Richard Travis
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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
Known for
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Charles Dana Gibson (uncredited)
Sky Liner
Steve Blair
Missile to the Moon
Steve Dayton
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Bert Jefferson
Roaring City
Inspector Bruger
Cyborg 2087
General
Operation Haylift
Max Maxwell
Busses Roar
Sergeant Ryan
Mask of the Dragon
Phil Ramsey
Big Town After Dark
Chuck LaRue
Mission to Moscow
Paul
The Tanks Are Coming
Pete
The Gun That Won the West
Lang
Danger Zone
Police Lt. Bruger
Spy Train
Bruce Grant
Waterfront at Midnight
'Socks' Barstow
Lonely Heart Bandits
Aaron Hunt
Mesa of Lost Women
Dan Mulcahey, foreman
Speed to Spare
Jerry McGee
The Big Shot
George Anderson
Pier 23
Police Inspector Lt. Bruger
Alaska Patrol
Tom Norman / Rattick
Truck Busters
Casey Dorgan
One Too Many
Bob Mason
Waterfront
Mike Walsh
Out of the Storm
R.J. Ramsey
Charlie's Haunt
Stories of the Century
Sheriff Pat Garrett
Stories of the Century
Frank James
King of the Royal Mounted
Const. Hallett
The Hired Man
Asst. Sheriff Barrett
Proceed and Report
Ensign Murphy
The Postman Didn't Ring
Daniel Carter
Fingerprints Don't Lie
James Stover
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Nightclub Headwaiter
Jewels of Brandenburg
Johnny Vickers
An Annapolis Story
Cmdr. Wilson (uncredited)
The Last Ride
Pat Harrigan
City of Shadows
Phil Jergins
Backlash
Richard Conroy
Blonde Bait
Kent Foster
Riders of Death Valley
Joe Miller
Escape from Crime
Dennis Daniel "Red" O'Hara
Motor Patrol
Detective Bill Hartley