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.

Filmography

• Chicago Med — Edward Hall
• 2013One Small Hitch — Max Shiffman
• Boss — Gerald 'Babe' McGantry
• The Defenders — Carmine
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Garrison, Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov, Garrison/Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov
• 2006Murder in My House — Stan Douglas
• Criminal Minds — Lee Mullens
• Grey's Anatomy — Barry Patmore
• Prison Break — Richard Mills
• 1996To Sir, with Love II — Horace Weaver
• 1995Just Cause — Warden
• 1995Siao Yu — Mario Moretti
• The Outer Limits — Chairman Thornwell
• 1995The Wasp Woman — Dr. Zinthrop
• 1994My Name Is Kate — Hal Bannister
• 1993In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
• Missing Persons — Ray McAuliffe
• 1992Hello, Stranger
• 1992Megaville — Duprell
• 1992The Winter Stallion — Alan
• 1992Weep No More, My Lady — Ted
• 1991Eyes of a Witness — Roy Baxter
• 1991Tagget — John Tagget
• The General Motors Playwrights Theater — Paul
• 1989Fellow Traveller — Jerry Leavy
• 1989Making a Case for Murder — Joe Hynes
• 1989Millennium — Arnold Mayer
• 1988I Never Sang for My Father — Gene Garrison
• 1988Midnight Crossing — Morely Barton
• 1986Adam: His Song Continues — John Walsh
• 1986Murrow — Edward R. Murrow
• Screen Two — Jerry Leavy
• 1984Aurora — David Ackermann
• 1983A Case of Libel — Boyd Bendix
• 1983Adam — John Walsh
• American Playhouse — Boyd Bendix, Gene Garrison
• Newhart — Daniel J. Travanti
• Hill Street Blues — Frank Furillo
• 1980It's My Turn — Interviewer (uncredited)
• Hart to Hart — Edgar
• Knots Landing — Lieutenant Steinmetz
• CHiPs — Daniel J. Travanti (uncredited)
• Battle of the Network Stars
• 1976St. Ives — Johnny Parisi
• Barnaby Jones — Fred Bender, Lon Stevens
• Kojak — Lt. Charles 'Chuck' Danena, Captain Badaduchi
• The Bob Newhart Show — Mr. Gianelli
• Cannon
• 1971The Organization — Sgt. Chassman
• 1970The Sixth Column — Ted
• Medical Center — Dr. Pete Fredericks
• Lancer
• Premiere
• The Mod Squad — Milo, George
• Captain Nice — Lenny
• Judd, for the Defense
• Mannix
• The Second Hundred Years — Sears
• Love on a Rooftop
• Mission: Impossible
• Shane — Grant
• Gidget
• Lost in Space — Space Hippie
• The F.B.I. — Roy Donald Blake, Billy Jack Lyle, Harry Cando, Prof. Jason Grant
• 1965Who Killed Teddy Bear? — Carlo
• Flipper — Commander Willard
• 1964Little Moon of Alban — British Soldier
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Luca
• The Patty Duke Show
• The Defenders — Detective Russo
• Route 66 — Marty Johnson
• 1958Little Moon of Alban — British Soldier
• Perry Mason — Barney Austin
• Gunsmoke — Aaron Barker, Carl
• The Love War — Todd

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self
• 1987How to Raise a Streetsmart Child — Self - Host
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee