William Daniels
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 31 March 1927 · 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.
Known for
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- 2026The Creeps - Behind the Scenes · thanks
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- 2025The Creeps as Kitt
- 2025115 as Kraft Intelligence (voice)
- 2020Superintelligence as KITT (voice)
- 2010Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff as K.I.T.T. (voice)
- 2007Blades of Glory as Commissioner Ebbers
- 2005Grey's Anatomy as Craig Thomas · 5 episodes
- 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1996The Lottery as Reverend Hutchinson
- 1994Magic Kid II as Manny
- 1992Back to the Streets of San Francisco as Julius Burns
- 1991Clara as Detective Lieutenant Fine
- 1990On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story as John Nicks
- 1989Making a Case for Murder as Slaney
- 1989Her Alibi as Sam
- 1989The Simpsons as KITT (voice) · 2 episodes
- 1987The Little Match Girl as Haywood Dutton
- 1987Blind Date as Harold Bedford
- 1986The Princess Who Had Never Laughed as Narrator
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984Laugh Busters as KITT (voice)
- 1982Drop-Out Father as Draper Wright
- 1982Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix as KITT (voice)
- 1982Rooster as Dr. DeVega
- 1982Rehearsal for Murder as Walter Lamb
- 1981Reds as Julius Gerber
- 1981The Million Dollar Face as Henry Burns
- 1981All Night Long as Richard H. Copleston
- 1980Conquest of the Earth as Norman
- 1980Damien: The Leper Priest as Bishop Koeckemann
- 1980The Blue Lagoon as Arthur Lestrange
- 1980City in Fear as Freeman Stribling
- 1979Sunburn as Crawford
- 1979Bleacher Bums
- 1979The Rebels as John Adams
- 1979The Chinese Typewriter as C. Donald Devlin
- 1978Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Father Veller
- 1978Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus as Lawrence Stepwell III
- 1978The Bastard as Samuel Adams
- 1978The One and Only as Mr. Crawford
- 1977The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer as Major Marcus Reno
- 1977The Return of the Incredible Hulk as John Bonifant
- 1977Killer on Board as Marshall Snowden
- 1977Oh, God! as George Summers
- 1977Black Sunday as Pugh
- 1976Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident as Bissell
- 1975One of Our Own as Dr. Moresby
- 1975Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic as Matt Hodges
- 1974The Parallax View as Austin Tucker
- 1974A Case of Rape as Leonard Alexander
- 1973The Fabulous Doctor Fable as Elliot Borden
- 1973The Lie as Albert
- 1973Murdock's Gang as Roger Bates
- 19721776 as John Adams
- 1969Marlowe as Mr. Cromwell
- 1967The President's Analyst as Wynn Quantrill
- 1967The Graduate as Mr. Braddock
- 1967Two for the Road as Howard Manchester
- 1965A Thousand Clowns as Albert Amundsen
- 1963Ladybug Ladybug as Mr. Calkins