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Henry Travers
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. Mary's (1945), but it's as the somewhat befuddled angel Clarence Oddbody assigned to James Stewart in the classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946) that Travers will forever be known. After a long and successful career, he retired from the screen in 1949, and died in Hollywood in 1965.
As actor
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
The Accused
The Girl from Jones Beach
Beyond Glory
The Flame
It's a Wonderful Life
The Yearling
Gallant Journey
The Bells of St. Mary's
The Naughty Nineties
Thrill of a Romance
None Shall Escape
Dragon Seed
The Very Thought of You
Shadow of a Doubt
Madame Curie
The Moon Is Down
Random Harvest
Mrs. Miniver
Pierre of the Plains
High Sierra
Ball of Fire
I'll Wait for You
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
The Bad Man
Edison, the Man
Primrose Path
Anne of Windy Poplars
Wyoming
Dark Victory