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.

Known For

Harold Bedford

Blind Date

Mr. Cromwell

Marlowe

Arthur Lestrange

The Blue Lagoon

Howard Manchester

Two for the Road

Samuel Adams

The Bastard

Commissioner Ebbers

Blades of Glory

Detective Lieutenant Fine

Clara

Albert Amundsen

A Thousand Clowns

John Adams

1776

Mr. Braddock

The Graduate

KITT (voice)

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix

Sam

Her Alibi

Mr. Crawford

The One and Only

Austin Tucker

The Parallax View

Julius Gerber

Reds

Pugh

Black Sunday

Mr. Calkins

Ladybug Ladybug

Richard H. Copleston

All Night Long

Crawford

Sunburn

Leonard Alexander

A Case of Rape

Draper Wright

Drop-Out Father

Father Veller

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

Marshall Snowden

Killer on Board

John Bonifant

The Return of the Incredible Hulk

Matt Hodges

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

George Summers

Oh, God!

Self

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Manny

Magic Kid II

K.I.T.T. (voice)

Laugh Busters

John Nicks

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

Major Marcus Reno

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

John Adams

The Rebels

Self

Night of 100 Stars II

Bishop Koeckemann

Damien: The Leper Priest

Wynn Quantrill

The President's Analyst

Bissell

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

Henry Burns

The Million Dollar Face

Norman

Conquest of the Earth

Walter Lamb

Rehearsal for Murder

Julius Burns

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

Freeman Stribling

City in Fear

K.I.T.T. (voice)

Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff

Reverend Hutchinson

The Lottery

Albert

The Lie

Haywood Dutton

The Little Match Girl

Roger Bates

Murdock's Gang

KITT (voice)

Superintelligence

Slaney

Making a Case for Murder

Lawrence Stepwell III

Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus

Dr. Moresby

One of Our Own

Dr. DeVega

Rooster

Bleacher Bums

C. Donald Devlin

The Chinese Typewriter

Kraft Intelligence (voice)

115

Elliot Borden

The Fabulous Doctor Fable

Narrator

The Princess Who Had Never Laughed

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

56

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-03-31

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

William David Daniels