William Daniels
Known for: Acting
Born: March 31, 1927
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
56 movies · 52 TV shows, newest first
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The Creeps - Behind the Scenes
2026
4.5
The Creeps
2025
NR
115
2025
5.9
Superintelligence
2020
8.3
Girl Meets World
2014
6.8
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
2010
6.1
Blades of Glory
2007
7.8
The Closer
2005
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.9
Boston Legal
2004
8.8
The Lyon's Den
2003
7.2
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
7.5
Kim Possible
2002
6.0
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
8.2
Scrubs
2001
7.1
The King of Queens
1998
6.0
The Lottery
1996
7.5
Maybe This Time
1995
5.3
Magic Kid II
1994
9.0
The American Revolution
1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
8.3
Boy Meets World
1993
6.0
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
19928.0
Clara
1991NR
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991
10.0
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
10.0
Making a Case for Murder
1989
5.4
Her Alibi
1989
7.3
The Little Match Girl
1987
6.0
Blind Date
1987
8.0
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
1986
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
NR
Laugh Busters
1984
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
5.5
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982
4.2
Drop-Out Father
1982
7.5
Knight Rider
1982
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
4.5
Rooster
1982
6.1
Rehearsal for Murder
1982
6.9
Reds
1981
8.0
The Million Dollar Face
1981
5.2
All Night Long
1981
6.5
Conquest of the Earth
1980
6.8
Freebie and the Bean
19808.0
Damien: The Leper Priest
1980
6.1
The Blue Lagoon
1980
5.7
City in Fear
1980
6.1
Galactica 1980
1980
6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
5.0
Sunburn
1979
6.3
Blind Ambition
1979
10.0
Bleacher Bums
1979
10.0
The Rebels
1979
7.0
The Chinese Typewriter
1979
7.1
Diff'rent Strokes
19787.5
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
4.4
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
6.0
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978
7.0
The Bastard
1978
6.1
The One and Only
1978
2.0
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
6.1
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
1977
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
5.9
Killer on Board
1977
6.4
Oh, God!
1977
7.3
Soap
1977
6.7
Black Sunday
1977
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
The Nancy Walker Show
1976
7.0
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976
7.4
The Adams Chronicles
1976
8.3
Barbary Coast
1975
5.0
Medical Story
1975
10.0
One of Our Own
1975
5.7
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
6.8
The Parallax View
1974
6.3
A Case of Rape
1974
6.8
Toma
197310.0
The Fabulous Doctor Fable
1973
6.0
The Lie
1973
7.5
Murdock's Gang
1973
6.9
1776
1972
7.5
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
7.1
McMillan & Wife
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
7.2
McCloud
1970
6.1
Marlowe
1969
7.0
The Good Guys
1968
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
7.6
The Graduate
1967
5.9
The President's Analyst
1967
7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967
7.0
Two for the Road
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.3
Captain Nice
1967
7.2
T.H.E. Cat
1966
6.9
A Thousand Clowns
1965
6.9
Ladybug Ladybug
1963
6.3
The Defenders
1961
5.7
Naked City
1958
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Tony Awards
1956
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951