Born Free seen through the eyes of his assistant, Tony Fitzjohn. George is portrayed by Richard Harris, and Honor Blackman makes a brief appearance as Joy. The one-hour "Nature" documentary "Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story" was released on PBS stations in January 2011. It includes a collection of archival footage and an exploration into the lives of Joy and George Adamson during the years following release of the film. Born Free Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion
Benjamin Travers Grosvenor Square, on 6 March 1858, and was buried at Hendon, Middlesex. Benjamin Travers Benjamin Travers, FRS (3 April 1783 – 6 March 1858) was a British surgeon. From 1857 to his death, he was the Serjeant Surgeon, a member of the Medical Household (part of the Royal Household). Benjamin Travers was born on 3 April 1783 at Cheapside, London, the second of the ten children of Benjamin Travers, a London sugar broker, and his wife Mary Spilsbury. After Cheshunt Grammar School, he was educated privately before joining his father's counting house in 1799. In August, 1800 Travers was articled