Henry Travers

Acting

Born: 1874-03-04 · Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK

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 famil…