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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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Highest-Rated Movies

87% 90% The Graduate Watchlist
87% 78% The Parallax View
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83% 84% Two for the Road
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77% 79% The President's Analyst
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75% 65% Black Sunday
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72% 88% A Thousand Clowns
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72% 59% Oh, God!
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71% 52% Marlowe
Watchlist 70% 68% Blades of Glory Watchlist
68% 84% 1776
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William Daniels William Daniels MY MAN GODFREY, from left, June Allyson, producer Ross Hunter, cinematographer William Daniels, 1957 1776, William Daniels, 1972 1776, Ken Howard, William Daniels, 1972 INTERLUDE, Cornell Borchers (second right) visiting (l to r): camera technician Phil O'Neill, cinematographer William Daniels, director Douglas Sirk, on location, Munich, Germany, 1957 THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST, William Daniels, James Coburn (center), 1967 1776, William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, 1972 THE PARALLAX VIEW, William Jordan, William Daniels, Warren Beatty, 1974 1776, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, William Daniels, (as Franklin, Jefferson & Adams), 1972. View more photos

Filmography

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Brain Dead 22% 2007 Film Editing Blades of Glory 70% 68% 2007 Commissioner Ebbers Actor The Lottery 46% 1996 Reverend Hutchinson Actor Magic Kid 2 43% 1993 Manny Actor Skin 1990 Actor On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story 1990 John Nicks Actor Her Alibi 17% 45% 1989 Sam Actor Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder 1989 Slaney Actor The Little Match Girl 82% 1987 Haywood Dutton Actor Blind Date 24% 42% 1987 Judge Harold Bedford Actor Drop-Out Father 1982 Draper Wright Actor All Night Long 33% 22% 1981 Richard H. Copleston Actor The Blue Lagoon 12% 53% 1980 Arthur Lestrange Actor Father Damien: The Leper Priest 1980 Bishop Koeckemann Actor The Chinese Typewriter 1980 Devlin Actor City in Fear 1980 Freeman Stribling Actor Sunburn 50% 1979 Crawford Actor The One and Only 55% 57% 1978 Mr. Crawford Actor Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force 1978 Father Veller Actor Black Sunday 75% 65% 1977 Pugh Actor Oh, God! 72% 59% 1977 George Summers Actor The Return of the Incredible Hulk 69% 1977 Dr. John Bonifant Actor Killer on Board 1977 Marshall Snowden Actor Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident 1976 Bissell Actor Sarah T.: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic 1975 Matt Hodges Actor
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