Daniel J. Travanti
Known for: Acting
Born: March 7, 1940
Place of birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
The highly regarded actor Daniel J. Travanti was born Danielo Giovanni Travanty in the southeastern part of Wisconsin on March 7, 1940, but raised for a time in Iowa before returning to his native state. The youngest son of an American Motors auto worker, he showed both athletic and academic prowess in high school on both the football and debate teams. It was during the course of his studies at the University of Wisconsin that Dan first developed a strong, abiding interest in drama, appearing in many college plays while there. He, in fact, turned down top football scholarships in order to pursue his acting dream. Following training at the Yale School of Drama, he co-starred as Nick with Colleen Dewhurst in a touring company of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1965 and he was off and running.
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Filmography
34 movies · 45 TV shows, newest first
8.3
Chicago Med
2015
6.6
One Small Hitch
2013
7.2
Boss
2011
7.2
The Defenders
2010
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
6.3
Murder in My House
2006
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
8.1
Prison Break
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
6.0
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
6.4
To Sir, with Love II
1996
7.3
Siao Yu
1995
4.0
The Wasp Woman
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
6.3
Just Cause
1995
6.4
My Name Is Kate
1994
7.0
In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
1993
6.3
Missing Persons
19939.0
Hello, Stranger
1992
5.2
Megaville
1992
4.4
Weep No More, My Lady
1992
5.8
The Winter Stallion
19927.0
Eyes of a Witness
1991
8.0
Tagget
1991NR
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991
10.0
Making a Case for Murder
1989
4.2
Fellow Traveller
1989
5.4
Millennium
1989
7.0
I Never Sang for My Father
1988
4.6
Midnight Crossing
1988
7.6
Adam: His Song Continues
1986
5.5
Murrow
1986
7.1
Screen Two
1985
7.1
Aurora
1984
4.5
A Case of Libel
1983
7.3
Adam
1983
7.2
Newhart
1982
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
5.8
It's My Turn
1980
7.0
Knots Landing
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
6.8
CHiPs
1977
6.4
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
5.8
St. Ives
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.2
Kojak
1973
7.1
Barnaby Jones
1973
7.5
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
6.3
The Organization
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
6.3
The Sixth Column
1970
6.4
Medical Center
1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
5.6
Lancer
1968NR
Premiere
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967
6.5
The Second Hundred Years
1967
6.3
Captain Nice
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
6.2
Shane
1966
7.0
Love on a Rooftop
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
6.8
Gidget
1965
7.3
Lost in Space
1965
6.4
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
1965
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
6.2
Flipper
1964
NR
Little Moon of Alban
1964
6.2
The Patty Duke Show
1963
6.3
The Defenders
1961
6.7
Route 66
1960
10.0
Little Moon of Alban
1958
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
NR
The Love War
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