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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
The Girl from Jones Beach
as Judge Bullfinch
The Accused
as Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)
Beyond Glory
as Pop Dewing
The Flame
as Dr. Mitchell
It's a Wonderful Life
as Clarence
The Yearling
as Mr. Boyles
Gallant Journey
as Thomas Logan
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Horace P. Bogardus
The Naughty Nineties
as Capt. Sam Jackson
Thrill of a Romance
as Hobart Glenn
The Very Thought of You
as Pop Wheeler
Dragon Seed
as Third Cousin
None Shall Escape
as Father Warecki
Madame Curie
as Eugene Curie
The Moon Is Down
as Mayor Orden
Shadow of a Doubt
as Joseph Newton
Random Harvest
as Dr. Sims
Pierre of the Plains
as Percival Wellsby
Mrs. Miniver
as Mr. Ballard
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Jerome
I'll Wait for You
as Mr. Miller
The Bad Man
as Mr. Hardy
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Abel Martin
High Sierra
as Pa
Wyoming
as Sheriff
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Matey
Edison, the Man
as Ben Els
Primrose Path
as Gramp
Remember?
as Judge Milliken
The Rains Came
as Rev. Homer Smiley