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Bill Travers was a British actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist. He served in the British Army in World War II and starred in films such as Geordie, Bhowani Junction and Born Free.
Bill Travers was born on 3 January 1922 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Ring of Bright Water (1969), Born Free (1966) and Gorgo (1961). He was married to Virginia McKenna and Patricia Raine.
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Apr 1, 1994 · Bill Travers, who played the tallest, strongest man in the Scottish Highlands in the 1956 film "Wee Geordie" and became a star in the 1966 movie "Born Free," died on...
William Lindon-Travers (Bill Travers), actor, conservationist: born Newcastle upon Tyne 3 January 1922; married secondly 1957 Virginia McKenna (three sons, two daughters); died Dorking, Surrey...
Mar 29, 2019 · Bill was a deep thinker, a fearless and tireless campaigner against injustice – especially on behalf of those who have no voice. I have always believed his relentless and exhausting mission, to unveil the reality of captivity endured – day in, day out – by countless innocent wild creatures in zoos and circuses, eventually took ...
Nov 15, 2021 · McKenna is at home in the cottage in the Surrey hills that she bought many years ago with her husband Bill Travers – who died suddenly in 1994. Travers famously played Joy’s husband, the game...
Bill Travers was a British actor and producer, best known for his roles in Born Free (1966) and Ring of Bright Water (1969). He was also a wildlife conservationist and co-founded The Born Free Foundation with his wife Virginia McKenna.
