Daniel J. Travanti (born Danielo Giovanni Travanti) is an American actor. He is best known for playing police captain Frank Furillo in the television drama series Hill Street Blues (1981–1987) for which he received a Golden Globe Award from five nominations, and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards from five nominations.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Boss (2011)
Guest starring as Gerald "Babe" McGantry
(11 episodes)
- Episode 2x09: Clinch (Oct 12, 2012)
- Episode 2x08: Consequence (Oct 5, 2012)
- Episode 2x07: The Conversation (Sep 28, 2012)
- Episode 2x04: Redemption (Sep 7, 2012)
- Episode 2x03: Ablution (Aug 31, 2012)
- Episode 2x02: Through and Through (Aug 24, 2012)
- Episode 2x01: Louder Than Words (Aug 17, 2012)
- Episode 1x08: Choose (Dec 9, 2011)
- Episode 1x07: Stasis (Dec 2, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: Spit (Nov 25, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: Slip (Nov 11, 2011)
The Defenders (2010)
Guest starring as Carmine
- Episode 1x13: Nevada v. Donnie The Numbers Guy (Feb 4, 2011)
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
Guest starring as Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov
(6 episodes)
- Episode 10x22: No More Secrets (May 5, 2019)
- Episode 9x16: Warrior of Peace (Mar 25, 2018)
- Episode 8x16: Old Tricks (Mar 5, 2017)
- Episode 8x09: Glasnost (Nov 20, 2016)
- Episode 7x16: Matryoshka, Part 2 (Feb 22, 2016)
- Episode 6x24: Chernoff, K. (May 18, 2015) [Uncredited]
Criminal Minds (2005)
Guest starring as Mr. Mullens
- Episode 6x03: Remembrance of Things Past (Oct 6, 2010)
Prison Break (2005)
Guest starring as President Richard Mills
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x20: Tonight (May 1, 2006)
- Episode 1x06: Riots, Drills and the Devil (1) (Sep 26, 2005)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Guest starring as Barry Patmore
- Episode 5x03: Here Comes the Flood (Oct 9, 2008)
Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)
Guest starring as William Sloan
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x22: The Choice (Aug 17, 1997)
- Episode 2x21: Trapped (Aug 10, 1997)
- Episode 2x20: Let Sleeping Demons Lie (Aug 3, 1997)
- Episode 2x19: Someone to Watch Over Me (Jul 25, 1997)
- Episode 2x10: Ransom (May 2, 1997)
- Episode 2x03: Lights Out (Mar 14, 1997)
- Episode 2x01: The New Guard (Mar 9, 1997)
The Outer Limits (1995)
Guest starring as Thornwell
- Episode 1x22: The Voice of Reason (Aug 20, 1995)
Missing Persons (1993)
Starring as Lt. Ray McAuliffe
(17 episodes)
- Episode 1x17: What Do You Want... A Signed Confession? (Feb 17, 1994)
- Episode 1x16: Tell Me You Didn't Do It... I'll Go to the Wall for You (Feb 10, 1994)
- Episode 1x15: All They Had to Do Was Ask... (Feb 3, 1994)
- Episode 1x14: My Beautiful Son is Okay... (Jan 20, 1994)
- Episode 1x13: I've Got a Siren!... (Jan 13, 1994)
- Episode 1x12: If You Could Pick Your Own Parents... (Jan 6, 1994)
- Episode 1x11: How Hard Is It Just to Get Off at the Next Exit? (Dec 16, 1993)
- Episode 1x10: Right Neighborhood... Wrong Door (Dec 2, 1993)
- Episode 1x09: Sometimes You Can't Help Getting Involved... (Nov 25, 1993)
- Episode 1x08: I'm Gonna Miss Him, Too... (Nov 11, 1993)
- Episode 1x07: Some People's Priorities (Nov 4, 1993)
- Episode 1x06: The Man's an Emotional Termite (Oct 28, 1993)
- Episode 1x05: That's My Sister, Pal (Oct 14, 1993)
- Episode 1x04: I Can't Even Imagine (Oct 7, 1993)
- Episode 1x03: People Don't Talk to Cops, People Lie to Cops (Sep 30, 1993)
- Episode 1x02: Cabe... What Kind of Name Is That? (Sep 23, 1993)
- Episode 1x01: Missing Persons (Aug 30, 1993)
Newhart (1982)
Guest starring as Daniel J. Travanti
