Henry Travers

Henry Travers
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Born	Travers Heagerty

Henry Travers (March 5, 1874 – October 18, 1965), born Travers Heagerty in Berwick-on-Tweed, was a British-born actor.

Biography

A stage actor in England, he emigrated to the United States and appeared in Hollywood film productions beginning in 1933. He made his last film in 1949.

On his passing in 1965, Henry Travers was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Travers' most famous role was as the angel Clarence who comes to save James Stewart's character from suicide in Frank Capra's classic It's a Wonderful Life.

Filmography (partial)

• The Invisible Man, 1933
• After Office Hours, 1935
• Stanley and Livingstone, 1939
• Edison, the Man, 1940
• Mrs. Miniver, 1942
• Random Harvest, 1942

  

  Henry Travers in his most memorable role, as Clarence in It's a Wonderful Life.

• Shadow of a Doubt, 1943
• None Shall Escape, 1944
• The Bells of St. Mary's, 1945
• It's a Wonderful Life, 1946

External links

• Henry Travers at IMDb.
• Henry Travers on television.
• Henry Travers at the Internet Broadway Database.