Bill Travers - Filmography

Filmography

• Trio (1950)
• The Browning Version (1951) (uncredited)
• Hindle Wakes (1952)
• The Square Ring (1953)
• Street of Shadows (1953)
• Romeo and Juliet (1954)
• Geordie (1955)
• Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
• Bhowani Junction (1956)
• The Seventh Sin (1957)
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
• The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
• Storm in Jamaica (1958)
• The Bridal Path (1959)
• Gorgo (1961)
• Two Living, One Dead (1961)
• The Green Helmet (1961)
• Born Free (1966), as real-life wildlife expert George Adamson
• Duel at Diablo (1966), as Scotty McAllister. A violent western starring James Garner and Sidney Poitier.
• The Lions Are Free (1967). Travers plays himself in the real-life sequel to the award winning film Born Free. With the help of conservationist George Adamson, he goes to a remote area of Kenya, Africa to find the lions who appeared in the film. This is a film with some scenes of George Adamson and Bill interacting with lions who are living free. James Hill who directed Born Free produced this film along with Bill Travers. In November 2006, this film and the film The Lion At World's End were both released on DVD.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
• An Elephant Called Slowly (1969) Travers plays himself in this lighthearted drama. He and wife Virginia McKenna go to Kenya, to housesit. They encounter some elephants and get advice from their friend and wildlife expert George Adamson. Also starring elephant Eleanor (Daphne Sheldrick orphan) and Pole Pole. Pole Pole's suffering and death at a zoo were to later spur Bill and wife Virginia to form Zoo Check, later called the Born Free Foundation.
• Ring of Bright Water (1969), as Graham Merrill
• The Lion at World's End (1971) Travers plays himself in this feature-length film, for the most part filmed as it happened. A London-born lion is taken to Kenya, to live a free life with the help of George Adamson.