Daniel J. Travanti

Daniel J. Travanti , actually Danielo Giovanni Travanti (born March 7, 1940 in Kenosha , Wisconsin ) is an American actor .

Life

Danielo Giovanni Travanti was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, one of five children of Italian immigrants. Travanti was a good student and athlete in high school, which is why he received scholarships from Harvard University , Princeton University and Dartmouth College . He decided to study at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . During this time he came into contact with acting and decided against his football scholarship and to study at the Yale School of Drama . From the mid-1960s, he appeared in several TV series and finally made his debut in the role of Carlo in the 1965 published and Joseph Cates staged crime drama Who Killed Teddy Bear on the side of Sal Mineo , Juliet Prowse and Elaine Stritch on the canvas .

From 1981 to 1987, Travanti played one of the lead roles in the Hill Street Police Station television series . On the side of Veronica Hamel , Bruce Weitz and Joe Spano he played the character of Captain Francis X. Furillo. For this, he was nominated for an Emmy five times in a row for Best Actor in a Drama Series from 1981 to 1985 , winning the award in 1981 and 1982 respectively. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Series - Drama five times in a row from 1982 to 1986 , receiving the award at the 1982 Golden Globe Awards .

Filmography (selection)

Movie

• 1965: Who Killed Teddy Bear
• 1971: The organization ( The Organization )
• 1975: Reckoning Day ( St. Ives )
• 1980: It's My Turn - I call it love ( It's My Turn )
• 1984: A little blonde ( Qualcosa di biondo )
• 1986: Adam - His Fate Shows the Way ( Adam: His Song Continues )
• 1986: Ed Murrow - Passionate Reporter ( Murrow )
• 1988: Midnight Crossing ( Midnight Crossing )
• 1989: Millennium - The 4th Dimension ( Millennium )
• 1989: Night of Terror - Murder in New York City ( Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder )
• 1991: Codeword: Dragonfire ( Tagget )
• 1991: And there was only one witness ( Eyes of a Witness )
• 1992: My Little Farm ( The Christmas Stallion )
• 1992: Rivals ( Weep No More, My Lady )
• 1993: The child killer - A family in fear ( In the Shadows, Someone's Watching )
• 1994: My World Is Broken ( My Name Is Kate )
• 1995: In the Swamp of Crime ( Just Cause )

series

• 1966: Perry Mason (episode 9x16)
• 1966: Flipper (episodes 2x25, 2x26)
• 1968–1974: FBI ( The FBI , four episodes)
• 1969–1971: Twen-Police ( The Mod Squad , three episodes)
• 1971: Mannix (episode 5x12)
• 1972: Cannon (episode 1x15)
• 1972: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible , Episode 6x17)
• 1973–1976: Barnaby Jones (three episodes)
• 1974: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke , two episodes)
• 1974–1976: Kojak - deployment in Manhattan ( Kojak , two episodes)
• 1979: Hard but warm ( Hart to Hart , episode 1x08)
• 1981–1987: Hill Street Police Station ( Hill Street Blues , 144 episodes)
• 1993–1994: Missing Persons (17 episodes)
• 1995: Outer Limits - The Unknown Dimension ( The Outer Limits , episode 1x21)
• 1997: Poltergeist - The uncanny power ( Poltergeist: The Legacy , seven episodes)
• 2005–2006: Prison Break (two episodes)
• 2008: Grey's Anatomy (episode 5x03)
• 2010: Criminal Minds (episode 6x03)
• 2011–2012: Boss (eleven episodes)
• 2016–2019: Navy CIS: LA ( NCIS: Los Angeles , five episodes)

Web links

• Daniel J. Travanti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Daniel J. Travanti in the German dubbing index