
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.

Just Cause
1995 · as Warden

Millennium
1989 · as Arnold Mayer

The Organization
1971 · as Sgt. Chassman

One Small Hitch
2013 · as Max Shiffman

The Wasp Woman
1995 · as Dr. Zinthrop

Night of 100 Stars
1982 · as Self

St. Ives
1976 · as Johnny Parisi

It's My Turn
1980 · as Interviewer (uncredited)

To Sir, with Love II
1996 · as Horace Weaver

Fellow Traveller
1989 · as Jerry Leavy

My Name Is Kate
1994 · as Hal Bannister

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · as Self

Hello, Stranger
1992

Siao Yu
1995 · as Mario Moretti

Weep No More, My Lady
1992 · as Ted

Who Killed Teddy Bear?
1965 · as Carlo

Adam
1983 · as John Walsh

Midnight Crossing
1988 · as Morely Barton