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Biography

William Daniels has spent almost all of his long and successful life in show business. A versatile character actor, Daniels has performed on stage,…more

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name

William Daniels (I)

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- Boy Meets World
  George Hamilton Feeny
  - S 7: Ep 23 Brave New World (2)
    5/5/00
  - S 7: Ep 22 Brave New World (1)
    5/5/00
  - S 7: Ep 20 As Time Goes By
    4/7/00
  - S 7: Ep 19 Brotherly Shove
    3/31/00
  - S 7: Ep 18 How Cory and Topanga Got Their Groove Back
    3/17/00
  - + 150 More Credits
- Knight Rider
  KITT
  - S 4: Ep 23 Knight Rider 2000
    5/19/91
  - S 4: Ep 22 Voo Doo Knight
    4/4/86
  - S 4: Ep 21 Knight of the Rising Sun
    3/14/86
  - S 4: Ep 20 Fright Knight
    3/7/86
  - S 4: Ep 19 Knight Flight to Freedom
    2/21/86
  - + 86 More Credits
- St. Elsewhere
  Dr. Mark Craig
  - S 6: Ep 22 The Last One
    5/25/88
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Abby Singer Show
    5/18/88
  - S 6: Ep 20 Split Decision
    5/11/88
  - S 6: Ep 19 Requiem For a Heavyweight
    5/4/88
  - S 6: Ep 18 The Naked Civil Surgeon
    4/27/88
  - + 130 More Credits
- Freebie and the Bean
  D.A. Walter W. Cruikshank
  - S 1: Ep 7 Lover, Come Back
    1/24/81
  - S 1: Ep 6 Tee-Off for Two
    1/17/81
  - S 1: Ep 5 Highway Robbery
    1/10/81
  - S 1: Ep 4 Flying Aces
    12/27/80
  - S 1: Ep 3 Pilot
    12/20/80
  - + 4 More Credits
- The Nancy Walker Show
  Lt. Cdr. Kenneth Kitteridge
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Partners
    7/11/77
  - S 1: Ep 11 Kenneth's Memoirs
    12/23/76
  - S 1: Ep 10 Terry's Depression
    12/16/76
  - S 1: Ep 9 Rival Agents
    12/9/76
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Matter of Principle
    11/11/76
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Adams Chronicles
  John Quincy Adams
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Adams Chronicles
- Captain Nice
  Captain Nice/Carter Nash
  - S 1: Ep 15 Beware of Hidden Prophets
    5/1/67
  - S 1: Ep 14 One Rotten Apple
    4/24/67
  - S 1: Ep 13 May I Have the Last Dance?
    4/17/67
  - S 1: Ep 12 Tastes OK But Something's Missing
    4/10/67
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Week They Stole Payday
    4/3/67
  - + 10 More Credits
Guest Star (60)

