Acting

William Daniels

Born: March 31, 1927 (age 99)
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Credits: 108 titles

Biography

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.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

2005

The Simpsons

1989

The Graduate

1967

The Blue Lagoon

1980

Blades of Glory

2007

Knight Rider

1982

The King of Queens

1998

Girl Meets World

2014

Boy Meets World

1993

Kim Possible

2002

Blind Date

1987

The Incredible Hulk

1977

Superintelligence

2020

Boston Legal

2004

The Parallax View

1974

Reds

1981

The Closer

2005

Diff'rent Strokes

1978

Acting credits 107

Year	Title	Role
2025	The Creeps Film	Kitt
2025	115 Film	Kraft Intelligence (voice)
2020	Superintelligence Film	KITT (voice)
2014	Girl Meets World TV	George Feeny (5 ep)
2010	Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff Film	K.I.T.T. (voice)
2007	Blades of Glory Film	Commissioner Ebbers
2005	The Closer TV	Andrew Schmidt (2 ep)
2005	Dancing with the Stars TV	Self - Guest Dancer (1 ep)
2005	Grey's Anatomy TV	Craig Thomas (5 ep)
2004	Boston Legal TV	Milton Brody (1 ep)
2003	The Lyon's Den TV	(1 ep)
2003	Comedy Central Roasts TV	Self (1 ep)
2002	Kim Possible TV	Robot Pilot (voice) (1 ep)
2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special Film	Self
2001	Scrubs TV	Dr. Douglas (1 ep)
1998	The King of Queens TV	Phillip Waldscott (1 ep)
1996	The Lottery Film	Reverend Hutchinson
1995	Maybe This Time TV	George Feeny (1 ep)
1994	Magic Kid II Film	Manny
1994	The American Revolution TV	John Adams (6 ep)
1994	Touched by an Angel TV	Whit Russell, George (1 ep)
1993	Boy Meets World TV	George Feeny (158 ep)
1992	Back to the Streets of San Francisco Film	Julius Burns
1991	Clara Film	Detective Lieutenant Fine
1991	The General Motors Playwrights Theater TV	Detective Lieutenant Fine (1 ep)
1990	On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story Film	John Nicks
1989	The Simpsons TV	KITT (voice) (2 ep)
1989	Making a Case for Murder Film	Slaney
1989	Her Alibi Film	Sam
1987	The Little Match Girl Film	Haywood Dutton
1987	Blind Date Film	Harold Bedford
1986	The Princess Who Had Never Laughed Film	Narrator
1985	Night of 100 Stars II Film	Self
1984	Laugh Busters Film	KITT (voice)
1982	St. Elsewhere TV	Mark Craig (137 ep)
1982	Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix Film	KITT (voice)
1982	Drop-Out Father Film	Draper Wright
1982	Knight Rider TV	KITT (voice) (84 ep)
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre TV	Narrator (voice) (1 ep)
1982	Rooster Film	Dr. DeVega
1982	Rehearsal for Murder Film	Walter Lamb
1981	Reds Film	Julius Gerber
1981	The Million Dollar Face Film	Henry Burns
1981	All Night Long Film	Richard H. Copleston
1980	Conquest of the Earth Film	Norman
1980	Freebie and the Bean TV	Walter Cruikshank (9 ep)
1980	Damien: The Leper Priest Film	Bishop Koeckemann
1980	The Blue Lagoon Film	Arthur Lestrange
1980	City in Fear Film	Freeman Stribling
1980	Galactica 1980 TV	Norman Blore (2 ep)
1979	Trapper John, M.D. TV	(1 ep)
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Simon Richardson (1 ep)
1979	Sunburn Film	Crawford
1979	Blind Ambition TV	G. Gordon Liddy (4 ep)
1979	Bleacher Bums Film
1979	The Rebels TV	John Adams (2 ep)
1979	The Chinese Typewriter Film	C. Donald Devlin
1978	Diff'rent Strokes TV	(1 ep)
1978	Grandpa Goes to Washington TV	(1 ep)
1978	Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force Film	Father Veller

Crew credits 2

Year	Title	Job
2026	The Creeps - Behind the Scenes Film	Thanks
1982	St. Elsewhere TV	Director (1 ep)