William Daniels
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Grey's Anatomy
Craig Thomas
2005
Series
The Simpsons
KITT (voice)
1989
Series
The Closer
Andrew Schmidt
2005
Series
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Guest Dancer
2005
Series
Boston Legal
Milton Brody
2004
Series
Scrubs
Dr. Douglas
2001
Series
Knight Rider
KITT (voice)
1982
Series
Ironside
1967
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
The King of Queens
Phillip Waldscott
1998
Series
Kim Possible
Robot Pilot (voice)
2002
Series
The Rockford Files
Thomas Caine
1974
Series
The Rockford Files
Gary Bevins
1974
Series
St. Elsewhere
Mark Craig
1982
Series
Quincy, M.E.
Paul Reardon
1976
Series
Quincy, M.E.
Dr. Charlie Volmer
1976
Series
Touched by an Angel
Whit Russell
1994
Series
Touched by an Angel
George
1994
Series
Hart to Hart
Simon Richardson
1979
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
The Incredible Hulk
Dr. John Bonifant
1977
Series
Naked City
Harry Culverin
1958
Series
The Defenders
Malloy
1961
Series
The Defenders
Mike Herman
1961
Series
Boy Meets World
George Feeny
1993
Series
The Bob Newhart Show
Edgar T. Vickers Jr.
1972
Series
Girl Meets World
George Feeny
2014
Series
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
Narrator (voice)
1982
Series
McCloud
1970
Series
McCloud
Fred Pearson
1970
Series
McMillan & Wife
Commander Campbell
1971
Film
The Graduate
Mr. Braddock
1967
Series
Soap
Heinrich Himmel
1977
Film
The Blue Lagoon
Arthur Lestrange
1980
Series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Police Lt. Jack Matteo
1974
Series
The Mod Squad
1968
Series
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Series
Toma
1973
Series
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
2003
Film
Blades of Glory
Commissioner Ebbers
2007
Series
Galactica 1980
Norman Blore
1980
Series
The Lyon's Den
2003
Series
Medical Story
Jeffrey Brody
1975
Series
T.H.E. Cat
Tony Webb
1966
Series
Captain Nice
Carter Nash
1967
Series
Barbary Coast
Harry Boyle
1975
Film
Blind Date
Harold Bedford
1987
Film
Superintelligence
KITT (voice)
2020
Film
Her Alibi
Sam
1989
Series
Maybe This Time
George Feeny
1995
Series
The Good Guys
1968
Series
Blind Ambition
G. Gordon Liddy
1979
Series
The Adams Chronicles
John Quincy Adams
1976
Film
The Creeps
Kitt
2025
Series
The Bastard
Samuel Adams
1978
Film
Reds
Julius Gerber
1981
Film
The Parallax View
Austin Tucker
1974
Film
1776
John Adams
1972
Film
Black Sunday
Pugh
1977
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
John Quincy Adams
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Film
Two for the Road
Howard Manchester
1967
Film
Marlowe
Mr. Cromwell
1969
Series
The Nancy Walker Show
Kenneth Kitteridge
1976
Film
Oh, God!
George Summers
1977
Film
A Thousand Clowns
Albert Amundsen
1965
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Detective Lieutenant Fine
1991
Film
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
Series
The Rebels
John Adams
1979
Film
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Series
The American Revolution
John Adams
1994
Series
Freebie and the Bean
Walter Cruikshank
1980
Film
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
John Bonifant
1977
Film
The One and Only
Mr. Crawford
1978
Film
Conquest of the Earth
Norman
1980
Series
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Film
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
K.I.T.T. (voice)
2010
Film
All Night Long
Richard H. Copleston
1981
Film
The Million Dollar Face
Henry Burns
1981
Film
The Chinese Typewriter
C. Donald Devlin
1979
Film
The President's Analyst
Wynn Quantrill
1967
Film
Sunburn
Crawford
1979
Film
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Matt Hodges
1975
Film
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
KITT (voice)
1982
Film
The Little Match Girl
Haywood Dutton
1987
Film
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Major Marcus Reno
1977
Film
The Lottery
Reverend Hutchinson
1996
Film
A Case of Rape
Leonard Alexander
1974
Film
Rehearsal for Murder
Walter Lamb
1982
Film
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Narrator
1986
Film
City in Fear
Freeman Stribling
1980
Film
Making a Case for Murder
Slaney
1989
Film
Killer on Board
Marshall Snowden
1977
Damien: The Leper Priest
Bishop Koeckemann
1980
Film
Murdock's Gang
Roger Bates
1973
Film
One of Our Own
Dr. Moresby
1975
Clara
Detective Lieutenant Fine
1991
Film
Magic Kid II
Manny
1994
Film
Rooster
Dr. DeVega
1982
Film
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Bissell
1976
Film
The Lie
Albert
1973
Film
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
John Nicks
1990
Film
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Father Veller
1978
Film
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Julius Burns
1992
Film
Ladybug Ladybug
Mr. Calkins
1963
Film
Drop-Out Father
Draper Wright
1982
Film
Bleacher Bums
1979
Film
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
Lawrence Stepwell III
1978
The Fabulous Doctor Fable
Elliot Borden
1973
Film
115
Kraft Intelligence (voice)
2025
Film
Laugh Busters
KITT (voice)
1984