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William Inglis Lindon Travers MBE (3 January 1922 – 29 March 1994) was a British actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist. Before his show business career, he served in the British Army with Gurkha and special forces units.
Bill Travers (1922-1994) was a British actor who starred in animal films such as Born Free and Ring of Bright Water with his wife Virginia McKenna. He also appeared in TV shows like Lovejoy and The First Olympics, and wrote and produced documentaries about wildlife conservation.
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Bill Travers was an actor who starred in Geordie, The Barretts of Wimpole Street and Born Free. He was also a conservationist who campaigned for animal rights with his wife Virginia McKenna.
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 Tuesday at...
Bill Travers was a British actor who starred in animal films with his wife Virginia McKenna, such as Born Free and An Elephant Called Slowly. He also served in the British Army during World War II and founded The Born Free Foundation.
- January 3, 1922
- March 29, 1994
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...
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Mar 29, 2019 · REMEMBERING BILL TRAVERS MBE. Today we fondly remember our Co-Founder Bill Travers MBE, who passed away on 29th March 1994. In this very special blog, our Co-Founder Virginia McKenna OBE reflects on his life. On March 29th it will be 25 years since my husband, Bill, died. A quarter of a century.
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