Daniel J. Travanti
Acting • Born 1940-03-07
Biography
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.
Filmography
84 credits
Millennium
Movie • 1989
Arnold Mayer
Just Cause
Movie • 1995
Warden
The Wasp Woman
Movie • 1995
Dr. Zinthrop
St. Ives
Movie • 1976
Johnny Parisi
Midnight Crossing
Movie • 1988
Morely Barton
The Sixth Column
Movie • 1970
Ted
The Organization
Movie • 1971
Sgt. Chassman
Adam
Movie • 1983
John Walsh
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
Movie • 1965
Carlo
One Small Hitch
Movie • 2013
Max Shiffman
Weep No More, My Lady
Movie • 1992
Ted
Aurora
Movie • 1984
David Ackermann
Siao Yu
Movie • 1995
Mario Moretti
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Self
Murder in My House
Movie • 2006
Stan Douglas
Little Moon of Alban
Movie • 1964
British Soldier
Tagget
Movie • 1991
John Tagget
I Never Sang for My Father
Movie • 1988
Gene Garrison
Fellow Traveller
Movie • 1989
Jerry Leavy
Adam: His Song Continues
Movie • 1986
John Walsh
Murrow
Movie • 1986
Edward R. Murrow
Eyes of a Witness
Movie • 1991
Roy Baxter
The Winter Stallion
Movie • 1992
Alan
My Name Is Kate
Movie • 1994
Hal Bannister
To Sir, with Love II
Movie • 1996
Horace Weaver
A Case of Libel
Movie • 1983
Boyd Bendix
In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
Movie • 1993
Making a Case for Murder
Movie • 1989
Joe Hynes
Little Moon of Alban
Movie • 1958
British Soldier
It's My Turn
Movie • 1980
Interviewer (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Megaville
Movie • 1992
Duprell
The Love War
Movie
Todd
Love on a Rooftop
TV • 1966
Gidget
TV • 1965
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Roy Donald Blake
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Aaron Barker
Mannix
TV • 1967
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Frank Furillo
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Lieutenant Steinmetz
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Kojak
TV • 1973
Lt. Charles 'Chuck' Danena
Lost in Space
TV • 1965
Space Hippie
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Edgar
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Barney Austin
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Cannon
TV • 1971
Missing Persons
TV • 1993
Ray McAuliffe
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
Lancer
TV • 1968
The Patty Duke Show
TV • 1963
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Chairman Thornwell
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Detective Russo
Shane
TV • 1966
Grant
Premiere
TV • 1968
Route 66
TV • 1960
Marty Johnson
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Barry Patmore
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Billy Jack Lyle
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Harry Cando
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Prof. Jason Grant
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Carl
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Daniel J. Travanti (uncredited)
Kojak
TV • 1973
Captain Badaduchi
Flipper
TV • 1964
Commander Willard
Chicago Med
TV • 2015
Edward Hall
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Fred Bender
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Garrison
Prison Break
TV • 2005
Richard Mills
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Lee Mullens
The Bob Newhart Show
TV • 1972
Mr. Gianelli
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Milo
Captain Nice
TV • 1967
Lenny
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Jerry Leavy
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Lon Stevens
The Defenders
TV • 2010
Carmine
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Luca
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Dr. Pete Fredericks
The Second Hundred Years
TV • 1967
Sears
Boss
TV • 2011
Gerald 'Babe' McGantry
Newhart
TV • 1982
Daniel J. Travanti