Daniel J. Travanti

Known for ActingBorn 1940-03-07 (age 86)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.Read more

Movies & web series

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Making a Case for Murder

Little Moon of Alban

Hello, Stranger

Chicago Med

Criminal Minds

Grey's Anatomy

Prison Break

Tagget

The Outer Limits

NCIS: Los Angeles

Adam: His Song Continues

Hill Street Blues

Judd, for the Defense

Boss

Siao Yu

The Defenders

Perry Mason

The Bob Newhart Show

Mission: Impossible

Adam

Screen Two

Aurora

In the Shadows, Someone's Watching

Newhart

Eyes of a Witness

Kojak

I Never Sang for My Father

Lost in Space

One Small Hitch

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Barnaby Jones

Hart to Hart

Love on a Rooftop

Knots Landing

Saturday Night Live

Golden Globe Awards

CHiPs

Night of 100 Stars

Mannix

Gidget

Cannon

Murder in My House

To Sir, with Love II

My Name Is Kate

Route 66

Missing Persons

Gunsmoke