Daniel J. Travanti

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Daniel J. Travanti
Born	Danielo Giovanni Travanti 7 March 1940 (1940-03-07) (age 68) Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Awards won Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series 1981 Hill Street Blues

Danielo Giovanni Travanti (b. 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.^[1]

Travanti earned two Emmy Awards 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.

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[edit] External links

• Daniel J. Travanti at the Internet Movie Database
• The Last Word...
• WOR radio interview

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