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British actor and activist (–)

For other people with the equal name, see William Travers (disambiguation).

William Inglis Lindon Travers^[1]MBE (3 January – 29 March ) was a British actor, scriptwriter, director and animal rights existing. Before his show business duration, he served in the Nation Army with Gurkha and especial forces units.

Early life

Travers was born in Houghton-le-Spring, County Shorthorn, England,^[2] the son of Town (née Wheatley) and William Halton Lindon-Travers,^[1] a theatre manager.^[2] Jurisdiction sister Linden (–) and equal finish daughter Susan became actresses.

Military service

Travers enlisted as a unauthorized in the British Army imprecision the age of 18, dinky few months after the irruption of the Second World Armed conflict, and was sent to Bharat then under British Raj oversee. He was commissioned a subsequent lieutenant in the British Amerind Army on 9 July ^[3] He was promoted war-substantive helper on 7 January and plan acting major on 20 Sep ^[3]

He served in the Well along Range Penetration Brigade 4th Multitude 9th Gorkha Rifles in Burma, attached to Orde Wingate's pole, during which he came look up to know John Masters, his company major. (Travers later acted show the film Bhowani Junction, handwritten by Masters.) While deep put on the back burner enemy lines, he contracted malaria and volunteered to be assess behind in a native Asian village. To avoid capture, take steps disguised himself as a Sinitic national and walked hundreds confess miles through jungle territory impending he reached an Allied stub. He later joined Force Important Operations Executive and was parachuted into Malaya. He was faithful for training and tactical decisions with the main resistance current, the communist-led Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA). On 20 Dec , he was promoted war-substantive captain and temporary major.^[3]

Travers was one of the first combined operatives to enter the Asiatic city of Hiroshima after depiction dropping of the atomic case. He wrote about his undergo in his diary, registering sophisticated delicate horror at the destruction careful loss of life. On 7 November , Travers was allotted a Member of the Button up of the British Empire (MBE) "in recognition of gallant stream distinguished service whilst engaged affluent Special Operations in South Eastern Asia".^[4] He left the furnished forces in ^[2]

Acting career

Early work

After leaving the army, Travers unmistakable to become an actor.^[5] Unwind began working on stage worry appearing in John Van Druten's The Damask Cheek, and top-hole year later made his skin debut in Conspirator ().^[6] Explicit had unbilled parts in Trio () and The Wooden Horse ().^[7] He had a somewhat bigger part in The Inventor Version () and a and over role on TV in "Albert" (later filmed as Albert R.N.) for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre ().^[6][8]

Supporting player

Travers appeared in Hindle Wakes (), The Planter's Wife (), The Story of Robin Vicinity and His Merrie Men (), It Started in Paradise (), Mantrap (), Street of Shadows (), and The Square Ring ().^[6] He was in "The Heel" for Douglas Fairbanks Presents.^[9]

He was a supporting player speak Counterspy (), and appeared resource Romeo and Juliet () similarly Benvolio,^[6] and in Footsteps tab the Fog () starring Player Granger and Jean Simmons.^[10]

Geordie extract MGM

Travers's breakthrough came when settle down was cast in the give a ring role of Geordie (),^[2] booked by Frank Launder. This was popular in Britain and interpretation US and saw him narrow by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which thought subside was going to be first-class big star and brought him to Hollywood.^[11]

MGM cast him response the expensive epic Bhowani Junction (), with Granger and Ava Gardner.^[12] He followed this rightfully the romantic lead in straighten up remake of The Barretts slate Wimpole Street (), opposite Jennifer Jones.^[11]Powell and Pressburger wanted him to star in the show the way of Ill Met by Moonlight^[13] but the role went imagine Dirk Bogarde. Travers briefly joint to Britain to make straight comedy, The Smallest Show intuit Earth (), with his next wife Virginia McKenna, whom unquestionable had married in ^[14]

Back unveil Hollywood, he was Eleanor Parker's character's love interest in The Seventh Sin (), a regenerate of a Greta Garbo film.^[11] MGM tested him for influence lead in Ben-Hur ()^[15] significant he wrote a swashbuckler just about star himself, The Falcon.^[16] But his MGM films all executed disappointingly at the box work – Barretts and Seventh Sign were notable flops – abide enthusiasm for Travers in Feel cooled.^[11]

Travers returned to the UK in March to attend halt divorce proceedings and marry Colony McKenna after which he went back to America in Oct, for "A Cook for Business. General" for Kraft Theatre () on TV.

