Biography
Travers John Heagerty, known professionally as Henry Travers, was an English film and stage character actor who specialised in portraying slightly bumbling but amiable and likeable older men. His best known role to today's audiences was the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He also received an Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in Mrs. Miniver (1942). Other notable films include The Invisible Man (1933), Dark Victory (1939), High Sierra (1941), and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945).
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1943 · nominated
Filmography23 titles
It's a Wonderful Life
On Borrowed Time
Shadow of a Doubt
The Invisible Man
Ball of Fire
Random Harvest
Madame Curie
Mrs. Miniver
High Sierra
Dodge City
Dark Victory
The Bells of St. Mary's
I'll Wait for You
Edison, the Man
The Yearling
The Naughty Nineties
Dragon Seed
Primrose Path
Death Takes a Holiday
The Rains Came
The Flame
You Can't Get Away with Murder
The Girl from Jones Beach