paragraph_text: Gary Cooper was selected by the Academy Board of Governors to be the year's recipient of the Academy Honorary Award "for his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry." Cooper was too ill to attend the ceremony, though his condition was not publicly disclosed, save for his family and close friends. At the awards ceremony James Stewart, a close friend of Cooper, accepted the Honorary Oscar on his behalf. Stewart's emotional speech hinted that something was seriously wrong, and the next day newspapers ran the headline, "Gary Cooper has cancer." Less than four weeks later, on May 13, 1961, six days after his 60th birthday, Cooper died.

paragraph_text: Georges Cravenne (24 January 1914 – 10 January 2009), real name Joseph-Raoul Cohen, was a French film producer, publicity agent and founder of the César Award. He received an Honorary César in 2000.

paragraph_text: The Wonders of His Love is the second studio album by Philip Bailey which was released on the Myrrh Records label. It was Bailey's first gospel album and it peaked at number 13 on the Top Contemporary Christian chart and number 17 on the Top Gospel Albums chart.

paragraph_text: Justin Bailey (born July 1, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bailey grew up in Williamsville, New York, a suburb of Buffalo.

paragraph_text: The singer/songwriter, Lara Fabian's second English album and sixth studio album, "A Wonderful Life" was released in June 2004. In France, the album sold an estimated 82,000 copies. "A Wonderful Life" was Fabian's last album under her contract with Sony Records and she subsequently left the company.

paragraph_text: "Last Life in the Universe" was awarded in Thailand two times by the Thailand National Film Association Awards and the "FIPRESCI Prize" (Bangkok International Film Festival). For his role as Kenji, Tadanobu Asano received the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. The film received the AQCC Award and Jury Prize at the Fant-Asia Film Festival. It was also chosen to be Thailand's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003.

paragraph_text: Rank Artist Awards Georg Solti 31 Quincy Jones 27 Alison Krauss Pierre Boulez 26 5 Vladimir Horowitz 25 Stevie Wonder 7 John Williams 24 8 U2 22 Chick Corea Beyoncé 11 Jay - Z 21 Kanye West Vince Gill 14 Henry Mancini 20 Pat Metheny Bruce Springsteen Al Schmitt

paragraph_text: George Shuffler (April 11, 1925 – April 7, 2014) was an American bluegrass guitar player and an early practitioner of the crosspicking style. During his career Shuffler played with The Bailey Brothers, The Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys. He was a 2007 recipient of the North Carolina Heritage Award and in 2011 was elected to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.

paragraph_text: Robert James Anderson (March 6, 1933 -- June 6, 2008) was an American actor and television producer, most famous for his role as the young George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life.

paragraph_text: Karolyn Grimes (born July 4, 1940) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Zuzu Bailey in the classic 1946 Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life. She also played Debbie in the 1947 film The Bishop's Wife.

paragraph_text: "Wonders of a Godless World" was first published in Australia in October 2009 by Allen & Unwin in trade paperback format. It was released in the United Kingdom in May 2010 by Blue Door. "Wonders of a Godless World" won the 2009 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel.

paragraph_text: The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his dreams in order to help others, and whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched and how different life in his community of Bedford Falls would be like if he had never been born.

paragraph_text: Richard Earl Thomas (born June 13, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John - Boy Walton in the CBS drama The Waltons, for which he won one Emmy Award and received nominations for another Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. He also played Special Agent Frank Gaad on FX's crime drama series The Americans (2013 -- 2016), appeared in Stephen King's mini series IT (1990), and had a supporting role in the comedy - drama film Wonder Boys (2000).

paragraph_text: Seneca Falls, New York claims that when Frank Capra visited their town in 1945, he was inspired to model Bedford Falls after it. The town has an annual ``It's a Wonderful Life festival ''in December. In mid-2009, The Hotel Clarence opened in Seneca Falls, named for George Bailey's guardian angel. On December 10, 2010, the`` It's a Wonderful Life'' Museum opened in Seneca Falls, with Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in the movie, cutting the ribbon.

paragraph_text: James Stewart as George Bailey Donna Reed as Mary Hatch Bailey Henry Travers as Clarence Odbody Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Henry F. Potter Thomas Mitchell as Uncle Billy Bailey Beulah Bondi as Ma Bailey Frank Faylen as Ernie Bishop, the cab driver Ward Bond as Bert, the cop Gloria Grahame as Violet Bick H.B. Warner as Mr. Emil Gower Todd Karns as Harry Bailey Samuel S. Hinds as father Peter ``Pop ''Bailey Lillian Randolph as Annie, maid Frank Albertson as Sam Wainwright Virginia Patton as Ruth Dakin Bailey, Harry's wife Mary Treen as Cousin Tilly, employee Charles Williams as Cousin Eustace, employee Sarah Edwards as Mrs. Hatch, Mary's mother William Edmunds as Mr. Giuseppe Martini Argentina Brunetti as Mrs. Martini Bobby Anderson as Little George Bailey Ronnie Ralph as Little Sam Wainwright Jean Gale as Little Mary Hatch Ray Walker as Joe Jeanine Ann Roose as Little Violet Bick

paragraph_text: 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.

paragraph_text: Born in Chicago, Illinois, Bailey received her bachelor's degree in social work from the University of Chicago and did graduate work at National Louis University.

paragraph_text: Sam Doonby (John Schneider) is a mysterious drifter who gets off a bus one afternoon in a small Texas town to change and improve the lives of all he comes in contact with. It is a story of greed and envy, played out against the backdrop of the classic country and blues music that is performed in Leroy’s Bar. The film has been described by the producers as "Crazy Heart"-meets-"It's A Wonderful Life", while Schneider described it as ""It's A Wonderful Life" without the Wonderful."

paragraph_text: Roscoe Todd Karns (January 15, 1921 -- February 5, 2000) was an American actor perhaps best remembered for playing Harry Bailey, the younger brother of George Bailey in the Christmas classic film It's a Wonderful Life.

paragraph_text: The band was founded in Chicago by Maurice White in 1970, having grown out of a previous band known as the Salty Peppers. Other members have included Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Fred White, Ralph Johnson, Larry Dunn, Al McKay and Andrew Woolfolk. The band has received 20 Grammy nominations; they won six as a group and two of its members, Maurice White and Bailey, won separate individual awards. Earth, Wind & Fire has 12 American Music Awards nominations and four awards. They have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and have sold over 100 million records, making them one of the world's best - selling bands of all time.

Question: What award did the person who played George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life receive?
Answer: Academy Honorary Award