William Daniels
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.
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Acting History
2025
115 as Kraft Intelligence (voice)
2020Superintelligence as KITT (voice)
2014Girl Meets World as George Feeny
2010Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff as K.I.T.T. (voice)
2007Blades of Glory as Commissioner Ebbers
2005The Closer as Andrew Schmidt
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Guest Dancer
2005Grey's Anatomy as Craig Thomas
2004Boston Legal as Milton Brody
2003The Lyon's Den
2003Comedy Central Roasts as Self
2002Kim Possible as Robot Pilot (voice)
2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2001Scrubs as Dr. Douglas
1998The King of Queens as Phillip Waldscott
1996The Lottery as Reverend Hutchinson
1995Maybe This Time as George Feeny
1994Magic Kid II as Manny
1994The American Revolution as John Adams
1994Touched by an Angel as Whit Russell
1994Touched by an Angel as George
1993Boy Meets World as George Feeny
1992Back to the Streets of San Francisco as Julius Burns
1991Clara as Detective Lieutenant Fine
1990On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story as John Nicks
1989The Simpsons as KITT (voice)
1989Making a Case for Murder as Slaney
1989Her Alibi as Sam
1987The Little Match Girl as Haywood Dutton
1987Blind Date as Harold Bedford
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984Laugh Busters as K.I.T.T. (voice)
1982St. Elsewhere as Mark Craig
1982Knight Rider as KITT (voice)
1982Drop-Out Father as Draper Wright
1982Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix as KITT (voice)
1982Faerie Tale Theatre as Narrator (voice)
1982Rooster as Dr. DeVega
1982Rehearsal for Murder as Walter Lamb
1981Reds as Julius Gerber
1981The Million Dollar Face as Henry Burns
1981All Night Long as Richard H. Copleston
1980Conquest of the Earth as Norman
1980Freebie and the Bean as Walter Cruikshank
1980Damien: The Leper Priest as Bishop Koeckemann
1980The Blue Lagoon as Arthur Lestrange
1980City in Fear as Freeman Stribling
1980Galactica 1980 as Norman Blore
1979Trapper John, M.D.
1979Hart to Hart as Simon Richardson
1979Sunburn as Crawford
1979Blind Ambition as G. Gordon Liddy
1979Bleacher Bums
1979The Rebels as John Adams
1979The Chinese Typewriter as C. Donald Devlin
1978Diff'rent Strokes
1978Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Father Veller
1978Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus as Lawrence Stepwell III
1978The Bastard as Samuel Adams
1978The One and Only as Mr. Crawford
1977The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer as Major Marcus Reno
1977The Return of the Incredible Hulk as John Bonifant
1977The Incredible Hulk as Dr. John Bonifant
1977Killer on Board as Marshall Snowden
1977Oh, God! as George Summers
1977Soap as Heinrich Himmel
1977Black Sunday as Pugh
1976Quincy, M.E. as Paul Reardon
1976Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Charlie Volmer
1976The Nancy Walker Show as Kenneth Kitteridge
1976Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident as Bissell
1976The Adams Chronicles as John Quincy Adams
1975Barbary Coast as Harry Boyle
1975One of Our Own as Dr. Moresby
1975Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic as Matt Hodges
1974The Rockford Files as Thomas Caine
1974The Rockford Files as Gary Bevins
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Police Lt. Jack Matteo
1974The Parallax View as Austin Tucker
1974A Case of Rape as Leonard Alexander
1973The Lie as Albert
1973Toma
1973Murdock's Gang as Roger Bates
19721776 as John Adams
1971McMillan & Wife as Commander Campbell
1971Cannon
1970McCloud
1969Marlowe as Mr. Cromwell
1968The Good Guys
1968The Mod Squad
1967The Graduate as Mr. Braddock
1967The President's Analyst as Wynn Quantrill
1967Judd for the Defense
1967Two for the Road as Howard Manchester
1967Ironside
1967Captain Nice as Carter Nash
1966T.H.E. Cat as Tony Webb
1965A Thousand Clowns as Albert Amundsen
1963Ladybug Ladybug as Mr. Calkins
1961The Defenders as Malloy
1961The Defenders as Mike Herman
1958Naked City as Harry Culverin
1956Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as John Quincy Adams
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame