William Daniels
Highest Rated: 87% The Graduate (1967)
Lowest Rated: 12% The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Birthday: Mar 31, 1927
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
A multi-award-winning veteran of both stage and television, William Daniels mastered the art of the withering comment and the verbal dressing-down in such acclaimed series as "St. Elsewhere" (NBC, 1982-88) and "Boy Meets World" (ABC, 1993-2000), as well as in numerous television movies, Broadway plays and feature films. A child performer with his siblings in the early 1940s, he segued smoothly into adult roles; first on stage in "1776" and later in its feature adaptation, which led to a string of turns as John Adams. "St. Elsewhere" defined Daniels' screen persona - erudite, cutting, but vulnerable beneath the iron-plated surface - and he essayed variations on the role for the next 20 years. His status as a geek object of affection was solidified when he lent his voice to KITT, the talking car and best friend to David Hasselhoff on the 1980s TV staple, "Knight Rider" (NBC, 1982-86) Daniels also served briefly as the president of the Screen Actors Guild, which added another level of respect for his lengthy and esteemed career.
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William Daniels
Filmography
Movies
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Brain Dead | Film Editing | - | 2007 |
70% |
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Blades of Glory | Commissioner Ebbers (Character) | - | 2007 |
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The Lottery | Reverend Hutchinson (Character) | - | 1996 |
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Magic Kid 2 | Manny (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Skin | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story | John Nicks (Character) | - | 1990 |
17% |
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Her Alibi | Sam (Character) | $17.2M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder | Slaney (Character) | - | 1989 |
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The Little Match Girl | Haywood Dutton (Character) | - | 1987 |
24% |
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Blind Date | Judge Harold Bedford (Character) | $37.5M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drop-Out Father | Draper Wright (Character) | - | 1982 |
33% |
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All Night Long | Richard H. Copleston (Character) | - | 1981 |
12% |
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The Blue Lagoon | Arthur Lestrange (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Damien: The Leper Priest | Bishop Koeckemann (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | City in Fear | Freeman Stribling (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chinese Typewriter | Devlin (Character) | - | 1980 |
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Sunburn | Crawford (Character) | - | 1979 |
55% |
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The One and Only | Mr. Crawford (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Father Veller (Character) | - | 1978 |
75% |
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Black Sunday | Pugh (Character) | - | 1977 |
72% |
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Oh, God! | George Summers (Character) | - | 1977 |
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The Return of the Incredible Hulk | Dr. John Bonifant (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer on Board | Marshall Snowden (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | Bissell (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sarah T.: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic | Matt Hodges (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One of Our Own | Dr. Moresby (Character) | - | 1975 |
87% |
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The Parallax View | Austin Tucker (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Case of Rape | Leonard Alexander (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murdock's Gang | Roger Bates (Character) | - | 1973 |
68% |
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1776 | John Adams (Character) | - | 1972 |
63% |
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Marlowe | Mr. Crowell (Character) | - | 1969 |
77% |
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The President's Analyst | Wynn Quantrill (Character) | - | 1967 |
83% |
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Two for the Road | Howard Manchester (Character) | - | 1967 |
87% |
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The Graduate | Mr. Braddock (Character) | $285.8K | 1967 |
72% |
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A Thousand Clowns | Albert (Character) | - | 1965 |
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Ladybug, Ladybug | Mr. Calkins (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Strangers May Kiss | Cinematographer | - | 1931 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 86% | Girl Meets World | Mr. Feeney (Guest Star) | 2014-2017 |
84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comedy Central Roast | Unknown (Voice) | 2010 |
86% | 91% | Boston Legal | Judge Milton Brody (Guest Star) | 2008 |
83% | 84% | The Closer | Commissioner Andrew Schmidt (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 82% | The King of Queens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | K.I.T.T. (Guest Voice) | 1998 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lost at Home | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 2003 |
83% | 86% | Scrubs | Dr. Douglas (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Boy Meets World | George Feeny (Character) | 1993-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maybe This Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nurses | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Mark Craig (Character) | 1982-1988 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider |
KITT (Character), Unknown (Voice) |
1982-1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 94% | Soap | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Thomas Caine (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Commander Campbell (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Clayton Gillis (Guest Star) | 1973 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Newhart Show | Edgar T. Vickers Jr. (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barbary Coast | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
100% | 82% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Dale Corey (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
71% | 88% | The Good Guys | Arnold Schreck (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captain Nice | Carter Nash (Character) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Side/West Side | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |