Portrait of William Daniels

William Daniels

Acting

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.

Born: March 31, 1927

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Filmography

2025
115

as Kraft Intelligence (voice)

2020
Superintelligence

as KITT (voice)

2014
Girl Meets World

as George Feeny

2007
Blades of Glory

as Commissioner Ebbers

2005
The Closer

as Andrew Schmidt

2005
Dancing with the Stars

as Self - Guest Dancer

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Craig Thomas

2004
Boston Legal

as Milton Brody

2002
Kim Possible

as Robot Pilot (voice)

2001
Scrubs

as Dr. Douglas

1998
The King of Queens

as Phillip Waldscott

1996
The Lottery

as Reverend Hutchinson

1995
Maybe This Time

as George Feeny

1994
Magic Kid II

as Manny

1994
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Whit Russell

1994
1993
Boy Meets World

as George Feeny

1989
The Simpsons

as KITT (voice)

1989
Her Alibi

as Sam

1987
The Little Match Girl

as Haywood Dutton

1987
Blind Date

as Harold Bedford

1984
Laugh Busters

as K.I.T.T. (voice)

1982
St. Elsewhere

as Mark Craig

1982
Knight Rider

as KITT (voice)

1982
Drop-Out Father

as Draper Wright

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre

as Narrator (voice)

1982
Rooster

as Dr. DeVega

1982
Rehearsal for Murder

as Walter Lamb

1981
Reds

as Julius Gerber

1981
1981
All Night Long

as Richard H. Copleston

1980
Freebie and the Bean

as Walter Cruikshank

1980
The Blue Lagoon

as Arthur Lestrange

1980
City in Fear

as Freeman Stribling

1980
Galactica 1980

as Norman Blore

1979
Hart to Hart

as Simon Richardson

1979
Sunburn

as Crawford

1979
Blind Ambition

as G. Gordon Liddy

1979
The Rebels

as John Adams

1979
The Chinese Typewriter

as C. Donald Devlin

1978
The Bastard

as Samuel Adams

1978
The One and Only

as Mr. Crawford

1977
The Incredible Hulk

as Dr. John Bonifant

1977
Killer on Board

as Marshall Snowden

1977
Oh, God!

as George Summers

1977
Soap

as Heinrich Himmel

1977
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Paul Reardon

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Dr. Charlie Volmer

1976
The Nancy Walker Show

as Kenneth Kitteridge

1976
The Adams Chronicles

as John Quincy Adams

1975
Barbary Coast

as Harry Boyle

1975
One of Our Own

as Dr. Moresby

1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Police Lt. Jack Matteo

1974
The Rockford Files

as Thomas Caine

1974
The Rockford Files

as Gary Bevins

1974
The Parallax View

as Austin Tucker

1974
A Case of Rape

as Leonard Alexander

1973
The Lie

as Albert

1973
1973
Murdock's Gang

as Roger Bates

1972
1776

as John Adams

1971
McMillan & Wife

as Commander Campbell

1971
1969
Marlowe

as Mr. Cromwell

1967
The Graduate

as Mr. Braddock

1967
The President's Analyst

as Wynn Quantrill

1967
Two for the Road

as Howard Manchester

1967
Captain Nice

as Carter Nash

1966
T.H.E. Cat

as Tony Webb

1965
A Thousand Clowns

as Albert Amundsen

1963
Ladybug Ladybug

as Mr. Calkins

1961
The Defenders

as Malloy

1961
The Defenders

as Mike Herman

1958
Naked City

as Harry Culverin

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as John Quincy Adams