Daniel J. Travanti

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Daniel J. Travanti
Travanti (left) as President Richard Mills in Prison Break
Born	March 7, 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 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.^[1]

Travanti earned two Emmys for his portrayal of the Hill Street Station caretaker 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.

In January-March 2007, Travanti appears off Broadway in Oren Safdie's The Last Word... at the Theatre at St. Clements in New York City.