Daniel Davis
Acting • Born 1945-11-26
Biography
Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American stage, screen, and television actor best known for portraying Niles the butler on the popular sitcom The Nanny, and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation, affecting an upper class English accent for both roles. He also voices the intelligent Cro Magnon, Longhair from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts from Cartoon Network's Big Pick.
Filmography
50 credits
The Prestige
Movie • 2006
Judge
K-9
Movie • 1989
Halstead
Havana
Movie • 1990
Marion Chigwell
Davy Crockett
Movie • 1986
Congressman
Chain Letters
Movie • 1985
Steve
Palomino
Movie • 1991
Doctor
In Fashion
Movie • 1974
Moulineaux
Longhair and Doubledome: Good Wheel Hunting
Movie • 2000
Longhair (voice)
The Hunt for Red October
Movie • 1990
CPT Charlie Davenport (USS Enterprise)
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember
Movie • 2004
The Eagle and The Bear
Movie • 1985
Underhill
The Perfect Tribute
Movie • 1991
Gov. Curtin
The Spirit
Movie • 1987
Teasdale
The Nanny: Oy to the World
Movie • 1995
Niles (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Neal Dishman
Duckman
TV • 1994
Rodney (voice)
Cheers
TV • 1982
Mr. Reinhardt
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Pierre Fumar
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Professor James Moriarty
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
C. Howard Grady
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Phillips
Matlock
TV • 1986
James Billings
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Niles
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Dynasty
TV • 1981
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Nicholas Helman
The Practice
TV • 1997
Judge Barton Wolfe
Texas
TV • 1980
Eliot Carrington
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Eddie Mason
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Dr. Morgan Remus
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Gambler #2
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Niles (archive footage)
Star Trek: Picard
TV • 2020
Professor James Moriarty
Columbo
TV • 1971
Alex Varrick
Frasier
TV • 1993
Dr. Shafer
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Baldur Magnusson
Gotham
TV • 2014
Jacob Skolimski
The Fran Drescher Show
TV • 2010
Tall Tales & Legends
TV • 1985
Congressman
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Frank's Place
TV • 1987
Arnold David Tuney
New Amsterdam
TV • 2018
Vic Wallace
Elsbeth
TV • 2024
Dr. Yablonski
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Professor Harrison
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
TV • 1986
Patrick Henry
Elementary
TV • 2012
Antoine LaGrange
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Moulineaux
Remember WENN
TV • 1996
Desmond Quist