DANIEL J. TRAVANTI
Name: Daniel J. Travanti
Born: 7 March 1940 Kenosha, Wisconsin
Daniel J. Travanti (born Danielo Giovanni Travanti on March 7, 1940) is an
American actor. He is known for his starring role as Frank Furillo in the
television drama Hill Street Blues.
Travanti, one of five children, was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to Italian
immigrant parents. His father was a factory worker. During his teen years,
Travanti was an athlete and good student, earning scholarships to Harvard
University, Princeton University, and Dartmouth College though he eventually
attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Travanti earned two Emmys for his portrayal of the Hill Street Station Captain
Frank Furillo. Since Hill Street Blues, not much has been heard from Travanti
with the exception of a few bit parts in television programs such as Poltergeist:
The Legacy (1997) and Prison Break (2005). He did co-star in the 1989 cult
classic Millennium and as Lt Ray McAuliffe in the 1993 series "Missing Persons".
In January-March 2007, Travanti appeared off Broadway in Oren Safdie's The Last
Word... at the Theatre at St. Clements in New York City.
Name: Daniel J. Travanti
Born: 7 March 1940 Kenosha, Wisconsin
Daniel J. Travanti (born Danielo Giovanni Travanti on March 7, 1940) is an
American actor. He is known for his starring role as Frank Furillo in the
television drama Hill Street Blues.
Travanti, one of five children, was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to Italian
immigrant parents. His father was a factory worker. During his teen years,
Travanti was an athlete and good student, earning scholarships to Harvard
University, Princeton University, and Dartmouth College though he eventually
attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Travanti earned two Emmys for his portrayal of the Hill Street Station Captain
Frank Furillo. Since Hill Street Blues, not much has been heard from Travanti
with the exception of a few bit parts in television programs such as Poltergeist:
The Legacy (1997) and Prison Break (2005). He did co-star in the 1989 cult
classic Millennium and as Lt Ray McAuliffe in the 1993 series "Missing Persons".
In January-March 2007, Travanti appeared off Broadway in Oren Safdie's The Last
Word... at the Theatre at St. Clements in New York City.