William Daniels
Acting • Born 1927-03-31
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.
Filmography
107 credits
Blind Date
Movie • 1987
Harold Bedford
Marlowe
Movie • 1969
Mr. Cromwell
The Blue Lagoon
Movie • 1980
Arthur Lestrange
Two for the Road
Movie • 1967
Howard Manchester
Blades of Glory
Movie • 2007
Commissioner Ebbers
Clara
Movie • 1991
Detective Lieutenant Fine
A Thousand Clowns
Movie • 1965
Albert Amundsen
1776
Movie • 1972
John Adams
The Graduate
Movie • 1967
Mr. Braddock
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
Movie • 1982
KITT (voice)
Her Alibi
Movie • 1989
Sam
The One and Only
Movie • 1978
Mr. Crawford
The Parallax View
Movie • 1974
Austin Tucker
Reds
Movie • 1981
Julius Gerber
Black Sunday
Movie • 1977
Pugh
Ladybug Ladybug
Movie • 1963
Mr. Calkins
All Night Long
Movie • 1981
Richard H. Copleston
Sunburn
Movie • 1979
Crawford
A Case of Rape
Movie • 1974
Leonard Alexander
Drop-Out Father
Movie • 1982
Draper Wright
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Movie • 1978
Father Veller
Killer on Board
Movie • 1977
Marshall Snowden
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
Movie • 1977
John Bonifant
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Movie • 1975
Matt Hodges
Oh, God!
Movie • 1977
George Summers
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Self
Magic Kid II
Movie • 1994
Manny
Laugh Busters
Movie • 1984
K.I.T.T. (voice)
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
Movie • 1990
John Nicks
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Movie • 1977
Major Marcus Reno
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Damien: The Leper Priest
Movie • 1980
Bishop Koeckemann
The President's Analyst
Movie • 1967
Wynn Quantrill
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Movie • 1976
Bissell
The Million Dollar Face
Movie • 1981
Henry Burns
Conquest of the Earth
Movie • 1980
Norman
Rehearsal for Murder
Movie • 1982
Walter Lamb
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Movie • 1992
Julius Burns
City in Fear
Movie • 1980
Freeman Stribling
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
Movie • 2010
K.I.T.T. (voice)
The Lottery
Movie • 1996
Reverend Hutchinson
The Lie
Movie • 1973
Albert
The Little Match Girl
Movie • 1987
Haywood Dutton
Murdock's Gang
Movie • 1973
Roger Bates
Superintelligence
Movie • 2020
KITT (voice)
Making a Case for Murder
Movie • 1989
Slaney
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
Movie • 1978
Lawrence Stepwell III
One of Our Own
Movie • 1975
Dr. Moresby
Rooster
Movie • 1982
Dr. DeVega
Bleacher Bums
Movie • 1979
The Chinese Typewriter
Movie • 1979
C. Donald Devlin
115
Movie • 2025
Kraft Intelligence (voice)
The Fabulous Doctor Fable
Movie • 1973
Elliot Borden
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Movie • 1986
Narrator
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Mark Craig
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
KITT (voice)
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
Boy Meets World
TV • 1993
George Feeny
The Good Guys
TV • 1968
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Whit Russell
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Robot Pilot (voice)
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
KITT (voice)
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Paul Reardon
Diff'rent Strokes
TV • 1978
The American Revolution
TV • 1994
John Adams
Naked City
TV • 1958
Harry Culverin
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
The King of Queens
TV • 1998
Phillip Waldscott
Galactica 1980
TV • 1980
Norman Blore
Cannon
TV • 1971
Soap
TV • 1977
Heinrich Himmel
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
John Quincy Adams
The Lyon's Den
TV • 2003
Ironside
TV • 1967
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Milton Brody
The Nancy Walker Show
TV • 1976
Kenneth Kitteridge
McCloud
TV • 1970
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
Maybe This Time
TV • 1995
George Feeny
Barbary Coast
TV • 1975
Harry Boyle
Toma
TV • 1973
Captain Nice
TV • 1967
Carter Nash
The Adams Chronicles
TV • 1976
John Quincy Adams
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Malloy
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Mike Herman
Grandpa Goes to Washington
TV • 1978
Freebie and the Bean
TV • 1980
Walter Cruikshank
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Police Lt. Jack Matteo
Girl Meets World
TV • 2014
George Feeny
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
George
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Craig Thomas
Blind Ambition
TV • 1979
G. Gordon Liddy
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Commander Campbell
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Thomas Caine
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Gary Bevins
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Dr. John Bonifant
Comedy Central Roasts
TV • 2003
Self
T.H.E. Cat
TV • 1966
Tony Webb
The Closer
TV • 2005
Andrew Schmidt
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Dr. Charlie Volmer
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Simon Richardson
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Guest Dancer
The Bastard
TV • 1978
Samuel Adams
The Rebels
TV • 1979
John Adams
Scrubs
TV • 2001
Dr. Douglas