Henry Travers Henry Travers Travers John Heagerty (5 March 1874 – 18 October 1965), known by the stage name Henry Travers, was an English film and stage character actor. His most famous role was the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in the 1946 film classic "It's a Wonderful Life". He also received an Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in "Mrs. Miniver" (1942). Travers specialized in portraying slightly bumbling but friendly and lovable old men. Travers was born in Prudhoe, Northumberland, and was the son of Daniel Heagerty, a doctor originally from Ireland, and Ellen Gillman Hornibrook Belcher. His mother was a
Jedermann (play) Jedermann (play) "" has been performed annually at the Salzburg Festival since 1920, except between 1922 and 1925 and during the years of the Nazi annexation of Austria and World War II from 1938 until 1946. Since then, the play has been performed there every year. Amongst the most famous actors performing the title role were Curd Jürgens, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Maximilian Schell and Gert Voss. The play has been made into a film at least eight times, including in 1958, 1961, 1970, 1983, 2000, 2004, 2010, and 2013. The 1961 film "Jedermann", directed by Max Reinhardt's son Gottfried Reinhardt