Bill Travers

William Lindon-Travers (January 3, 1922 ? March 29, 1994) was a British actor, screenwriter, director and an animal rights activist.

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January 3 - 1922 - March 29 - 1994 - British - Animal rights

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Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England he and his sister Linden (1913-2001) both became actors.

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne - England - Linden

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Bill Travers began his acting career on the stage in 1947 then three years later made his motion picture debut. Travers co-starred with his second wife, Virginia McKenna, in a number of films, most memorably as the conservationist George Adamson in the highly successful 1966 film Born Free. The experience made him and his wife very conscious of the many abuses of wild animals in captivity that had been taken from Africa and other natural environments around the world. Together they made a number of motion pictures around the subject such as 1969's Ring of Bright Water and An Elephant Called Slowly in 1973 for which he wrote the screenplay and acted. In 1976 he wrote, directed, and produced the film, "Christian the Lion" then that same year acted in "The Lion Who Thought He Was People".

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Motion picture - Virginia McKenna - George Adamson - Born Free - Africa - Ring of Bright Water - An Elephant Called Slowly

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The importance of animal rights led to Travers and his wife becoming involved in the "Zoo Check Campaign" in 1984 that evolved to their establishing the "Born Free Foundation", in 1991.

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Bill Travers died in Dorking, Surrey, aged 72.

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Dorking - Surrey

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