William Daniels
Department: 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.
Known For
Blind Date
1987
Marlowe
1969
The Blue Lagoon
1980
Two for the Road
1967
Blades of Glory
2007
Clara
1991
A Thousand Clowns
1965
1776
1972
The Graduate
1967
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982
Her Alibi
1989
The One and Only
1978
The Parallax View
1974
Reds
1981
Black Sunday
1977
Ladybug Ladybug
1963
All Night Long
1981
Sunburn
1979
A Case of Rape
1974
Drop-Out Father
1982
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
Killer on Board
1977
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
1977
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975
Oh, God!
1977
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Magic Kid II
1994
Laugh Busters
1984
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
1990
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Damien: The Leper Priest
1980
The President's Analyst
1967
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976
The Million Dollar Face
1981
Conquest of the Earth
1980
Rehearsal for Murder
1982
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992
City in Fear
1980
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
2010
The Lottery
1996
The Lie
1973
The Little Match Girl
1987
Murdock's Gang
1973
Superintelligence
2020
Making a Case for Murder
1989
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978
One of Our Own
1975
Rooster
1982
Bleacher Bums
1979
The Chinese Typewriter
1979
115
2025
The Fabulous Doctor Fable
1973
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
1986
The Creeps
2025
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Simpsons
1989
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Boy Meets World
1993
The Good Guys
1968
Touched by an Angel
1994
Kim Possible
2002
Knight Rider
1982
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
The American Revolution
1994
Naked City
1958
The Mod Squad
1968
The King of Queens
1998
Galactica 1980
1980
Cannon
1971
Soap
1977
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Lyon's Den
2003
Ironside
1967
Boston Legal
2004
The Nancy Walker Show
1976
McCloud
1970
Judd for the Defense
1967
Maybe This Time
1995
Barbary Coast
1975
Toma
1973
Captain Nice
1967
The Adams Chronicles
1976
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
Freebie and the Bean
1980
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Girl Meets World
2014
Touched by an Angel
1994
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Blind Ambition
1979
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
McMillan & Wife
1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Rockford Files
1974
The Rockford Files
1974
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
T.H.E. Cat
1966
The Closer
2005
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Hart to Hart
1979
Dancing with the Stars
2005
The Bastard
1978
The Rebels
1979
Scrubs
2001
Tony Awards
1956