogardus. Travers died from artery disease at age 91.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 36% | The Girl From Jones Beach | Judge Bullfinch (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flame | Dr. Mitchell (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gallant Journey | Thomas Logan (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 100% | 76% | The Yearling | Mr. Boyles (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 94% | 95% | It's a Wonderful Life | Clarence Oddbody (Character) | $3.3M | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Thrill of a Romance | Hobart Glenn (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 85% | 77% | The Bells of St. Mary's | Horace P. Bogardus (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | None Shall Escape | Unknown (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Dragon Seed | Third Cousin (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | The Very Thought of You | Pop Wheeler (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The Moon Is Down | Mayor Orden (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 100% | 89% | Shadow of a Doubt | Joseph Newton (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 86% | 67% | Madame Curie | Eugene Curie (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 90% | 88% | Random Harvest | Dr. Sims (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 94% | 85% | Mrs. Miniver | Mr. Ballard, Station-master and Bell-ringer (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 90% | Ball of Fire | Prof. Jerome (History) (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bad Man | Mr. Jasper Hardy (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I'll Wait for You | Mr. Miller (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | A Girl, a Guy and a Gob | Abel Martin (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 90% | 78% | High Sierra | Pa Goodhue (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 80% | 63% | Edison, the Man | Ben Els (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Primrose Path | Gramp (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Anne of Windy Poplars | Matey (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wyoming | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Remember? | Judge Milliken (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On Borrowed Time | Dr. Evans (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | The Rains Came | Rev. Homer Smiley (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Stanley and Livingstone | John Kingsley (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Can't Get Away With Murder | Pop (Character) | - | 1939 |
| 100% | 74% | Dodge City | Dr. Irving (Character) | - | 1939 |
| 88% | 81% | Dark Victory | Dr. Parsons (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | The Sisters | Ned Elliott (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maybe It's Love | Mr. Halevy (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escapade | Concierge (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | After Office Hours | Cap (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pursuit | Thomas "Tom" Reynolds (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Party's Over | Unknown (Character) | - | 1934 |
| 88% | 80% | Death Takes a Holiday | Baron Cesarea (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Born to Be Bad | Fuzzy (Character) | - | 1934 |
| 94% | 85% | The Invisible Man | Dr. Cranley (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Weakness | Ellery Gregory (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Another Language | Pop Hallam (Character) | - | 1933 |
QUOTES FROM Henry Travers CHARACTERS
Clarence says: [to George] Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?
Clarence says: [In book inscription] Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends.
Clarence says: You see George, you've really had a wonderful life. Don't you see what a mistake it would be to just throw it away?
Clarence says: You've been given a great gift, George: A chance to see what the world would be like without you.
Clarence says: You've been given a great gift.
George Bailey says: A chance to see what the world would be like without you.
Clarence says: Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?
George Bailey says: Well, maybe I left the car up at Martini's. Well, come on, Gabriel.
Clarence says: Clarence!
George Bailey says: Clarence. Right... Clarence.