Henry Travers
| Henry Travers | |
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 Travers in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) |
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| Born | Travers John Heagerty 5 March 1874 Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 18 October 1965 (aged 91) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1933–1949 |
| Spouse | Amy Forrest-Rhodes (?-1954) (her death) Ann G. Murphy (nurse) (1899-1983) |
Henry Travers (5 March 1874 – 18 October 1965) was an English actor. His most memorable role was that of the angel, Clarence, in the 1946 motion picture It's A Wonderful Life.
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[edit] Early life
Travers was born Travers John Heagerty supposedly in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, the son of Daniel Heagerty, an Irish doctor from Cork. He grew up in Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is his birthplace according to many biographies, but had actually been born in Prudhoe, some 60 miles further south near the River Tyne.[1] The family were only in Prudhoe for a couple of years, moving there from Woodburn, on the A68 road near Corsenside, Northumberland in about 1866 and then moving on to Tweedmouth at Berwick-upon-Tweed in about 1876. Initially he trained as an architect at Berwick before taking to the stage under the name Henry Travers.
[edit] Career
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. 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. He was also an Oscar-nominated actor for his role in the film Mrs. Miniver.
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
- Born to Be Bad (1934)
- After Office Hours (1935)
- Escapade (1935)
- Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
- The Sisters (1938)
- Dodge City (1939)
- Dark Victory (1939)
- You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
- The Rains Came (1939)
- Primrose Path (1940)
- Edison, the Man (1940)
- High Sierra (1941)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Mrs. Miniver (1942)
- Random Harvest (1942)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- Madame Curie (1943)
- Dragon Seed (1944)
- The Very Thought of You (1944)
- None Shall Escape (1944)
- Thrill of a Romance (1945)
- The Naughty Nineties (1945)
- The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
- The Yearling (1946)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Gallant Journey (1946)
- The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
[edit] Personal life
On his death in 1965, Travers was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
[edit] References
- ^ GRO Register of Births, Marriages and Death and 1881 Census for England & Wales
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Henry Travers |
- Henry Travers at the Internet Movie Database
- Henry Travers on television
- Henry Travers at the Internet Broadway Database
- Henry Travers at Find a Grave
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