Henry Travers
Henry Travers, Travers actually John Heagerty, ( born March 5, 1874 in Berwick -upon- Tweed, Northumberland, England; † October 18, 1965 in Hollywood, California ) was a British film and stage actor, who worked in Hollywood. Mostly he played from grumpy, but kind-hearted characters like the Guardian Angel Is not life beautiful?.
Life and career
The son of an Irish doctor was born as Travers John Heagerty in the British county of Northumberland. Initially, he trained as an architect before he began by his stage name Henry Travers, to work as an actor. When he moved to the U.S. in 1917, he had in his home country a long and successful career. After he had ever stood at 1901 Broadway on the stage, he established in November 1917 to it. His Broadway career lasted until the mid-1930s. Henry Travers appeared in over 30 stage plays, although only should his last play, You Can not Take It With You, will be his most successful. It was brought from December 1936 to December 1938 on 830mal to the performance and the successful film version of Life Artist (1938 ) was born.
Henry Travers film career began with almost 60 years with a supporting role in the melodrama Rendez -vous in Vienna. That same year, he starred in the horror classic The Invisible Man. Most Travers embodied in his films slightly grumpy or cranky, but good-natured characters. Several times in his career he played doctors, fathers and judges. His career reached its peak during the war years, where he worked among others in the films found years, Shadow of a Doubt and The Bells of St. Mary. In this period also the role of a flower breeder in Mrs. Miniver, was nominated for the Travers in 1943 for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
His most famous role was played by Henry Travers undoubtedly but in addition to James Stewart in Frank Capra's Is not life beautiful? ( 1946). In this film, he played the guardian angel Clarence, the stewards figure saves from a suicide. The film was a flop when it was released, but is now probably the most famous Christmas movie in the U.S.. This movie was already one of Travers last, as he end of the 1940s by film and stage retired.
He was married to 1954 with Amy Forrest Rhodes. After that, he should have married the nurse Ann G. Morse. Henry Travers died in 1965 at the age of 91 years to arteriosclerosis. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.