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Travanti to guest star on 'Criminal Minds'

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Actor Daniel J. Travanti is all smiles after he received an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Dramatic Series at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Hollywood on September 13, 1981. He won the Emmy for his role in the TV production of Hill Street Blues. (UPI Photo/Bill Hormell/Files) 
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Published: Aug. 9, 2010 at 10:15 PM

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Daniel J. Travanti has been hired to play a serial killer in an upcoming episode of "Criminal Minds," TVGuide.com reported Monday.

Travanti, 70, will play a murderer with Alzheimer's disease who starts to kill again after years of retirement, the Web site said.

He is best known for playing Pittsburgh police Capt. Frank Furillo on the police drama "Hill Street Blues."

Topics: Daniel J. Travanti
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