- Episode 1x17: A View from the Bench (Feb 21, 1983) [Special Guest Star]
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Starring as Frank Furillo
(146 episodes)
- Episode 7x22: It Ain't Over Till It's Over (May 12, 1987)
- Episode 7x21: A Pound of Flesh (May 5, 1987)
- Episode 7x20: The Runner Falls on His Kisser (Apr 7, 1987)
- Episode 7x19: Days of Swine and Roses (Mar 31, 1987)
- Episode 7x18: Dogsbreath Afternoon (Mar 17, 1987)
- Episode 7x17: The Cookie Crumbles (Mar 10, 1987)
- Episode 7x16: Sorry, Wrong Number (Mar 3, 1987)
- Episode 7x15: Norman Conquest (Feb 10, 1987)
- Episode 7x14: Der Roachenkavalier (Feb 3, 1987)
- Episode 7x13: City of Refuse (Jan 20, 1987)
- Episode 7x12: A Wasted Weekend (Jan 13, 1987)
- Episode 7x11: She's So Fein (Jan 6, 1987)
- Episode 7x10: More Skinned Against Than Skinning (Dec 23, 1986)
- Episode 7x09: Fathers and Guns (Dec 9, 1986)
- Episode 7x08: Falling from Grace (Dec 2, 1986)
- Episode 7x07: Amazing Grace (Nov 27, 1986)
- Episode 7x06: Say Uncle (Nov 13, 1986)
- Episode 7x05: I Come on My Knees (Nov 6, 1986)
- Episode 7x04: Bald Ambition (Oct 30, 1986)
- Episode 7x03: The Best Defense (Oct 16, 1986)
- Episode 7x02: A Case of Klapp (Oct 9, 1986)
- Episode 7x01: Suitcase (Oct 2, 1986)
- Episode 6x22: Come and Get It (Apr 3, 1986)
- Episode 6x21: Slum Enchanted Evening (Mar 27, 1986)
- Episode 6x20: Look Homeward, Ninja (Mar 20, 1986)
- Episode 6x19: Jagga the Hunk (Mar 13, 1986)
- Episode 6x18: Iced Coffey (Mar 6, 1986)
- Episode 6x17: Larry of Arabia (Feb 27, 1986)
- Episode 6x16: Remembrance of Hits Past (Feb 13, 1986)
- Episode 6x15: I Want My Hill Street Blues (Feb 6, 1986)
- Episode 6x14: Scales of Justice (Jan 30, 1986)
- Episode 6x13: Das Blues (Jan 23, 1986)
- Episode 6x12: Say It as It Plays (Jan 16, 1986)
- Episode 6x11: Two Easy Pieces (Jan 9, 1986)
- Episode 6x10: The Virgin and the Turkey (Dec 12, 1985)
- Episode 6x09: What Are Friends for? (Dec 5, 1985)
- Episode 6x08: Fathers and Huns (Nov 21, 1985)
- Episode 6x07: An Oy for an Oy (Nov 14, 1985)
- Episode 6x06: Oh, You Kid (Nov 7, 1985)
- Episode 6x05: Somewhere Over the Rambo (Oct 31, 1985)
- Episode 6x04: In the Belly of the Bus (Oct 24, 1985)
- Episode 6x03: Seoul on Ice (Oct 17, 1985)
- Episode 6x02: Hacked to Pieces (Oct 3, 1985)
- Episode 6x01: Blues in the Night (Sep 26, 1985)
- Episode 5x23: Grin and Bear It (May 16, 1985)
- Episode 5x22: You're in Alice's (May 9, 1985)
- Episode 5x21: Queen for a Day (Apr 11, 1985)
- Episode 5x20: G.Q. (Mar 28, 1985)
- Episode 5x19: The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr. (Mar 21, 1985)
- Episode 5x18: El Capitan (Feb 21, 1985)
- Episode 5x17: Passage to Libya (Feb 14, 1985)
- Episode 5x16: Washington Deceased (Feb 7, 1985)
- Episode 5x15: Davenport in a Storm (Jan 31, 1985)
- Episode 5x14: Dr. Hoof and Mouth (Jan 24, 1985)
- Episode 5x13: Of Human Garbage (Jan 17, 1985)
- Episode 5x12: Intestinal Fortitude (Jan 10, 1985)
- Episode 5x11: Last Chance Salon (Dec 13, 1984)
- Episode 5x10: The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall (Dec 6, 1984)
- Episode 5x09: Low Blow (Nov 29, 1984)
- Episode 5x08: Fuched Again (Nov 22, 1984)
- Episode 5x07: Blues for Mr. Green (Nov 15, 1984)
- Episode 5x06: Ewe and Me, Babe (Nov 8, 1984)
- Episode 5x05: Bangladesh Slowly (Nov 1, 1984)
- Episode 5x04: Fowl Play (Oct 25, 1984)
- Episode 5x03: Rookie Nookie (Oct 18, 1984)
- Episode 5x02: Watt a Way to Go (Oct 4, 1984)
- Episode 5x01: Mayo, Hold the Pickle (Sep 27, 1984)
- Episode 4x22: Eva's Brawn (May 17, 1984)
- Episode 4x21: Lucky Ducks (May 10, 1984)
- Episode 4x20: Hair Apparent (May 3, 1984)
- Episode 4x19: Nutcracker Suite (Mar 15, 1984)
- Episode 4x18: The Count of Monty Tasco (Mar 8, 1984)
