Biografia

Fondly remembered as Clarence, James Stewart's guardian angel ("angel second class"), in Frank Capra's A Felicidade Não se Compra (1946).

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Holly Terrace entrance, Hall of Inspiration, directly across from W.C. Fields.

Appears in seven Oscar Best Picture nominees: Vitória Amarga (1939), Rosa de Esperança (1942), Na Noite do Passado (1942), Madame Curie (1943), Os Sinos de Santa Maria (1945), Virtude Selvagem (1946) and A Felicidade Não se Compra (1946), with Mrs. Miniver being the only winner.

He has appeared in five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: O Homem Invisível (1933), Bola de Fogo (1941), Rosa de Esperança (1942), A Sombra de uma Dúvida (1943) and A Felicidade Não se Compra (1946).

Henry Travers' two cousins on his mother's side of the family, Thomas H. Hornibrook and his son Samuel W. Hornibrook, were killed by the Irish Republican Army on April 27, 1922, in County Cork, Ireland, during an anti-Protestant campaign to punish suspected informers. There was no evidence the two men were informers. Their bodies were never recovered.