Image: Wikimedia CommonsHenry Travers
British-American actor
- Born March 5, 1874
- 4 movies
Henry Travers was an English film and stage character actor who specialised in slightly bumbling but amiable older men. He is best known to today's audiences as the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in It's a Wonderful Life, and earned an Academy Award nomination for Mrs. Miniver. His other films include The Invisible Man, Dark Victory, High Sierra, Shadow of a Doubt and The Bells of St. Mary's.
Henry Travers appears in 4 films in The Rerun, from 1943 to 1946. Most of that work is in drama, family and musical. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Minerva Urecal (2), Alfred Hitchcock (2).
Known for
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), Clarence Odbody. His best-known role, the guardian angel in the holiday classic.
- Mrs. Miniver (1942). Earned an Academy Award nomination for his supporting role.
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943). A role in the 1943 suspense thriller.
- The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945). One of his notable films of the 1940s.
- The Yearling (1946). Part of the cast of the 1946 family drama.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Henry Travers been in?
- Henry Travers appears in The Yearling (1946), Thrill of a Romance (1945), The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) and Shadow of a Doubt (1943) on The Remote.
- When was Henry Travers born?
- Henry Travers was born on 5 March 1874.
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