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Daniel J. Travanti


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... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (94 titles)
2012 Cicero in Winter (short) (completed)
Charlie
 
2011-2012 Boss (TV series)
Gerald 'Babe' McGantry
 
2012 One Small Hitch
Max Shiffman
 
2011 The Defenders (TV series)
Carmine
 
2010 Criminal Minds (TV series)
Lee Mullens
Remembrance of Things Past (2010) … Lee Mullens
 
2008 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Barry Patmore
 
2006 Murder in My House (TV movie)
Stan Douglas
 
2005-2006 Prison Break (TV series)
President Richard Mills
 
2002 Design
Peter Mallow
 
2002 For Earth Below (short)
Dr. Wayne
 
2000 Something Sweet
Harrison
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Enrico Caruso: Voice of the Century (1998) … Narrator (voice)
 
1997 Poltergeist: The Legacy (TV series)
William Sloan
The Choice (1997) … William Sloan
Trapped (1997) … William Sloan
Ransom (1997) … William Sloan
 
1996 To Sir, with Love II (TV movie)
Horace Weaver
 
1995 Shao nu xiao yu
Mario Moretti
 
1995 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Thornwell
 
1995 Just Cause
Warden
 
1995 The Wasp Woman (TV movie)
Dr. Zinthorp
 
1994 My Name Is Kate (TV movie)
Hal Bannister
 
1993 In the Shadows, Someone's Watching (TV movie)
Drum London
 
1993 No Room for Opal (TV movie)
Eddie
 
1992 Skin (short)
 
1992 Trial and Error (TV movie)
Host
 
1992 Hello Stranger
 
1992 Weep No More, My Lady (TV movie)
Ted
 
1992 The Christmas Stallion (TV movie)
Alan
 
1991 Eyes of a Witness (TV movie)
Roy Baxter
 
1991 Tagget (TV movie)
John Tagget
 
1991 Screen Two (TV series)
Jerry Leavy
Fellow Traveller (1991) … Jerry Leavy
 
1990 Megaville
Duprell
 
1989 Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder (TV movie)
Joe Hynes
 
1989 Millennium
Arnold Mayer
 
1988 American Playhouse (TV series)
Gene Garrison
 
1988 Midnight Crossing
Morely Barton
 
1987 How to Raise a Streetsmart Child (TV movie)
Host
 
1986 Murrow (TV movie)
Edward R. Murrow
 
1984 Qualcosa di biondo (TV movie)
David Ackermann
 
1983 Adam (TV movie)
John Walsh
 
1983 A Case of Libel (TV movie)
Boyd Bendix
 
1980 It's My Turn
Interviewer (uncredited)
 
1980 Knots Landing (TV series)
Lieutenant Steinmetz
The Constant Companion (1980) … Lieutenant Steinmetz
 
1979 General Hospital (TV series)
Spence Andrews
 
1979 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Edgar
Max in Love (1979) … Edgar (as Dan Travanti)
 
1978 Greatest Heroes of the Bible (TV series)
Shammah
David & Goliath (1978) … Shammah
 
1977 Family (TV series)
Benjamin Maxwell
...More Things in Heaven and Earth (1977) … Benjamin Maxwell
 
1973-1976 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Fred Bender / Lloyd Kilgore / Lon Stevens
Sins of Thy Father (1976) … Fred Bender
Theater of Fear (1975) … Lloyd Kilgore
Echo of a Murder (1973) … Lon Stevens
 
1976 St. Ives
Johnny Parisi
 
1974-1976 Kojak (TV series)
Captain Badaduchi / Lt. Charles 'Chuck' Danena
A Grave Too Soon (1976) … Captain Badaduchi
A Souvenir from Atlantic City (1974) … Lt. Charles 'Chuck' Danena
 
1975 Phyllis (TV series)
Brad
The First Date (1975) … Brad
 
1974 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Barker / Carl
The Colonel (1974) … Carl (as Dan Travanty)
Like Old Times (1974) … Barker (as Dan Travanty)
 
1974 The Bob Newhart Show (TV series)
Mr. Gianelli
The Battle of the Groups (1974) … Mr. Gianelli (as Dan Travanty)
 
1973 Love Story (TV series)
Frank
Joie (1973) … Frank (as Dan Travanty)
 
1968-1972 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Billy Jack Lyle / Harry Cando / Roy Donald Blake
The Franklin Papers (1972) … Harry Cando (as Dan Travanty)
The Diamond Millstone (1970) … Billy Jack Lyle (as Dan Travanty)
Death of a Fixer (1968) … Roy Donald Blake (as Dan Travanti)
 
1972 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Tony Gadsen
Image (1972) … Tony Gadsen (as Dan Travanty)
 
1972 The Man and the City (TV series)
 
1972 Cannon (TV series)
Lucky Ferris
Devil's Playground (1972) … Lucky Ferris (as Dan Travanti)
 
1971 Mannix (TV series)
Tom Stabler
Murder Times Three (1971) … Tom Stabler (as Dan Travanty)
 
1971 The Organization
Sgt. Chassman (as Dan Travanty)
 
1971 The Interns (TV series)
Harry Random
The Choice (1971) … Harry Random (as Dan Travanty)
 
1971 Men at Law (TV series)
Joe Burland
The Climate of Doubt (1971) … Joe Burland (as Dan Travanty)
 
1969-1971 Mod Squad (TV series)
George / Johnny / Milo
A Bummer for R.J. (1971) … Johnny (as Dan Travanty)
Willie Poor Boy (1969) … George (as Don Travanty)
Child of Sorrow, Child of Light (1969) … Milo (as Dan Travanty)
 
