William Daniels
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Biography
William David Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild (1999 to 2001). He is known for his performance as Dustin Hoffman's father in The Graduate (1967), as John Adams in 1776, as Carter Nash in Captain Nice, as Mr. George Feeny in ABC's Boy Meets World, as the voice of KITT in Knight Rider, and as Dr. Mark Craig in St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Emmy Awards.
Known For
Filmography
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as Kraft Intelligence (voice)
The Creeps
2025
as Kitt
Superintelligence
2020
as KITT (voice)
Girl Meets World
2014
as George Feeny
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
2010
as K.I.T.T. (voice)
Blades of Glory
2007
as Commissioner Ebbers
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Craig Thomas
The Closer
2005
as Andrew Schmidt
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Guest Dancer
Boston Legal
2004
as Milton Brody
The Lyon's Den
2003
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
as Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
Kim Possible
2002
as Robot Pilot (voice)
Scrubs
2001
as Dr. Douglas
The King of Queens
1998
as Phillip Waldscott
The Lottery
1996
as Reverend Hutchinson
Maybe This Time
1995
as George Feeny
Magic Kid II
1994
as Manny
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Whit Russell
The American Revolution
1994
as John Adams
Touched by an Angel
1994
as George
Boy Meets World
1993
as George Feeny
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992
as Julius Burns
Clara
1991
as Detective Lieutenant Fine
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991
as Detective Lieutenant Fine
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
1990
as John Nicks
Her Alibi
1989
as Sam
Making a Case for Murder
1989
as Slaney
The Simpsons
1989
as KITT (voice)
Blind Date
1987
as Harold Bedford
The Little Match Girl
1987
as Haywood Dutton
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
1986
as Narrator
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Laugh Busters
1984
as KITT (voice)
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982
as KITT (voice)
Drop-Out Father
1982
as Draper Wright
Rehearsal for Murder
1982
as Walter Lamb
Rooster
1982
as Dr. DeVega
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Mark Craig
Knight Rider
1982
as KITT (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Reds
1981
as Julius Gerber
All Night Long
1981
as Richard H. Copleston
The Million Dollar Face
1981
as Henry Burns
The Blue Lagoon
1980
as Arthur Lestrange
Damien: The Leper Priest
1980
as Bishop Koeckemann
Conquest of the Earth
1980
as Norman
City in Fear
1980
as Freeman Stribling
Galactica 1980
1980
as Norman Blore
Freebie and the Bean
1980
as Walter Cruikshank
Sunburn
1979
as Crawford
Bleacher Bums
1979
The Chinese Typewriter
1979
as C. Donald Devlin
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Blind Ambition
1979
as G. Gordon Liddy
Hart to Hart
1979
as Simon Richardson
The Rebels
1979
as John Adams
The One and Only
1978
as Mr. Crawford
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
as Father Veller
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978
as Lawrence Stepwell III
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
The Bastard
1978
as Samuel Adams
Black Sunday
1977
as Pugh
Killer on Board
1977
as Marshall Snowden
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
1977
as John Bonifant
Oh, God!
1977
as George Summers
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
as Major Marcus Reno
Soap
1977
as Heinrich Himmel
The Incredible Hulk
1977
as Dr. John Bonifant
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976
as Bissell
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Paul Reardon
The Nancy Walker Show
1976
as Kenneth Kitteridge
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Dr. Charlie Volmer
The Adams Chronicles
1976
as John Quincy Adams
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975
as Matt Hodges
One of Our Own
1975
as Dr. Moresby
Barbary Coast
1975
as Harry Boyle
Medical Story
1975
as Jeffrey Brody
The Parallax View
1974
as Austin Tucker
A Case of Rape
1974
as Leonard Alexander
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Police Lt. Jack Matteo
The Rockford Files
1974
as Thomas Caine
The Rockford Files
1974
as Gary Bevins
The Lie
1973
as Albert
Murdock's Gang
1973
as Roger Bates
The Fabulous Doctor Fable
1973
as Elliot Borden
Toma
1973
1776
1972
as John Adams
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Edgar T. Vickers Jr.
Cannon
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Commander Campbell
McCloud
1970
McCloud
1970
as Fred Pearson
Marlowe
1969
as Mr. Cromwell
The Good Guys
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
Two for the Road
1967
as Howard Manchester
The Graduate
1967
as Mr. Braddock
The President's Analyst
1967
as Wynn Quantrill
Ironside
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Captain Nice
1967
as Carter Nash
T.H.E. Cat
1966
as Tony Webb
A Thousand Clowns
1965
as Albert Amundsen
Ladybug Ladybug
1963
as Mr. Calkins
The Defenders
1961
as Malloy
The Defenders
1961
as Mike Herman
Naked City
1958
as Harry Culverin
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as John Quincy Adams
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951