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