1970 Medical Center (TV series)
Dr. Fredericks
The Savage Image (1970) … Dr. Fredericks (as Dan Travanty)
 
1970 The Silent Force (TV series)
The Octopus (1970)
 
1970 The Most Deadly Game (TV series)
Roland King
War Games (1970) … Roland King (as Dan Travanty)
 
1970 The Love War (TV movie)
Ted (as Dan Travanty)
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Strangler
A Perfect Piece of Casting (1970) … Strangler (as Dan Travanty)
 
1968 Lancer (TV series)
Dan Cassidy
The Escape (1968) … Dan Cassidy (as Dan Travanty)
 
1968 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Sullivan
A Jew Named Sullivan (1968) … Sullivan (as Dan Travanty)
 
1968 Call to Danger (TV movie)
John Henderson
 
1968 Premiere (TV series)
John Hinderson
Call to Danger (1968) … John Hinderson (as Dan Travanty)
 
1968 The Second Hundred Years (TV series)
Sears
The House That Needed a Carpenter (1968) … Sears
 
1967 Lost in Space (TV series)
Space Hippie
Collision of the Planets (1967) … Space Hippie (as Dan Travanty)
 
1967 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Don Oliver
A Civil Case of Murder (1967) … Don Oliver (as Daniel Travanty)
 
1967 Captain Nice (TV series)
Lenny
The Man with Three Blue Eyes (1967) … Lenny (as Dan Travanty)
 
1967 Coronet Blue (TV series)
Raffie
Tomoyo (1967) … Raffie
 
1966 Shane (TV series)
Grant
The Day the Wolf Laughed (1966) … Grant (as Dan Travanty)
 
1966 Love on a Rooftop (TV series)
Paul
One Picture Is Worth... (1966) … Paul (as Dan Travanty)
 
1966 Flipper (TV series)
Commander Willard
Flipper Joins the Navy: Part 2 (1966) … Commander Willard
Flipper Joins the Navy: Part 1 (1966) … Commander Willard
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Luca
The Deadly Goddess Affair (1966) … Luca (as Dan Travanty)
 
1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Barney Austin
The Case of the Midnight Howler (1966) … Barney Austin (as Dan Travanty)
 
1965 Gidget (TV series)
Tom Brighton
Now There's a Face (1965) … Tom Brighton (as Dan Travanty)
 
1965 Who Killed Teddy Bear
Carlo (as Dan Travanty)
 
1964-1965 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Dr. Van Houten / Patrolman Sanders
The Witnesses (1965) … Patrolman Sanders (as Dan Travanty)
Where Park Runs into Vreeland (1964) … Dr. Van Houten (as Dan Travanty)
 
1964 The Defenders (TV series)
Detective Russo
The Siege (1964) … Detective Russo (as Dan Travanty)
 
1964 The Reporter (TV series)
Cutler
Murder by Scandal (1964) … Cutler (as Dan Travanty)
 
1964 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
Rock
Block That Statue (1964) … Rock (as Dan Travanty)
 
1964 East Side/West Side (TV series)
Paul Jerome
The Name of the Game (1964) … Paul Jerome (as Dan Travanty)
 
1964 Little Moon of Alban (II) (TV movie)
British Soldier
 
1964 Route 66 (TV series)
Marty Johnson
Child of a Night (1964) … Marty Johnson (as Dan Travanty)
 
1958 Little Moon of Alban (TV movie)
British Soldier
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1984 Voice in Exile (short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
2004 Wisconsin Born & Bred: The Entertainers (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2002 NBC 75th Anniversary Special (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Drama Series
 
1989 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
Episode #6.8 (1989) … Himself
 
1987 The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite Television Drama Program
 
1986 NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The 36th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series & Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
 
1984 The 10th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite TV Dramatic Program
 
1984 The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a TV-Series Drama
 
1983 The 35th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series
 
1983 Parade of Stars (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 Newhart (TV series)
Himself
A View from the Bench (1983) … Himself
 
1982 Battle of the Network Stars XIII (TV special)
Himself - NBC Team Captain
 
1982 The 34th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series
 
1982 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host / Various
Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar (1982) … Himself - Host/Various
 
1982 The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite Overall New TV Program
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1981 The 33rd Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series
 
1980 CHiPs (TV series)
Himself
The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party: Part 2 (1980) … Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2006 La imagen de tu vida (TV series)
 
1997 The Outer Limits (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1968) Unsold pilot: Appeared in a comedy pilot for CBS called "Missy's Men" about how three soldiers (Dwayne Hickman and Jack Sheldon played the others) who bring a Korean orphan girl to San Francisco and attempt to raise her. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Dan Travanti | Daniel Travanty | Danny Travanty | Dan Travanty | Don Travanty

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

In June of 1995, he sold his home in Pacific Palisades to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces