Richard Travis

Richard Travis

Born: April 17, 1913
Died: July 11, 1989
in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
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Richard Travis (born William Benton Justice, April 17, 1913 – July 11, 1989) was an American actor in films and television.

The son of William Justice and Ella Justice, née Spain, he was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico and grew up in Paragould, Arkansas. His father owned and operated a marble yard in Paragould.

Travis began his Hollywood career in 1930s action films. The high point of his career was a lead role in the 1942 film comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), playing opposite Bette Davis. He had some other fairly important roles in the early 1940s, but his career soon declined. He spent World War II with the Army Air Forces's Broadway show Winged Victory.

In 1947, he starred in the B movie Backlash, which has become something of a cult classic among film noir fans, as well as Jewels of Brandenburg, a crime drama.

Travis was busy in television roles in the early 1950s. He had the lead role of assistant Sheriff Rodger Barnett in the syndicated crime drama Code 3, which aired for 39 episodes in 1957.

Travis retired from acting to pursue a career in California real estate under his birth name. He founded the William Justice Company and became an officer on the Beverly Hills Realty Board. CLR

Movies for Richard Travis...

Cyborg 2087
Title: Cyborg 2087
Character: General
Released: October 1, 1966
Type: Movie
In the future world of the year 2087, freedom of thought is illegal and the thoughts of the world's populations are controlled by the government. A small band of "free thinkers" send a cyborg back in time to the year 1966 to prevent a scientist from making the breakthrough that will eventually lead to the mass thought control of the future. Our time traveler soon discovers he is not alone when government agents from the future try to prevent him from carrying out his mission.
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Missile to the Moon
Title: Missile to the Moon
Character: Steve Dayton
Released: November 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Two escaped convicts are found hiding in a rocketship built by a renegade inventor, who forces them to become the crew for a trip to the Moon. Also on board, as inadvertent stowaways, are his assistant and his secretary; and none of them are aware that the inventor is actually a Lunarian explorer sent to Earth by the dying Lunar civilization and the only remaining male member of that civilization.
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The Hired Man
Title: The Hired Man
Character: Asst. Sheriff Barrett
Released: September 10, 1957
Type: Movie
The LA County sheriff's department is on the hunt for a man who approaches his victims as a prospective used car buyer. Directed by Don Siegel for the "Code 3" TV series.
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Blonde Bait
Title: Blonde Bait
Character: Kent Foster
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is currently in a British prison. Angela has refused to give Nick up to the law, so the combined authorities arrange for Angela to escape, aided by stoolie Gran' Ramsey who is at the same prison. The police will then follow Angela to Nick. Gran' stages the getaway, and the two women, accompanied by a third convict, Marguerite, whose prison-born baby is about to be turned over to welfare authorities. It is up to Gran' to keep the police informed of Angela's movements without being detected by the escapees, until Angela contacts Nick. This film is a reworking of principal footage from the UK film WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (1955), q.v., which, with added new footage (including scenes with original star Beverly Michaels), significantly revises the plot and central characters from a story about a wrongly imprisoned waif to one about a gangster's moll.
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Title: The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Character: Charles Dana Gibson (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). She marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. Inspired by true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.
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The Gun That Won the West
Title: The Gun That Won the West
Character: Lang
Released: September 1, 1955
Type: Movie
In the late 1880s, Colonel Carrington and his command are assigned the job of constructing a chain of forts in the Sious Indian territory of Wyoming. Carrington recruits former cavalry scouts Jim Bridger and "Dakota Jack" Gaines to lead the project. Bridger and Gaines are friendly with Sioux chief Red Cloud, and they feel a peace treaty with the Indians can be made. If an Indian-war breaks out, the cavalry is depending on getting a new type of Springfield rifle. Bridger, Gaines and Gaines wife, Maxine, arrive at the fort for the conference. Gaines, in a drunken fit, tries to intimidate the Indians unto signing a treaty. Chied Red Fox threatens war if his territory is invaded by any troops building forts.
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City of Shadows
Title: City of Shadows
Character: Phil Jergins
Released: June 2, 1955
Type: Movie
After several years of supporting parts, Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in Republic's City of Shadows. McLaglen plays Big Tim Channing, an ageing but powerful gangster who raises young newsboy Dan Mason as his own son. Upon reaching adulthood, Mason (John Baer) becomes a law student, with the covert (and illegal) help of Channing. Despite his checkered past, Mason opts for honesty when he falls in love with Fern Fellows (Kathleen Crowley). This decision ultimately spells the doom for Mason's mentor Big Tim.
