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Bill Travers
MBE
Bill Travers in 1966
Born
William Inglis Lindon Travers
(1922-01-03)3 January 1922
Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham, England
Died
29 March 1994(1994-03-29) (aged 72)
South Holmwood, Surrey, England
Occupations
Actor
screenwriter
director
animal rights activist
soldier
Years active
1949–1992
Spouses
Pat Rains
(m. 1950; div. 1957)
Virginia McKenna
(m. 1957)
Children
5
Relatives
Linden Travers (sister) Susan Travers (niece)
William Inglis Lindon Travers[1]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.
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in Lilies of the Field. The supporting cast includes Bibi Andersson, BillTravers, Dennis Weaver and John Hoyt; Ralph Nelson has a cameo as an Army Major...
pandemic. Following the death of BillTravers in 1994, Lumley remains a close friend of McKenna and her eldest son, Will Travers, who is the charity's Executive...
with the Adamsons. The film stars Virginia McKenna as Joy Adamson and BillTravers as George Adamson. George Adamson served as Chief Technical Advisor....
the sport, and Alice Linda Travers, a tap dancer and former actress. She is a niece of actors BillTravers and Linden Travers. Her cousins include actors...
Rendall and Bourke to understand they could not keep him in London. When BillTravers and Virginia McKenna, stars of the film Born Free, visited Rendall and...
Susan Travers and photographer Cornel Lucas.[better source needed] Her grandmother was actress Linden Travers and her great-uncle was BillTravers. Lucas...
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after a friend's property which has three elephants. Virginia McKenna BillTravers George Adamson "Grimsby Films". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 27 December...
a 1957 British comedy film, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring BillTravers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford. The screenplay...
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