William Daniels

William Daniels

Known for
Acting
Born
March 31, 1927 (age 99)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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Filmography

2026
Knight Rider: Declassified poster

Knight Rider: Declassified

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2025
115 poster

115

Movie · as Kraft Intelligence (voice)

2025
The Creeps poster

The Creeps

Movie · as KITT (voice)

2020
Superintelligence poster

Superintelligence

Movie · as KITT (voice)

2014
Girl Meets World poster

Girl Meets World

TV · as George Feeny · 5 eps

2010
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff poster

Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff

Movie · as K.I.T.T. (voice)

2007
Blades of Glory poster

Blades of Glory

Movie · as Commissioner Ebbers

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Craig Thomas · 5 eps

2005
The Closer poster

The Closer

TV · as Andrew Schmidt · 2 eps

2005
Dancing with the Stars poster

Dancing with the Stars

TV · as Self - Dancer · 1 ep

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Milton Brody · 1 ep

2003
The Lyon's Den poster

The Lyon's Den

TV · 1 ep

2003
Comedy Central Roasts poster

Comedy Central Roasts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special poster

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

2002
Kim Possible poster

Kim Possible

TV · as Robot Pilot (voice) · 1 ep

2001
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as Dr. Douglas · 1 ep

1998
The King of Queens poster

The King of Queens

TV · as Phillip Waldscott · 1 ep

1996
The Lottery poster

The Lottery

Movie · as Reverend Hutchinson

1995
Maybe This Time poster

Maybe This Time

TV · as George Feeny · 1 ep

1994
Magic Kid II poster

Magic Kid II

Movie · as Manny

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Whit Russell, George · 1 ep

1994
The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution

TV · as John Adams · 6 eps

1993
Boy Meets World poster

Boy Meets World

TV · as George Feeny · 158 eps

1992
Back to the Streets of San Francisco poster

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

Movie · as Julius Burns

1991
Clara

Clara

Movie · as Detective Lieutenant Fine

1991
The General Motors Playwrights Theater

The General Motors Playwrights Theater

TV · as Detective Lieutenant Fine · 1 ep

1990
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story poster

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

Movie · as John Nicks

1989
Her Alibi poster

Her Alibi

Movie · as Sam

1989
Making a Case for Murder poster

Making a Case for Murder

Movie · as Slaney

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as KITT (voice) · 2 eps

1987
Blind Date poster

Blind Date

Movie · as Harold Bedford

1987
The Little Match Girl poster

The Little Match Girl

Movie · as Haywood Dutton

1986
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed poster

The Princess Who Had Never Laughed

Movie · as Narrator

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1984
Laugh Busters poster

Laugh Busters

Movie · as KITT (voice)

1982
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix poster

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix

Movie · as KITT (voice)

1982
Drop-Out Father poster

Drop-Out Father

Movie · as Draper Wright

1982
Rehearsal for Murder poster

Rehearsal for Murder

Movie · as Walter Lamb

1982
Rooster poster

Rooster

Movie · as Dr. DeVega

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Mark Craig · 137 eps

1982
Knight Rider poster

Knight Rider

TV · as KITT (voice) · 84 eps

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1981
Reds poster

Reds

Movie · as Julius Gerber

1981
All Night Long poster

All Night Long

Movie · as Richard H. Copleston

1981
The Million Dollar Face poster

The Million Dollar Face

Movie · as Henry Burns

1980
The Blue Lagoon poster

The Blue Lagoon

Movie · as Arthur Lestrange

1980
Damien: The Leper Priest

Damien: The Leper Priest

Movie · as Bishop Koeckemann

1980
Conquest of the Earth poster

Conquest of the Earth

Movie · as Norman

1980
City in Fear poster

City in Fear

Movie · as Freeman Stribling

1980
Galactica 1980 poster

Galactica 1980

TV · as Norman Blore · 2 eps

1980
Freebie and the Bean poster

Freebie and the Bean

TV · as Walter Cruikshank · 9 eps

1979
Sunburn poster

Sunburn

Movie · as Crawford

1979
Bleacher Bums poster

Bleacher Bums

Movie

1979
The Chinese Typewriter poster

The Chinese Typewriter

Movie · as C. Donald Devlin

1979
Trapper John, M.D. poster

Trapper John, M.D.

