Acting

Henry Travers

Born March 4, 1874 · Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK

Died October 18, 1965 · aged 91

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 playe…

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life · 1946

It's a Wonderful Life

MovieDramaFamily

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man · 1933

The Invisible Man

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt · 1943

Shadow of a Doubt

MovieThrillerMystery

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

Random Harvest

Random Harvest · 1942

MovieRomanceDrama

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver · 1942

MovieDramaRomance

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.

Primrose Path

Primrose Path · 1940

MovieDramaRomance

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.

High Sierra

High Sierra · 1941

MovieCrimeDrama

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

The Yearling

The Yearling · 1946

MovieDramaFamily

Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?

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It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life · 1946

It's a Wonderful Life

MovieDramaFamily

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Clarence

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man · 1933

The Invisible Man

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

Dr. Cranley

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt · 1943

Shadow of a Doubt

MovieThrillerMystery

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

Joseph Newton

Random Harvest

Random Harvest · 1942

MovieRomanceDrama

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

Dr. Sims

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver · 1942

MovieDramaRomance

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.

Mr. Ballard

Primrose Path

Primrose Path · 1940

MovieDramaRomance

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.

Gramp

High Sierra

High Sierra · 1941

MovieCrimeDrama

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

Pa

The Yearling

The Yearling · 1946

MovieDramaFamily

Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?

Mr. Boyles

Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire · 1941

MovieComedyRomance

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

Prof. Jerome

Dark Victory

Dark Victory · 1939

MovieDramaRomance

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.

Dr. Parsons

The Accused

The Accused · 1949

MovieDramaThriller

When college student Bill Perry grows inappropriately fond of psychology professor Wilma Tuttle and tries to rape her, her self-defense inadvertently kills him. Wilma then moves Bill's corpse to a nearby beach and makes his death look like the result of a cliff diving accident. But her guilt over the incident builds, and Lt. Ted Dorgan begins to suspect that Wilma knows more than she's letting on.

Blakely - Romley's Assistant (uncredited)

Dodge City

Dodge City · 1939

In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

Dr. Irving

Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday · 1934

Death Takes a Holiday

MovieFantasyRomance

After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.

Baron Cesarea

The Bells of St. Mary's

The Bells of St. Mary's · 1945

The Bells of St. Mary's

MovieDramaComedy

Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.

Horace P. Bogardus

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time · 1939

On Borrowed Time

MovieComedyDrama

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.

Dr. Evans

After Office Hours

After Office Hours · 1935

After Office Hours

MovieCrimeDrama

A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.

Cap

Thrill of a Romance

Thrill of a Romance · 1945

Thrill of a Romance

MovieComedyMusic

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

Hobart Glenn

Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed · 1944

Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against the Japanese invaders.

Third Cousin

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob · 1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

MovieComedyRomance

Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.

Abel Martin

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man · 1940

Edison, the Man

MovieHistoryDrama

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

Ben Els

Madame Curie

Madame Curie · 1943

MovieDramaRomance

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.

Eugene Curie

Captain Hurricane

Captain Hurricane · 1935

Captain Hurricane

MovieComedyDrama

Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten with neighbor Abbie Howland, but she doesn't like his temperament. After a period of retirement, a bad investment puts Brewster back at work on the sea. And when fire overtakes his ship, Hurricane proves heroic, selflessly rescuing his crew from a grisly and deadly fate.

Capt. Ben

Remember?

Remember? · 1939

MovieComedyRomance

Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But Jeff's work puts a strain on the marriage and a divorce is planned. Sky uses an experimental memory loss drug to make Linda and Jeff forget their rough times (and the fact that they were married) and they fall in love all over again.

Judge Milliken

The Rains Came

The Rains Came · 1939

MovieDramaRomance

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.

Rev. Homer Smiley