Acting

William Daniels

Born 1927-03-31 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

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.

Credits

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The Creeps - Behind the Scenes
Thanks
2026
The Creeps
as Kitt
2025
115
as Kraft Intelligence (voice)
2025
Superintelligence
as KITT (voice)
2020
Girl Meets World
as George Feeny
2014
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
as K.I.T.T. (voice)
2010
Blades of Glory
as Commissioner Ebbers
2007
The Closer
as Andrew Schmidt
2005
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Guest Dancer
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Craig Thomas
2005
Boston Legal
as Milton Brody
2004
The Lyon's Den
2003
Comedy Central Roasts
as Self
2003
Kim Possible
as Robot Pilot (voice)
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
Scrubs
as Dr. Douglas
2001
The King of Queens
as Phillip Waldscott
1998
The Lottery
as Reverend Hutchinson
1996
Maybe This Time
as George Feeny
1995
Magic Kid II
as Manny
1994
The American Revolution
as John Adams
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Whit Russell
1994
Touched by an Angel
as George
1994
Boy Meets World
as George Feeny
1993
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
as Julius Burns
1992
Clara
as Detective Lieutenant Fine
1991
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
as Detective Lieutenant Fine
1991
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
as John Nicks
1990
The Simpsons
as KITT (voice)
1989
Making a Case for Murder
as Slaney
1989
Her Alibi
as Sam
1989
The Little Match Girl
as Haywood Dutton
1987
Blind Date
as Harold Bedford
1987
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
as Narrator
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Laugh Busters
as KITT (voice)
1984
St. Elsewhere
as Mark Craig
1982
St. Elsewhere
Director
1982
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
as KITT (voice)
1982
Drop-Out Father
as Draper Wright
1982
Knight Rider
as KITT (voice)
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Narrator (voice)
1982
Rooster
as Dr. DeVega
1982
Rehearsal for Murder
as Walter Lamb
1982
Reds
as Julius Gerber
1981
The Million Dollar Face
as Henry Burns
1981
All Night Long
as Richard H. Copleston
1981
Conquest of the Earth
as Norman
1980
Freebie and the Bean
as Walter Cruikshank
1980
Damien: The Leper Priest
as Bishop Koeckemann
1980
The Blue Lagoon
as Arthur Lestrange
1980
City in Fear
as Freeman Stribling
1980
Galactica 1980
as Norman Blore
1980
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Hart to Hart
as Simon Richardson
1979
Sunburn
as Crawford
1979
Blind Ambition
as G. Gordon Liddy
1979
Bleacher Bums
1979
The Rebels
as John Adams
1979
The Chinese Typewriter
as C. Donald Devlin
1979
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Father Veller
1978
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
as Lawrence Stepwell III
1978
The Bastard
as Samuel Adams
1978
The One and Only
as Mr. Crawford
1978
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as Major Marcus Reno
1977
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
as John Bonifant
1977
The Incredible Hulk
as Dr. John Bonifant
1977
Killer on Board
as Marshall Snowden
1977
Oh, God!
as George Summers
1977
Soap
as Heinrich Himmel
1977
Black Sunday
as Pugh
1977
Quincy, M.E.
as Paul Reardon
1976
Quincy, M.E.
as Dr. Charlie Volmer
1976
The Nancy Walker Show
as Kenneth Kitteridge
1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
as Bissell
1976
The Adams Chronicles
as John Quincy Adams
1976
Barbary Coast
as Harry Boyle
1975
Medical Story
as Jeffrey Brody
1975