- Episode 4x17: The End of Logan's Run (Mar 1, 1984)
- Episode 4x16: Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow (Feb 16, 1984)
- Episode 4x15: The Other Side of Oneness (Feb 9, 1984)
- Episode 4x14: Grace Under Pressure (Feb 2, 1984)
- Episode 4x13: Fuchs Me? Fuchs You! (Jan 26, 1984)
- Episode 4x12: Nichols from Heaven (Jan 19, 1984)
- Episode 4x11: Ratman and Bobbin (Jan 12, 1984)
- Episode 4x10: The Russians Are Coming (Dec 15, 1983)
- Episode 4x09: Honk If You're a Goose (Dec 8, 1983)
- Episode 4x08: Midway to What? (Dec 1, 1983)
- Episode 4x07: Goodbye, Mr. Scripps (Nov 24, 1983)
- Episode 4x06: Praise Dilaudid (Nov 17, 1983)
- Episode 4x05: Doris in Wonderland (Nov 10, 1983)
- Episode 4x04: Death by Kiki (Nov 3, 1983)
- Episode 4x03: The Long Law of the Arm (Oct 27, 1983)
- Episode 4x02: Ba-bing, Ba-bing (Oct 20, 1983)
- Episode 4x01: Here's Adventure, Here's Romance (Oct 13, 1983)
- Episode 3x22: A Hill of Beans (May 12, 1983)
- Episode 3x21: Buddy, Can You Spare a Heart? (May 5, 1983)
- Episode 3x20: Spotlight on Rico (Apr 28, 1983)
- Episode 3x19: Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back (Mar 3, 1983)
- Episode 3x18: Life in the Minors (Feb 24, 1983)
- Episode 3x17: The Belles of St. Marys (Feb 17, 1983)
- Episode 3x16: Moon Over Uranus: The Final Legacy (Feb 10, 1983)
- Episode 3x15: Moon Over Uranus: The Sequel (Feb 3, 1983)
- Episode 3x14: Moon Over Uranus (Jan 27, 1983)
- Episode 3x13: Gung Ho (Jan 20, 1983)
- Episode 3x12: Santaclaustraphobia (Dec 16, 1982)
- Episode 3x11: No Body's Perfect (Dec 9, 1982)
- Episode 3x10: Phantom of the Hill (Dec 2, 1982)
- Episode 3x09: A Hair of the Dog (Nov 25, 1982)
- Episode 3x08: Requiem for a Hairbag (Nov 18, 1982)
- Episode 3x07: Little Boil Blue (Nov 11, 1982)
- Episode 3x06: Stan the Man (Nov 4, 1982)
- Episode 3x05: Officer of the Year (Oct 28, 1982)
- Episode 3x04: Rain of Terror (Oct 21, 1982)
- Episode 3x03: Heat Rash (Oct 14, 1982)
- Episode 3x02: Domestic Beef (Oct 7, 1982)
- Episode 3x01: Trial by Fury (Sep 30, 1982)
- Episode 2x18: Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers (May 13, 1982)
- Episode 2x17: The Shooter (May 6, 1982)
- Episode 2x16: Personal Foul (Mar 25, 1982)
- Episode 2x15: Some Like It Hot-Wired (Mar 18, 1982)
- Episode 2x14: The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded (Feb 25, 1982)
- Episode 2x13: Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement (Feb 18, 1982)
- Episode 2x12: Of Mouse and Man (Feb 11, 1982)
- Episode 2x11: Freedom's Last Stand (Jan 28, 1982)
- Episode 2x10: The Spy Who Came in from Delgado (Jan 21, 1982)
- Episode 2x09: Pestolozzi's Revenge (Jan 14, 1982)
- Episode 2x08: The World According to Freedom (Jan 7, 1982)
- Episode 2x07: Chipped Beef (Dec 17, 1981)
- Episode 2x06: Cranky Streets (Dec 10, 1981)
- Episode 2x05: Fruits of the Poisonous Tree (Dec 3, 1981)
- Episode 2x04: The Second Oldest Profession (Nov 19, 1981)
- Episode 2x03: The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue (Nov 12, 1981)
- Episode 2x02: Blood Money (Nov 5, 1981)
- Episode 2x01: Hearts and Minds (Oct 29, 1981)
- Episode 1x17: Jungle Madness (2) (May 26, 1981)
- Episode 1x16: Jungle Madness (1) (May 26, 1981)
- Episode 1x15: Rites of Spring (2) (May 19, 1981)
- Episode 1x14: Rites of Spring (1) (May 19, 1981)
- Episode 1x13: Fecund Hand Rose (Mar 25, 1981)
- Episode 1x12: I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin (Mar 21, 1981)
- Episode 1x11: Life, Death, Eternity (Mar 14, 1981)
- Episode 1x10: Gatorbait (Mar 7, 1981)
- Episode 1x09: Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind (Feb 28, 1981)
- Episode 1x08: Up in Arms (Feb 21, 1981)
- Episode 1x07: Choice Cut (Feb 14, 1981)
