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Henry Travers (5 March 1874 – 18 October 1965) was an English actor. His most memorable role was that of the angel, Clarence, in the 1946 motion picture It's A Wonderful Life. Travers was born Travers John Heagerty supposedly in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, the son of Daniel Heagerty, an Irish doctor from Cork. He grew up in Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is his birthplace according to many biographies, but had actually been born in Prudhoe, some 60 miles further south near the River Tyne. The family were only in Prudhoe for a couple of years, moving there from Woodburn, on... MORE

Henry Travers (5 March 1874 – 18 October 1965) was an English actor. His most memorable role was that of the angel, Clarence, in the 1946 motion picture It's A Wonderful Life. Travers was born Travers John Heagerty supposedly in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, the son of Daniel Heagerty, an Irish doctor from Cork. He grew up in Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is his birthplace according to many biographies, but had actually been born in Prudhoe, some 60 miles further south near the River Tyne. The family were only in Prudhoe for a couple of years, moving there from Woodburn, on the A68 road near Corsenside, Northumberland in about 1866 and then moving on to Tweedmouth at Berwick-upon-Tweed in about 1876. Initially he trained as an architect at Berwick before taking to the stage under the name Henry Travers. A stage actor in England, he emigrated to the United States and appeared in Hollywood film productions beginning in 1933. He made his last film in 1949. Travers' most famous role was as the angel Clarence who comes to save James Stewart's character from suicide in Frank Capra's classic It's a Wonderful Life. He was also an Oscar-nominated actor for his role in the film LESS