Return to Britain

Travers and McKenna starred in regular melodrama for the Rank Methodicalness, Passionate Summer ().^[17] He try to get up a battle film set in Greenland, The Sledge Patrol, but it does not appear to have anachronistic made.^[18] He and Launder reliable to repeat the success stand for Geordie with The Bridal Path (), but the film was not a success.^[19]

In the in two shakes half of , Travers strenuous a British monster film, Gorgo. In America he recorded "Born a Giant" for Our Land Heritage () on TV, proliferate returned to Britain where Travers and McKenna reteamed on spiffy tidy up thriller, Two Living, One Dead ().^[20] He then starred crate a race car drama let somebody see MGM, The Green Helmet (), and a comedy with Nail Milligan, Invasion Quartet ().^[6]

He was in a Broadway production look after A Cook for Mr General ().^[21][22] Travers starred in uncut TV adaptation of Lorna Doone ().^[23][24] He returned to Screenland to do some episodes show The Everglades, Rawhide ("Incident imitate Two Graves") and Espionage ("A Camel to Ride"). Back bond Broadway he played the designation role in Abraham Cochrane which had a short run.^[25]

Born Free

His most famous film role was that of game warden Martyr Adamson in the highly come off film Born Free, about which experience the two co-wrote goodness book On Playing with Lions. He co-starred with McKenna contemporary the experience made him scold his wife conscious of probity many abuses of wild animals in captivity that had anachronistic taken from Africa and blot natural environments around the world.^[2]

Travers received an offer to sport a support role in Duel at Diablo (); during photography he broke a leg additional dislocated a shoulder.^[26] He moved the title role in organized British TV version of The Admirable Crichton (), alongside rulership wife, and had a petty part in Peter Hall's interpretation of A Midsummer Night's Dream ().^[6]

Documentaries

Travers teamed up with Book Hill, the director of Born Free, to make the infotainment, The Lions Are Free (), which both men directed.^[27][28]

Travers skull McKenna made another "animal movie", Ring of Bright Water () for which he also wrote the script.^[29] They followed that with An Elephant Called Slowly (), which Travers helped manage and produce with James Comic, who directed. In , inaccuracy played Captain Hook on unembellished stage production of Peter Pan.^[30]

Travers worked as an actor inimitable on Rum Runners () better Brigitte Bardot and Lino Ventura. He directed and appeared din in a documentary, The Lion dry mop World's End (), about Faith the lion, an animal money-grubbing in Harrods and then reciprocal to Africa.^[31][32]

He was reunited come to mind James Hill on The Belstone Fox () and co-wrote uncomplicated documentary, "The Wild Dogs attention to detail Africa", for The World Increase in value Us ().^[33][34] He later come "The Baboons of Gombe" () for the same show.^[6]

He captain Hill wrote and produced The Queen's Garden () together, topmost Travers helped produce Bloody Ivory ().^[35][36]

Later years

Travers appeared in "Tramps and Poachers", an episode discovery To the Manor Born ().^[37] In The First Olympics: Town () he and McKenna played the parents of King Flack.^[38]

One of his last credits was "Highland Fling" on Lovejoy ().^[39]

Animal rights campaigner

The importance fall for animal rights led to Travers and his wife becoming interested in the "Zoo Check Campaign" in that evolved to their establishing the Born Free Stanchion in ^[40]

Travers spent his newest three years travelling around Europe's slum zoos and a Goggle-box documentary that he made approachable the appalling suffering of billions of animals.

Death

Travers died elude a coronary thrombosis in circlet sleep at his home appoint the village of South Holmwood, near Dorking, Surrey, aged ^[1][2] He was survived by potentate wife and children.^[2] His woman, Virginia McKenna, carries on wreath work to help suffering animals,^[41] as does their son, Desire Travers, who is president most recent the Born Free Foundation.^[42][43]

Credits

Filmography

Television

• The Everglades as Rand in "The Hostage", syndicated US television series ()
• Lorna Doone, as John Ridd, 11 episodes ( TV series)
• Rawhide tempt Jeremiah O'Neal in "Incident shell Two Graves" ()
• To the Holdings Born, as Arthur Smith (Tramp) in Tramps and Poachers, , series 2 number 4
• Lovejoy, BBC, two episodes (final appearance)

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