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An Annapolis Story
Title: An Annapolis Story
Character: Cmdr. Wilson (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1955
Type: Movie
Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.
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Title: Stories of the Century
Character: Frank James
Released: January 23, 1954
Type: TV
Stories of the Century is a 39-episode Western television series starring Jim Davis that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.
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Title: Stories of the Century
Character: Sheriff Pat Garrett
Released: January 23, 1954
Type: TV
Stories of the Century is a 39-episode Western television series starring Jim Davis that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.
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Mesa of Lost Women
Title: Mesa of Lost Women
Character: Dan Mulcahey, foreman
Released: June 17, 1953
Type: Movie
A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.
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Pier 23
Title: Pier 23
Character: Police Inspector Lt. Bruger
Released: May 11, 1951
Type: Movie
Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour "episodes," and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O'Brien. In Pier 23, O'Brien first tackles the case of a wrestler who has died of a suspicious heart attack after refusing to lose a match. He then agrees to help a priest talk an escaped criminal into returning to prison. The film's two-part structure leads to repetition and predictability, but it's fun to watch TV's "Ward Cleaver" making like Philip Marlowe.
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Roaring City
Title: Roaring City
Character: Inspector Bruger
Released: May 4, 1951
Type: Movie
A San Francisco private eye finds himself under suspicion while investigating a prizefighter's murder.
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Danger Zone
Title: Danger Zone
Character: Police Lt. Bruger
Released: April 20, 1951
Type: Movie
A San Francisco man is paid to bid on a saxophone and escort a woman to a yacht party.
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Mask of the Dragon
Title: Mask of the Dragon
Character: Phil Ramsey
Released: March 10, 1951
Type: Movie
A private eye and his girlfriend avenge his buddy, stabbed over a jade dragon.
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Fingerprints Don't Lie
Title: Fingerprints Don't Lie
Character: James Stover
Released: February 23, 1951
Type: Movie
A fingerprint expert figures out who killed the mayor.
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One Too Many
Title: One Too Many
Character: Bob Mason
Released: December 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A once-famous concert pianist has had her career ruined by her alcoholism. Her husband and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous try to help her recover.
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Lonely Heart Bandits
Title: Lonely Heart Bandits
Character: Aaron Hunt
Released: August 29, 1950
Type: Movie
Two con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through the "personals" sections of newspapers, marries them, and both kill the widows for their money.
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Charlie's Haunt
Title: Charlie's Haunt
Released: August 19, 1950
Type: Movie
The residents of a small town are haunted by the ghost of Charlie McCarthy, who doesn't like the fact that they are a very careless bunch and are constantly putting themselves in danger.
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Motor Patrol
Title: Motor Patrol
Character: Detective Bill Hartley
Released: May 12, 1950
Type: Movie
A cop poses as a member of a stolen-car ring to capture the men responsible for the murder of his fiancee's brother.
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Operation Haylift
Title: Operation Haylift
Character: Max Maxwell
Released: May 5, 1950
Type: Movie
A pilot devises a plan to airlift hay to thousands of ranch cattle stranded and dying due to severe winter weather.
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Sky Liner
Title: Sky Liner
Character: Steve Blair
Released: July 28, 1949
Type: Movie
Travellers board a flight, unaware that other passengers might be spies and counterspies, complete with secret documents, poison and elaborate plans to engage in international espionage!
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Alaska Patrol
Title: Alaska Patrol
Character: Tom Norman / Rattick
Released: March 10, 1949
Type: Movie
Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he tries to make a getaway. Naval Intelligence officer Captain Wright and Operative Dale are assigned to investigate and determine who is behind the spy syndicate for which Rattick worked. They bring in the services of Agent Tom Norman, who bears a strong resemblance to Rattick.
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Out of the Storm
Title: Out of the Storm
Character: R.J. Ramsey
Released: September 11, 1948
Type: Movie
Donald Lewis is a low-paid clerk in a high-profile shipbuilding firm. When the company is robbed in broad daylight, Lewis gathers up $100,000 on his own and skeedaddles, figuring that the lost funds will be attributed to the holdup. Before his girlfriend Ginny can persuade him to go straight, the hapless Lewis finds himself hotly pursued by cops and crooks alike.
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Waterfront at Midnight
Title: Waterfront at Midnight
Character: 'Socks' Barstow
Released: June 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined Barstow's gang. Things get worse after a bloody shootout, in which Mike apparently guns down his own brother.
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Speed to Spare
Title: Speed to Spare
Character: Jerry McGee
Released: May 14, 1948
Type: Movie
Stunt driver Cliff Jordan takes a job with his old pal Jerry McGee, branch manager of an express trucking firm. Jerry is married to Mary, Cliff's former girl friend. Also working for Jerry is Pete Simmons, son of the owner Al Simmons, and office secretary Jane Chandler, who is Pete's sweetheart. Before long, Cliff has made enemies of Pusher Wilks, a trucker whose run he takes over, and also Pete, whose girl he is trying to take over. Pusher sabotages Cliff's rig at every opportunity causing several near-fatal accidents.
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Big Town After Dark
Title: Big Town After Dark
Character: Chuck LaRue
Released: December 12, 1947
Type: Movie
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
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Jewels of Brandenburg
Title: Jewels of Brandenburg
Character: Johnny Vickers
Released: May 2, 1947
Type: Movie
A former secret agent is sent to retrieve a priceless collection of stolen jewels from a Lisbon nightclub owner who worked both sides during World War II.
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Backlash
Title: Backlash
Character: Richard Conroy
Released: March 1, 1947
Type: Movie
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
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The Last Ride
Title: The Last Ride
Character: Pat Harrigan
Released: October 7, 1944
Type: Movie
A police lieutenant is determined to bust the gang of crooks selling defective automobile tires.
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Spy Train
Title: Spy Train
Character: Bruce Grant
Released: July 9, 1943
Type: Movie
People on a train want what's in a Nazi spy bag, unaware it's a time bomb.
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Mission to Moscow
Title: Mission to Moscow
Character: Paul
Released: April 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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Truck Busters
Title: Truck Busters
Character: Casey Dorgan
Released: January 28, 1943
Type: Movie
An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked trucking company exec to bring all drivers under his control. When the trucker's brother dies in an "accident" arranged by the trucking company's henchmen, he takes matters into his own hands
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Busses Roar
Title: Busses Roar
Character: Sergeant Ryan
Released: September 19, 1942
Type: Movie
A sergeant saves the day when Axis agents plant a bomb on a bus bound for California oil fields.
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Escape from Crime
Title: Escape from Crime
Character: Dennis Daniel "Red" O'Hara
Released: July 25, 1942
Type: Movie
An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.
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The Postman Didn't Ring
Title: The Postman Didn't Ring
Character: Daniel Carter
Released: July 3, 1942
Type: Movie
Stolen way back in 1880, a sack of United States mail is discovered in an old attic in 1942. The letters are finally delivered, profoundly affecting the lives of the recipients.
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The Big Shot
Title: The Big Shot
Character: George Anderson
Released: June 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally, haunted by his past and goaded by his cohorts, he joins in planning an armoured car robbery.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
Title: The Man Who Came to Dinner
Character: Bert Jefferson
Released: December 24, 1941
Type: Movie
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
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The Tanks Are Coming
Title: The Tanks Are Coming
Character: Pete
Released: October 4, 1941
Type: Movie
Educational short about the status of battle tanks and tankist training in the American Army in pre-War 1941, featuring a comical Army trainee from the Bronx.
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Riders of Death Valley
Title: Riders of Death Valley
Character: Joe Miller
Released: July 1, 1941
Type: Movie
The Saturday matinee crowd got two cowboy stars for the price of one in this lavishly budgeted western serial starring former singing cowboy Dick Foran and Buck Jones. The latter contributed deadpan humor to the proceedings, making Jones perhaps the highest paid B-western comedy relief in history. The two heroes defend the Death Valley borax miners from an outlaw gang headed by Wolf Reade. An extraordinarily strong cast -- for a serial, at least -- supported the stars, headed by Charles Bickford as Reade, Leo Carillo, Lon Chaney, Jr., and silent screen star Monte Blue. Leading lady Jeanne Kelly later changed her name to Jean Brooks and starred in the atmospheric RKO thriller The Seventh Victim (1943). Universal claimed to have spent $1 million on this serial and made sure to get their money's worth by endlessly recycling the action footage in serials and B-westerns for years to come.
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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Title: The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Character: Nightclub Headwaiter
Released: December 24, 1940
Type: Movie
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
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King of the Royal Mounted
Title: King of the Royal Mounted
Character: Const. Hallett
Released: September 19, 1940
Type: Movie
The Canadians have discovered a valuable substance called Compound X, which can cure infantile paralysis. When a country at war with Canada learns that Compound X also contains magnetic properties that could aid them in their warfare against the British, they send agents to infiltrate Canada and steal a large quantity of the substance. It's up to Sgt. King (Allan Lane) and his Mounties to track down the agents and put an end to their scheme.