William Daniels

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

Grey's Anatomy Not in library

Grey's Anatomy

2005

The Simpsons Not in library

The Simpsons

1989

The Graduate Not in library

The Graduate

1967

The Blue Lagoon Not in library

The Blue Lagoon

1980

Blades of Glory Not in library

Blades of Glory

2007

Knight Rider Not in library

Knight Rider

1982

Girl Meets World Not in library

Girl Meets World

2014

The King of Queens Not in library

The King of Queens

1998

Kim Possible Not in library

Kim Possible

2002

Boy Meets World Not in library

Boy Meets World

1993

Acting

2025 115 as Kraft Intelligence (voice)
2025 The Creeps as Kitt In Library
2020 Superintelligence as KITT (voice)
2014 Girl Meets World as George Feeny (5 episodes)
2010 Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff as K.I.T.T. (voice)
2007 Blades of Glory as Commissioner Ebbers
2005 Grey's Anatomy as Craig Thomas (5 episodes)
2005 The Closer as Andrew Schmidt (2 episodes)
2005 Dancing with the Stars as Self - Guest Dancer (1 episode)
2004 Boston Legal as Milton Brody (1 episode)
2003 The Lyon's Den
2003 Comedy Central Roasts as Self (1 episode)
2002 NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2002 Kim Possible as Robot Pilot (voice) (1 episode)
2001 Scrubs as Dr. Douglas (1 episode)
1998 The King of Queens as Phillip Waldscott (1 episode)
1996 The Lottery as Reverend Hutchinson
1995 Maybe This Time as George Feeny (1 episode)
1994 Magic Kid II as Manny
1994 Touched by an Angel as Whit Russell (1 episode)
1994 The American Revolution as John Adams (6 episodes)
1994 Touched by an Angel as George (1 episode)
1993 Boy Meets World as George Feeny (158 episodes)
1992 Back to the Streets of San Francisco as Julius Burns
1991 Clara as Detective Lieutenant Fine
1990 On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story as John Nicks
1989 Her Alibi as Sam
1989 Making a Case for Murder as Slaney
1989 The Simpsons as KITT (voice) (2 episodes)
1987 Blind Date as Harold Bedford
1987 The Little Match Girl as Haywood Dutton
1986 The Princess Who Had Never Laughed as Narrator
1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984 Laugh Busters as K.I.T.T. (voice)
1982 Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix as KITT (voice)
1982 Drop-Out Father as Draper Wright
1982 Rehearsal for Murder as Walter Lamb
1982 Rooster as Dr. DeVega
1982 St. Elsewhere as Mark Craig (137 episodes)
1982 Knight Rider as KITT (voice) (84 episodes)
1982 Faerie Tale Theatre as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1981 Reds as Julius Gerber
1981 All Night Long as Richard H. Copleston
1981 The Million Dollar Face as Henry Burns
1980 The Blue Lagoon as Arthur Lestrange
1980 Damien: The Leper Priest as Bishop Koeckemann
1980 Conquest of the Earth as Norman
1980 City in Fear as Freeman Stribling
1980 Galactica 1980 as Norman Blore (2 episodes)
1980 Freebie and the Bean as Walter Cruikshank (9 episodes)
1979 Sunburn as Crawford
1979 Bleacher Bums
1979 The Chinese Typewriter as C. Donald Devlin
1979 Trapper John, M.D.
1979 Blind Ambition as G. Gordon Liddy (4 episodes)
1979 Hart to Hart as Simon Richardson (1 episode)
1979 The Rebels as John Adams (2 episodes)
1978 The One and Only as Mr. Crawford
1978 Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Father Veller
1978 Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus as Lawrence Stepwell III
1978 Diff'rent Strokes
1978 Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978 The Bastard as Samuel Adams (2 episodes)
1977 Black Sunday as Pugh
1977 Killer on Board as Marshall Snowden
1977 The Return of the Incredible Hulk as John Bonifant
1977 Oh, God! as George Summers
1977 The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer as Major Marcus Reno
1977 Soap as Heinrich Himmel (1 episode)
1977 The Incredible Hulk as Dr. John Bonifant (1 episode)
1976 Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident as Bissell
1976 Quincy, M.E. as Paul Reardon (2 episodes)
1976 The Nancy Walker Show as Kenneth Kitteridge (12 episodes)
1976 The Adams Chronicles as John Quincy Adams (13 episodes)
1976 Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Charlie Volmer (1 episode)
1975 Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic as Matt Hodges
1975 One of Our Own as Dr. Moresby
1975 Barbary Coast as Harry Boyle (1 episode)
1975 Medical Story as Jeffrey Brody (1 episode)
1974 The Parallax View as Austin Tucker
1974 A Case of Rape as Leonard Alexander
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Police Lt. Jack Matteo (1 episode)
1974 The Rockford Files as Thomas Caine (1 episode) In Library
1974 The Rockford Files as Gary Bevins (1 episode) In Library
1973 The Lie as Albert
1973 Murdock's Gang as Roger Bates
1973 The Fabulous Doctor Fable as Elliot Borden
1973 Toma
1972 1776 as John Adams
1971 Cannon
1971 McMillan & Wife as Commander Campbell (1 episode)
1970 McCloud
1969 Marlowe as Mr. Cromwell
1968 The Good Guys
1968 The Mod Squad
1967 Two for the Road as Howard Manchester
1967 The Graduate as Mr. Braddock
1967 The President's Analyst as Wynn Quantrill
1967 Ironside
1967 Judd for the Defense
1967 Captain Nice as Carter Nash (15 episodes)
1966 T.H.E. Cat as Tony Webb (1 episode)
1965 A Thousand Clowns as Albert Amundsen
1963 Ladybug Ladybug as Mr. Calkins
1961 The Defenders as Malloy (1 episode)
1961 The Defenders as Mike Herman (1 episode)
1958 Naked City as Harry Culverin (1 episode)
1956 Tony Awards as Self - Performer (1 episode)
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as John Quincy Adams (1 episode)
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Directing

1982 St. Elsewhere Director