William Daniels
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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
Credits
The Graduate (1967)
as Mr. Braddock
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
as Arthur Lestrange
Blades of Glory (2007)
as Commissioner Ebbers
Superintelligence (2020)
as KITT (voice)
Blind Date (1987)
as Harold Bedford
The Parallax View (1974)
as Austin Tucker
Reds (1981)
as Julius Gerber
Her Alibi (1989)
as Sam
Marlowe (1969)
as Mr. Cromwell
The Creeps (2025)
as Kitt
Two for the Road (1967)
as Howard Manchester
Oh, God! (1977)
as George Summers
Black Sunday (1977)
as Pugh
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff (2010)
as K.I.T.T. (voice)
The Return of the Incredible Hulk (1977)
as John Bonifant
1776 (1972)
as John Adams
Conquest of the Earth (1980)
as Norman
The President's Analyst (1967)
as Wynn Quantrill
All Night Long (1981)
as Richard H. Copleston
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
The One and Only (1978)
as Mr. Crawford
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977)
as Major Marcus Reno
Sunburn (1979)
as Crawford
A Thousand Clowns (1965)
as Albert Amundsen
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975)
as Matt Hodges
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self
The Lottery (1996)
as Reverend Hutchinson
Magic Kid II (1994)
as Manny
Clara (1991)
as Detective Lieutenant Fine
Drop-Out Father (1982)
as Draper Wright
Making a Case for Murder (1989)
as Slaney
The Million Dollar Face (1981)
as Henry Burns
Bleacher Bums (1979)
Actor
Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
as Walter Lamb
City in Fear (1980)
as Freeman Stribling
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976)
as Bissell
A Case of Rape (1974)
as Leonard Alexander
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978)
as Lawrence Stepwell III
Rooster (1982)
as Dr. DeVega
The Little Match Girl (1987)
as Haywood Dutton
Back to the Streets of San Francisco (1992)
as Julius Burns
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978)
as Father Veller
Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
as Mr. Calkins
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story (1990)
as John Nicks
The Lie (1973)
as Albert
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed (1986)
as Narrator
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix (1982)
as KITT (voice)
One of Our Own (1975)
as Dr. Moresby
Damien: The Leper Priest (1980)
as Bishop Koeckemann
The Chinese Typewriter (1979)
as C. Donald Devlin
Laugh Busters (1984)
as KITT (voice)
Killer on Board (1977)
as Marshall Snowden
Murdock's Gang (1973)
as Roger Bates
115 (2025)
as Kraft Intelligence (voice)
The Fabulous Doctor Fable (1973)
as Elliot Borden