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
The Unknown (1946 film) stars, describing it as "filled with all the things that are guaranteed to make audiences jump out of their seats, such as hidden passageways, a hooded grave robber, eerie shadows, and mysterious killings." 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,