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 i...
Known For
Complete Filmography
One Small Hitch
2013
as Max Shiffman
On 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 ...
Murder in My House
2006
as Stan Douglas
A retired lawyer and his daughter investigates a murder that had taken place in their new home. However, the two are unaware of the the dangers they a...
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.
To Sir, with Love II
1996
as Horace Weaver
After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city ...
Siao Yu
1995
as Mario Moretti
Siao Yu needs a green card. Mario Moretti needs his debts paid. Getting married could solve their problems, or multiply them.
The Wasp Woman
1995
as Dr. Zinthrop
Eager to boost sales, cosmetic maker Janice Starlin orders her scientists to develop a new youth formula derived from queen wasp enzymes. But when Jan...
Just Cause
1995
as Warden
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific...
My Name Is Kate
1994
as Hal Bannister
Kate (Donna Mills) is an alcoholic--and, as is often the case, she is in full denial regarding her illness. Only when she is threatened with mass dese...
In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
1993
There are a bunch on children in a suburban neighborhood getting hurt in unusual ways. One mother's child gets hurt and she goes looking for answers a...
Megaville
1992
as Duprell
In the future, national boundaries have been broken down and two giant super-states remain—the bleak, oppressive, and totalitarian "Hemisphere," and t...
Weep No More, My Lady
1992
as Ted
When demanding actress Leila is found drowned there are numerous suspects but the main suspect is her husband Ted. Adapted from the novel by Mary Higg...
The Winter Stallion
1992
as Alan
Dai Davies (Eric Wyn) is a Welshman running a cash-strapped farm in modern Wales and raising his orphaned granddaughter Gwen (Sian MacLean) with the h...
Eyes of a Witness
1991
as Roy Baxter
Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Masai in Kenya. Poaching gangs are slaughtering prote...
Tagget
1991
as John Tagget
A disabled Vietnam veteran investigates an attempt on his life.
Making a Case for Murder
1989
as Joe Hynes
In December, 1986, 3 black men ran into car trouble in Howard Beach, a middle-class neighborhood in New York City. Unable to start their car, they sou...
Fellow Traveller
1989
as Jerry Leavy
In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film idol. But when the witch hunts of McCarthyism swept i...
Millennium
1989
as Arnold Mayer
An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparab...
I Never Sang for My Father
1988
as Gene Garrison
A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering shadow...
Midnight Crossing
1988
as Morely Barton
A blind woman, her husband and another couple sail off to find cash hidden on an island near Cuba.
Adam: His Song Continues
1986
as John Walsh
Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing childr...
Murrow
1986
as Edward R. Murrow
Follow legendary news reporter/commentator from his radio broadcasts from the rooftops of London during the Blitz to his TV documentary series "See It...
Aurora
1984
as David Ackermann
A single mother is trying to trace previous partners in order to help her fund a life changing operation for her blind son.
A Case of Libel
1983
as Boyd Bendix
Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.
Adam
1983
as John Walsh
Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh de...
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...
It's My Turn
1980
as Interviewer (uncredited)
A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pr...
St. Ives
1976
as Johnny Parisi
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
The Organization
1971
as Sgt. Chassman
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, t...
The Sixth Column
1970
as Ted
Two different alien races are at war. Representatives of each race have landed on Earth to battle it out here, but they've taken human form and they c...
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
1965
as Carlo
A grim police detective embarks on a one-man crusade to track down a depraved sex maniac when a nightclub deejay receives a disturbing series of obsce...
Little Moon of Alban
1964
as British Soldier
Irish Brigid Mary blames the English for the deaths of her fiance, brother, and father. Becoming a nurse following WWI she finds herself caring for wh...
Little Moon of Alban
1958
as British Soldier
Irish Brigid Mary blames the English for the deaths of her fiance, brother, and father. Becoming a nurse following WW I she finds herself caring for w...
The Love War
N/A
as Todd
Two different alien races are at war. Representatives of each race have landed on Earth to battle it out here, but they're being sneaky about it: They...