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
The Unknown (1946 film) The Unknown (1946 film) The Unknown is a 1946 mystery film directed by Henry Levin made by Columbia Pictures as the third and final part of its "I Love a Mystery" series based on the popular radio program. The previous films were "I Love a Mystery" (1945) and "The Devil's Mask" (1946). It was a loose adaptation of the I Love a Mystery radio episode "Faith, Hope, and Charity, Sisters", which was remade in a later version of the radio series, in '49, as "The Thing That Cries in the Night," starring Russell Thorson, Jim Boles, and Tony Randall as