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