William Daniels
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Daniels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Mar 31, 1927 In Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 95
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Segal 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Segal | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | Superintelligence | Voice of KITT (voice) | 2020-12-11 |
| Series | Girl Meets World | George Feeny | 2014-06-27 |
| Movie | Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff | K.I.T.T. (voice) | 2010-08-15 |
| Movie | Blades of Glory | Commissioner Ebbers | 2007-03-30 |
| Series | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Craig Thomas | 2005-03-27 |
| Series | The Closer | Commissioner Andrew Schmidt | 2005-06-13 |
| Series | Boston Legal | Judge Milton Brody | 2004-10-03 |
| Series | The Lyon's Den | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| Movie | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 |
| Series | Kim Possible | Robot Pilot (voice) | 2002-06-07 |
| Series | Scrubs | Dr. Douglas | 2001-10-02 |
| Series | The King of Queens | Unknown | 1998-09-21 |
| Movie | The Lottery | Reverend Hutchinson | 1996-09-29 |
| Series | Maybe This Time | George Feeny | 1995-09-15 |
| Series | The American Revolution | John Adams | 1994-11-27 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | George | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | Magic Kid II | Manny | 1994-12-07 |
| Series | Boy Meets World | George Feeny | 1993-09-24 |
| Movie | Back to the Streets of San Francisco | Judge Julius Burns | 1992-01-27 |
| Movie | Clara | Detective Lieutenant Fine | 1991-02-05 |
| Movie | On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story | John Nicks | 1990-11-05 |
| Movie | Her Alibi | Sam | 1989-02-03 |
| Movie | Making a Case for Murder | Slaney | 1989-12-04 |
| Series | The Simpsons | KITT (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Blind Date | Judge Harold Bedford | 1987-03-27 |
| Movie | The Little Match Girl | Haywood Dutton | 1987-12-21 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | Laugh Busters | K.I.T.T. (voice) | 1984-09-01 |
| Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Narrator (voice) | 1982-09-11 |
| Movie | Drop-Out Father | Draper Wright | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | Rooster | Dr. DeVega | 1982-08-19 |
| Movie | Rehearsal for Murder | Walter Lamb | 1982-05-26 |
| Movie | Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix | K.I.T.T. (voice) | 1982-09-26 |
| Series | St. Elsewhere | Mark Craig | 1982-10-26 |
| Series | Knight Rider | K.I.T.T. (voice) | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | The Million Dollar Face | Henry Burns | 1981-03-12 |
| Movie | All Night Long | Richard H. Copleston | 1981-03-06 |
| Movie | Conquest of the Earth | Norman | 1981-07-01 |
| Movie | Reds | Julius Gerber | 1981-12-25 |
| Movie | City in Fear | Freeman Stribling | 1980-03-30 |
| Series | Galactica 1980 | Norman Blore | 1980-01-27 |
| Movie | The Blue Lagoon | Arthur Lestrange | 1980-07-05 |
| Movie | Damien: The Leper Priest | Bishop Koeckemann | 1980-10-27 |
| Series | Freebie and the Bean | 1980-12-06 | |
| Series | Blind Ambition | G. Gordon Liddy | 1979-05-20 |
| Movie | The Rebels | John Adams | 1979-05-14 |
| Movie | Sunburn | Crawford | 1979-08-10 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | The One and Only | Mr. Crawford | 1978-02-03 |
| Movie | The Bastard | Samuel Adams | 1978-05-22 |
| Movie | Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus | Lawrence Stepwell III | 1978-06-27 |
| Series | Diff'rent Strokes | Unknown | 1978-11-03 |
| Series | Grandpa Goes to Washington | Unknown | 1978-09-07 |
| Movie | Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Father Veller | 1978-08-21 |
| Series | Soap | Heinrich Himmel | 1977-09-13 |
| Movie | Black Sunday | Pugh | 1977-04-01 |
| Movie | Oh, God! | George Summers | 1977-10-07 |
| Movie | Killer on Board | Marshall Snowden | 1977-10-10 |
| Movie | The Return of the Incredible Hulk | Dr. John Bonifant | 1977-11-27 |
| Movie | The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer | Major Marcus Reno | 1977-12-01 |
| Series | The Adams Chronicles | 1976-01-20 | |
| Movie | Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | Bissell | 1976-09-29 |
| Series | The Nancy Walker Show | Kenneth Kitteridge | 1976-09-30 |
| Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
| Movie | Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic | Matt Hodges | 1975-02-11 |
| Series | Barbary Coast | Harry Boyle | 1975-09-08 |
| Movie | One of Our Own | Dr. Moresby | 1975-05-05 |
| Movie | A Case of Rape | Leonard Alexander | 1974-02-20 |
| Movie | The Parallax View | Austin Tucker | 1974-06-14 |
| Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Police Lt. Jack Matteo | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | The Rockford Files | Gary Bevins | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Toma | Unknown | 1973-03-21 |
| Movie | Murdock's Gang | Roger Bates | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | The Lie | Albert | 1973-04-24 |
| Movie | 1776 | John Adams | 1972-11-09 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Series | McMillan and Wife | Unknown | 1971-09-29 |
| Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
| Movie | Marlowe | Mr. Cromwell | 1969-09-19 |
| Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Series | The Good Guys | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | Two for the Road | Howard Manchester | 1967-04-27 |
| Series | Captain Nice | Carter Nash | 1967-01-09 |
| Movie | The Graduate | Mr. Braddock | 1967-12-21 |
| Movie | The President's Analyst | Wynn Quantrill | 1967-12-21 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | A Thousand Clowns | Albert Amundsen | 1965-12-13 |
| Movie | Ladybug, Ladybug | Mr. Calkins | 1963-12-23 |
| Series | The Defenders | Mike Herman | 1961-09-16 |
| Series | Naked City | Harry Culverin | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Himself - Performer | 1956-04-01 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
