Bill Travers he played the title role in "Abraham Cochrane" which had a short run. Travers' most famous film role came when he played the conservationist George Adamson in the highly successful 1966 film "Born Free", about which experience the two co-wrote the book "On Playing with Lions". He co-starred with McKenna and 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. Travers received an offer to play a support role in "Duel at Diablo" (1967); during filming he broke
Bill Travers (1950). Travers had a slightly bigger part in "The Browning Version" (1951) and a good role on TV in "Albert" (later filmed as "Albert R.N.") for "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1951). Travers could be seen in "Hindle Wakes" (1952), "The Planter's Wife" (1952), "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men" (1952), "It Started in Paradise" (1952), "Mantrap" (1953), "Street of Shadows" (1953), and "The Square Ring" (1953). He was in "The Heel" for "Douglas Fairbanks Jr Presents". Travers remained a supporting player in "Counterspy" (1953) and had a good part in "Romeo and Juliet" (1954) as Benvolio. His best