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Daniel J. Travanti

Actor

Daniel J. Travanti

Born March 7, 1940 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA32 films

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.

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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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One Small Hitch posterFirst watchOne Small Hitch20136.6as Max ShiffmanOn a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Just Cause poster6.3Just Cause1995Millennium poster5.4Millennium1989To Sir, with Love II poster6.4To Sir, with Love II1996The Organization poster6.2The Organization1971St. Ives poster5.8St. Ives1976

Filmography

32 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Love WarTodd
  2. 2013One Small HitchMax Shiffman
  3. 2006Murder in My HouseStan Douglas
  4. 1996To Sir, with Love IIHorace Weaver
  5. 1995Siao YuMario Moretti
  6. 1995The Wasp WomanDr. Zinthrop
  7. 1995Just CauseWarden
  8. 1994My Name Is KateHal Bannister
  9. 1993In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
  10. 1992Hello, Stranger
  11. 1992MegavilleDuprell
  12. 1992Weep No More, My LadyTed
  13. 1992The Winter StallionAlan
  14. 1991Eyes of a WitnessRoy Baxter
  15. 1991TaggetJohn Tagget
  16. 1989Making a Case for MurderJoe Hynes
  17. 1989Fellow TravellerJerry Leavy
  18. 1989MillenniumArnold Mayer
  19. 1988I Never Sang for My FatherGene Garrison
  20. 1988Midnight CrossingMorely Barton
  21. 1986Adam: His Song ContinuesJohn Walsh
  22. 1986MurrowEdward R. Murrow
  23. 1984AuroraDavid Ackermann
  24. 1983A Case of LibelBoyd Bendix
  25. 1983AdamJohn Walsh
  26. 1980It's My TurnInterviewer (uncredited)
  27. 1976St. IvesJohnny Parisi
  28. 1971The OrganizationSgt. Chassman
  29. 1970The Sixth ColumnTed
  30. 1965Who Killed Teddy Bear?Carlo
  31. 1964Little Moon of AlbanBritish Soldier
  32. 1958Little Moon of AlbanBritish Soldier