Henry Travers was as James Stewart's somewhat befuddled but kind-hearted guardian angel Clarence Odbody in Frank Capra's 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life". Traver's character saves Stewart's from committing suicide, and shows him how wonderful his life really is. Though the film was a financial flop, it later became a Christmas classic and one of the most beloved films in American cinema. However, despite his long life, Travers would never know that his performance as Clarence would become his most celebrated, as the film only became a Christmas television perennial in the 1970s and 1980s, long after the actor's death. Travers retired
Martin Travers Nuttgens (glass-painting, c 1920–1924), John E Crawford (glass-painting, sculpting, carving and decorating furnishings, some designing, 1924–1948) and Lawrence Lee (glass-painting, 1946–1948). Martin Travers Martin Travers (born Howard Martin Otho Travers, in Margate, Kent on 19 February 1886 – died in London on 25 July 1948) was an English church artist and designer. Travers was educated at Tonbridge School, entered the Royal College of Art in 1904, and took his Diploma in Architecture in 1908. At the College he studied architecture under Arthur Beresford Pite, for whom he went on to work intermittently, and stained glass under Christopher Whall. He worked