Acting
William Daniels
Acting · Born 1927-03-31 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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FilmThe Creeps
2025 · Kitt
FilmSuperintelligence
2020 · KITT (voice)
Girl Meets World
2014 · George Feeny
FilmComedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
2010 · K.I.T.T. (voice)
FilmBlades of Glory
2007 · Commissioner Ebbers
The Closer
2005 · Andrew Schmidt
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Self - Guest Dancer
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Craig Thomas
Boston Legal
2004 · Milton Brody
The Lyon's Den
2003
Comedy Central Roasts
2003 · Self
Kim Possible
2002 · Robot Pilot (voice)
FilmNBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Self
Scrubs
2001 · Dr. Douglas
The King of Queens
1998 · Phillip Waldscott
FilmThe Lottery
1996 · Reverend Hutchinson
Maybe This Time
1995 · George Feeny
FilmMagic Kid II
1994 · Manny
The American Revolution
1994 · John Adams
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Whit Russell
Boy Meets World
1993 · George Feeny
FilmBack to the Streets of San Francisco
1992 · Julius Burns
Clara
FilmClara
1991 · Detective Lieutenant Fine
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991 · Detective Lieutenant Fine
FilmOn Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
1990 · John Nicks
The Simpsons
1989 · KITT (voice)
FilmMaking a Case for Murder
1989 · Slaney
FilmHer Alibi
1989 · Sam
FilmThe Little Match Girl
1987 · Haywood Dutton
FilmBlind Date
1987 · Harold Bedford
FilmThe Princess Who Had Never Laughed
1986 · Narrator
FilmNight of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Mark Craig
FilmKnight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982 · KITT (voice)
FilmDrop-Out Father
1982 · Draper Wright
Knight Rider
1982 · KITT (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Narrator (voice)
FilmRooster
1982 · Dr. DeVega
FilmRehearsal for Murder
1982 · Walter Lamb
FilmReds
1981 · Julius Gerber
FilmThe Million Dollar Face
1981 · Henry Burns
FilmAll Night Long
1981 · Richard H. Copleston
FilmConquest of the Earth
1980 · Norman
Freebie and the Bean
1980 · Walter Cruikshank
Damien: The Leper Priest
FilmDamien: The Leper Priest
1980 · Bishop Koeckemann
FilmThe Blue Lagoon
1980 · Arthur Lestrange
FilmCity in Fear
1980 · Freeman Stribling
Galactica 1980
1980 · Norman Blore
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Hart to Hart
1979 · Simon Richardson
FilmSunburn
1979 · Crawford
Blind Ambition
1979 · G. Gordon Liddy
FilmBleacher Bums
1979
The Rebels
1979 · John Adams
FilmThe Chinese Typewriter
1979 · C. Donald Devlin
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Grandpa Goes to Washington
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
FilmSergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978 · Father Veller
FilmBig Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978 · Lawrence Stepwell III
The Bastard
1978 · Samuel Adams
FilmThe One and Only
1978 · Mr. Crawford
FilmThe Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977 · Major Marcus Reno
FilmThe Return of the Incredible Hulk
1977 · John Bonifant
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Dr. John Bonifant
FilmKiller on Board
1977 · Marshall Snowden
FilmOh, God!
1977 · George Summers
Soap
1977 · Heinrich Himmel
FilmBlack Sunday
1977 · Pugh
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Paul Reardon
The Nancy Walker Show
1976 · Kenneth Kitteridge
FilmFrancis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976 · Bissell
The Adams Chronicles
1976 · John Quincy Adams
Barbary Coast
1975 · Harry Boyle
Medical Story
1975 · Jeffrey Brody
FilmOne of Our Own
1975 · Dr. Moresby
FilmSarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975 · Matt Hodges
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Police Lt. Jack Matteo
The Rockford Files
1974 · Thomas Caine
FilmThe Parallax View
1974 · Austin Tucker
FilmA Case of Rape
1974 · Leonard Alexander
Toma
1973
The Fabulous Doctor Fable
FilmThe Fabulous Doctor Fable
1973 · Elliot Borden
FilmThe Lie
1973 · Albert
FilmMurdock's Gang
1973 · Roger Bates
Film1776
1972 · John Adams
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Edgar T. Vickers Jr.
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Commander Campbell
Cannon
1971
McCloud
1970 · Fred Pearson
FilmMarlowe
1969 · Mr. Cromwell
The Good Guys
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
FilmThe Graduate
1967 · Mr. Braddock
FilmThe President's Analyst
1967 · Wynn Quantrill
Judd, for the Defense
1967
FilmTwo for the Road
1967 · Howard Manchester
Ironside
1967
Captain Nice
1967 · Carter Nash
T.H.E. Cat
1966 · Tony Webb
FilmA Thousand Clowns
1965 · Albert Amundsen
FilmLadybug Ladybug
1963 · Mr. Calkins
The Defenders
1961 · Malloy
Naked City
1958 · Harry Culverin
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Performer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · John Quincy Adams