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