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His best known role 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). Travers specialised in portraying slightly bumbling but amiable and likeable older men. Early life.
Henry Travers. Actor: It's a Wonderful Life. 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).
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- Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- James Stewart (George Bailey) James Stewart won his third Best Actor nod at the Oscars for It's a Wonderful Life, but its poor commercial and critical performance had Stewart doubting his incredible acting ability.
- Donna Reed (Mary Hatch Bailey) Donna Reed's biggest role after It's A Wonderful Life had to be her Oscar-winning turn in From Here to Eternity in 1953, picking up the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Lorene.
- Lionel Barrymore (Henry Potter) Few characters in movie history are as dastardly as robber baron Mr Potter, played to villainous perfection by Lionel Barrymore.
- Thomas Mitchell (Uncle Billy) It was poor Uncle Billy's mishap with the $8,000 of loan money that led to George's fall, and Thomas Mitchell did a fine job setting things in motion.
Henry Travers: Clarence. Showing all 31 items. Jump to: Photos (11) Quotes (20) Photos. Quotes. Clarence : Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he? Clarence : [In book inscription] Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends.
Henry Travers. Actor: It's a Wonderful Life. 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).
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- October 18, 1965
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Clarence Odbody, also spelled Clarence Oddbody, (born May 1653) is a guardian angel character in Frank Capra 's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, where he was portrayed by Henry Travers, and in the 1990 sequel, Clarence, where he was played by Robert Carradine .
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas supernatural drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet " The Greatest Gift " self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol . [4]
