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