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