TV · 1 ep

1979
Blind Ambition poster

Blind Ambition

TV · as G. Gordon Liddy · 4 eps

1979
Hart to Hart poster

Hart to Hart

TV · as Simon Richardson · 1 ep

1979
The Rebels poster

The Rebels

TV · as John Adams · 2 eps

1978
The One and Only poster

The One and Only

Movie · as Mr. Crawford

1978
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force poster

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

Movie · as Father Veller

1978
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus poster

Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus

Movie · as Lawrence Stepwell III

1978
Diff'rent Strokes poster

Diff'rent Strokes

TV · 1 ep

1978
Grandpa Goes to Washington

Grandpa Goes to Washington

TV · 1 ep

1978
The Bastard poster

The Bastard

TV · as Samuel Adams · 1 ep

1977
Black Sunday poster

Black Sunday

Movie · as Pugh

1977
Killer on Board poster

Killer on Board

Movie · as Marshall Snowden

1977
The Return of the Incredible Hulk poster

The Return of the Incredible Hulk

Movie · as John Bonifant

1977
Oh, God! poster

Oh, God!

Movie · as George Summers

1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer poster

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

Movie · as Major Marcus Reno

1977
Soap poster

Soap

TV · as Heinrich Himmel · 1 ep

1977
The Incredible Hulk poster

The Incredible Hulk

TV · as Dr. John Bonifant · 1 ep

1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident poster

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

Movie · as Bissell

1976
Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E.

TV · as Paul Reardon, Dr. Charlie Volmer · 2 eps

1976
The Nancy Walker Show poster

The Nancy Walker Show

TV · as Kenneth Kitteridge · 12 eps

1976
The Adams Chronicles poster

The Adams Chronicles

TV · as John Quincy Adams · 7 eps

1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic poster

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

Movie · as Matt Hodges

1975
One of Our Own poster

One of Our Own

Movie · as Dr. Moresby

1975
Barbary Coast poster

Barbary Coast

TV · as Harry Boyle · 1 ep

1975
Medical Story poster

Medical Story

TV · as Jeffrey Brody · 1 ep

1974
The Parallax View poster

The Parallax View

Movie · as Austin Tucker

1974
A Case of Rape poster

A Case of Rape

Movie · as Leonard Alexander

1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker poster

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

TV · as Police Lt. Jack Matteo · 1 ep

1974
The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files

TV · as Thomas Caine, Gary Bevins · 1 ep

1973
The Lie poster

The Lie

Movie · as Albert

1973
Murdock's Gang poster

Murdock's Gang

Movie · as Roger Bates

1973
The Fabulous Doctor Fable

The Fabulous Doctor Fable

Movie · as Elliot Borden

1973
Toma poster

Toma

TV · 2 eps

1972
1776 poster

1776

Movie · as John Adams

1972
The Bob Newhart Show poster

The Bob Newhart Show

TV · as Edgar T. Vickers Jr. · 1 ep

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 1 ep

1971
McMillan & Wife poster

McMillan & Wife

TV · as Commander Campbell · 1 ep

1970
McCloud poster

McCloud

TV · as Fred Pearson · 1 ep

1969
Marlowe poster

Marlowe

Movie · as Mr. Cromwell

1968
The Good Guys poster

The Good Guys

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · 1 ep

1967
Two for the Road poster

Two for the Road

Movie · as Howard Manchester

1967
The Graduate poster

The Graduate

Movie · as Mr. Braddock

1967
The President's Analyst poster

The President's Analyst

Movie · as Wynn Quantrill

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · 1 ep

1967
Judd, for the Defense poster

Judd, for the Defense

TV · 1 ep

1967
Captain Nice poster

Captain Nice

TV · as Carter Nash · 15 eps

1966
T.H.E. Cat poster

T.H.E. Cat

TV · as Tony Webb · 1 ep

1965
A Thousand Clowns poster

A Thousand Clowns

Movie · as Albert Amundsen

1963
Ladybug Ladybug poster

Ladybug Ladybug

Movie · as Mr. Calkins

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Malloy, Mike Herman · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Harry Culverin · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as John Quincy Adams · 1 ep