- Episode 1x06: Film at Eleven (Feb 7, 1981)
- Episode 1x05: Double Jeopardy (Jan 31, 1981)
- Episode 1x04: Can World War III Be an Attitude? (Jan 24, 1981)
- Episode 1x03: Politics as Usual (Jan 22, 1981)
- Episode 1x02: Presidential Fever (Jan 17, 1981)
- Episode 1x01: Hill Street Station (Jan 15, 1981)
Knots Landing (1979)
Guest starring as Lt. Steinmetz
- Episode 1x09: The Constant Companion (Feb 21, 1980)
CHiPs (1977)
Guest starring as Daniel J. Travanti
- Episode 4x06: The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (2) (Dec 7, 1980) [Uncredited]
Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
Guest starring as NBC Captain
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Special #13 (Oct 1, 1982)
- Episode 1x12: Special #12 (May 7, 1982)
Family (1976)
Guest starring as Benjamin Maxwell
- Episode 2x21: . . . More Things in Heaven and Earth (Mar 29, 1977)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Daniel J. Travanti
- Episode 7x16: Daniel J. Travanti / John Cougar (Apr 10, 1982)
Kojak (1973)
Guest starring as Lt. Charles 'Chuck' Danena
- Episode 2x10: A Souvenir from Atlantic City (Nov 10, 1974)
Guest starring as Captain Badaduchi
- Episode 3x20: A Grave Too Soon (Feb 1, 1976)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
Guest starring as Lon Stevens
- Episode 2x03: Echo of a Murder (Sep 30, 1973)
Guest starring as Lloyd Kilgore
- Episode 4x02: Theater of Fear (Sep 26, 1975)
Guest starring as Fred Bender
- Episode 5x03: Sins of Thy Father (Oct 21, 1976)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
Guest starring as Mr. Gianelli
- Episode 3x02: The Battle of the Groups (Sep 21, 1974)
The Man and the City (1971)
Guest starring as Newsman
- Episode 1x15: Diagnosis: Corruption (Jan 5, 1972)
Medical Center (1969)
Guest starring as Dr. Pete Fredericks
- Episode 2x15: The Savage Image (Dec 30, 1970)
Bracken's World (1969)
Guest starring as The Strangler
- Episode 1x18: A Perfect Piece of Casting (Jan 30, 1970)
Here Come the Brides (1968)
Guest starring as Will Sullivan
- Episode 1x08: A Jew Named Sullivan (Nov 20, 1968)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Guest starring as Milo
- Episode 1x22: Child of Sorrow, Child of Light (Mar 18, 1969)
Guest starring as George
- Episode 2x08: Willie Poor Boy (Nov 18, 1969)
Guest starring as Johnny Graham
- Episode 3x16: A Bummer for R.J. (Jan 19, 1971)
Captain Nice (1967)
Guest starring as Lenny
- Episode 1x05: The Man with Three Blue Eyes (Feb 20, 1967)
The FBI (1965)
Guest starring as Roy Donald Blake
- Episode 4x05: Death of a Fixer (Oct 20, 1968)
Guest starring as Billy Jack
- Episode 5x19: The Diamond Millstone (Jan 18, 1970)
Guest starring as Harry Cando
- Episode 8x04: The Franklin Papers (Oct 8, 1972)
Guest starring as Prof. Jason Grant
- Episode 9x22: Confessions of a Madman (Apr 14, 1974)
Irwin Allen's Lost in Space (1965)
Guest starring as Space Hippie
- Episode 3x09: Collision of Planets (Nov 8, 1967)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Guest starring as Luca
- Episode 2x17: The Deadly Goddess Affair (Jan 14, 1966)
Flipper (1964)
Guest starring as Commander Willard
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x26: Flipper Joins the Navy (2) (Mar 19, 1966)
- Episode 2x25: Flipper Joins the Navy (1) (Mar 12, 1966)
The Patty Duke Show (1963)
Guest starring as Hank 'Rock' Elway
- Episode 2x11: Block That Statue (Nov 25, 1964)
Perry Mason (1957)
Guest starring as Barney Austin
- Episode 9x16: The Case of the Midnight Howler (Jan 16, 1966)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Guest starring as Barker
- Episode 19x16: Like Old Times (Jan 21, 1974)
Guest starring as Carl
- Episode 20x13: The Colonel (Dec 16, 1974)