Role
- Boston Legal
  Judge Milton Brody
  - S 5: Ep 1 Smoke Signals
    9/22/08
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
  Scythe 2.0
  - S 4: Ep 11 Runaway Pants / Scythe 2.0
    6/28/05
- Kim Possible
  Robot Pilot
  - S 2: Ep 32 Ron Millionaire
    6/4/04
- The King of Queens
  Philip Waldecott
  - S 6: Ep 23 Icky Shuffle
    5/12/04
- The Simpsons
  K.I.T.T.
  - S 15: Ep 12 Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    2/15/04
  - S 10: Ep 2 The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
    9/20/98
- Lost At Home
  Arthur
  - S 1: Ep 4 Our Town
    4/22/03
- Touched By an Angel
  George
  - S 9: Ep 14 And A Nightingale Sang
    2/8/03
- Scrubs
  Dr. Douglas
- Touched By an Angel
  Whit Russell
  - S 2: Ep 23 Birthmarks
    5/11/96
- Maybe This Time
  Mr. Feeny
  - S 1: Ep 15 Acting Out
    1/26/96
- Nurses (1991)
  Mr. Kaplan
  - S 2: Ep 19 Family Outing
    2/20/93
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Judge Julius Burns
  - S 5: Ep 25 Back to the Streets of San Francisco
    1/27/92
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 39 October 27, 1988
    10/27/88
- Knight Rider
  Voice of KITT
- Hart To Hart
  Simon Richardson
  - S 3: Ep 11 Hartless Hobby
    1/12/82
- Private Benjamin
  Teddy
  - S 2: Ep 7 Bye, Bye Benjamin
    11/30/81
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Dr. Slater
  - S 2: Ep 15 Second Sight
    4/5/81
- Quincy, M.E.
  Charles Volmer
  - S 6: Ep 1 Last Rights
    9/16/80
- Galactica 1980
  Norman
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Night the Cylons Landed (2)
    4/20/80
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Night the Cylons Landed (1)
    4/13/80
- B.A.D. Cats
  ?
  - S 1: Ep 4 Life and Death of a Beauty Queen
    1/25/80
- Quincy, M.E.
  Charlie Trusdale
  - S 4: Ep 17 Dark Angel
    2/15/79
- Greatest Heroes of the Bible
  Chasrubal
  - S 1: Ep 4 Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
    11/20/78
- Grandpa Goes to Washington
  Governor Bronx
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/7/78
- Family
  Dr. Taylor
  - S 3: Ep 23 Counterpoint
    5/16/78
- Soap
  Heinrich Himmel
  - S 1: Ep 16 Episode 16
    1/10/78
- The Incredible Hulk
  Dr. John Bonifant
  - S 1: Ep 2 Death In The Family
    11/27/77
- Quincy, M.E.
  Paul Reardon
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Star Is Dead
    11/28/76
- The Rockford Files
  Gary Bevins
  - S 3: Ep 7 So Help Me God
    11/19/76
- McMillan & Wife
  Commander Campbell
  - S 5: Ep 7 Point of Law
    3/7/76
- McCloud
  R.P. Pearson
  - S 6: Ep 6 The Day New York Turned Blue
    2/22/76
- The Rockford Files
  Thomas Caine
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Italian Bird Fiasco
    2/13/76
- The Bob Newhart Show
  Edgar T. Vickers, Jr.
  - S 4: Ep 12 Fathers and Sons and Mothers
    11/29/75
- Medical Story
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 Wasteland
    11/13/75
- Barbary Coast
  Boyle
  - S 1: Ep 6 Irish Luck
    10/13/75
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  Lt. Jack Matteo
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Vampire
    10/4/74
- McCloud
  Clayton Gillis
  - S 4: Ep 1 Butch Cassidy Rides Again
    10/14/73
- Ironside
  Stierwalt
  - S 6: Ep 22 All Honorable Men
    3/8/73
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 56 Love and the Old Lover
    1/19/73
- Cannon
  Dale Corey
  - S 2: Ep 11 Hear No Evil
    11/29/72
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 3 October 4, 1970: Melanie, Tiny Tim, Engelbert Humperdinck, David Steinberg
    10/4/70
- The Mod Squad
  Dr. Lefevre
  - S 2: Ep 19 Survival House
    2/10/70
- The Lyon's Den
  Judge Franklin Campbell
  - S 1: Ep 9 Blood
- My Friend Tony
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 Let George Do It
    1/26/69
- Judd for the Defense
  Harry Stratton
  - S 2: Ep 15 Epitaph On A Computer Card
    1/10/69
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  Blair Thompson
  - S 1: Ep 14 Mister Perfect
    12/28/68
- The Good Guys (1970)
  Arnold Schreck
  - S 1: Ep 1 Let 'Em Eat Rolls
    9/25/68
- T.H.E. Cat
  Tony Webb
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Ring Of Anasis
    12/30/66
- Profiles in Courage
  Attorney General
  - S 1: Ep 14 Woodrow Wilson
    2/14/65
- The Nurses (1962)
  Buddy
  - S 3: Ep 17 A Couple of Dozen Tiny Pills
    1/19/65
- The Defenders (1961)
  Mike Herman
  - S 4: Ep 12 A Voice Loud and Clear
    12/17/64
- East Side/West Side
  Mr. Costigan
  - S 1: Ep 5 I Before E Except After C
    10/21/63
- The Nurses (1962)
  Vernon Kane
  - S 1: Ep 31 Field of Battle
    5/30/63
- Naked City
  Harry
  - S 4: Ep 2 Idylls of a Running Back
    9/26/62
- The Defenders (1961)
  Malloy
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Locked Room
    2/10/62
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Leonard Gregory
  - S 12: Ep 8 The Spy Next Door
    2/15/61
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 11: Ep 14 Separate Parents
    5/11/60
- Brenner
  Larry Dyer
  - S 1: Ep 11 Man In The Middle
    8/15/59
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Endre
  - S 8: Ep 8 The Freedom Fighters of Hungary
    1/22/57
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 1 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
    9/28/55
  - S 4: Ep 48 Pigs
    8/22/51
- Justice (1954)
  unknown
  - S 2: Ep 34 The Frightened
    6/2/55
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- The Closer
  Andrew Schmidt
  - S 2: Ep 15 Serving the King (Part II)
    12/4/06
  - S 2: Ep 14 Serving the King (Part I)
    12/4/06
- Scrubs
  Dr. Douglas
  - S 1: Ep 21 My Sacrificial Clam
    4/30/02
Director (1)

Role
- St. Elsewhere
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Children's Hour
    12/12/84

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- In honor of William's acting abilities, Northwestern University gives out William Daniels Awards for performers, directors, and choreographers that excel in campus theater productions.
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- In 2010 Daniels lent his voice, as his Knight Rider character, K.I.T.T., to a series of ads in the U.K. for a car repair firm called Kwik-Fit.
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- William Daniels was nominated for a Tony award for "Best Actor - Supporting or Featured - Musical," in 1969 for his role as John Adams in 1776. He refused the nomination, insisting that he should have been nominated in the category of "Lead Actor in a Musical."
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- William Daniels: (thoughts on reading the first script for Boy Meets World) Feeny reminded me of the character John Houseman played in The Paper Chase.
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- William Daniels: (when asked if he had any backlash from the studios since becoming president of the Screen Actors Guild) Well, I haven't worked. Nobody's asked me to work, not since the series ("Boy Meets World") was over, which is a year now. It doesn't bother me, but there it is. Actors don't retire, the phone just stops ringing. I'm not worried about paying my rent. To me, (SAG) was something I could do for my fellow actors since I'm one of the lucky ones. When I took (the presidency) I was doing a series -- "Boy Meets World" -- and I suspected that since it was in its seventh year, it probably wouldn't go on. But I'm glad it didn't, because I would never have been able to do this job and a series like that, day in and day out.
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- William Daniels: (on playing the voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider) He's computerized, but I won't let him come on cold. I created KITT. I understand the personality of the car.
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