Henry Travers

Acting

Henry Travers

Born 1874-03-04 Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK 53 films

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 ge…

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Filmography

53 films
Beyond Glory poster

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky v…

Beyond Glory

★ 8.0 1948

The Flame poster

George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family i…

The Flame

★ 5.8 1947

The Yearling poster

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

The Yearling

★ 6.7 1946