Highest rated as cast or director
Boy Meets World
1993 · 7 Seasons
The Graduate
1967
St. Elsewhere
1982 · 6 Seasons
1776
1972
Knight Rider
1982 · 4 Seasons
Biography
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.
Acted in 95
2020s
- 2025
115
Kraft Intelligence (voice)
- 2020
2010s
- 2014
- 2010
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
K.I.T.T. (voice)
2000s
- 2007
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
1990s
- 1998
- 1996
The Lottery
Reverend Hutchinson
- 1995
Maybe This Time
George Feeny · 1 episode
- 1994
Magic Kid II
Manny
The American Revolution
John Adams · 6 episodes
- 1993
- 1992
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Julius Burns
- 1990
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
John Nicks
1980s
- 1989
- 1987
- 1984
Laugh Busters
KITT (voice)
- 1982
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
KITT (voice)
Drop-Out Father
Draper Wright
Rooster
Dr. DeVega
Rehearsal for Murder
Walter Lamb
- 1981
The Million Dollar Face
Henry Burns
All Night Long
Richard H. Copleston
- 1980
Conquest of the Earth
Norman
Freebie and the Bean
Walter Cruikshank · 9 episodes
City in Fear
Freeman Stribling
1970s
- 1979
Sunburn
Crawford
Blind Ambition
G. Gordon Liddy · 4 episodes
Bleacher Bums
Movie
The Rebels
John Adams · 2 episodes
The Chinese Typewriter
C. Donald Devlin
- 1978
Diff'rent Strokes
TV
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Father Veller
The Bastard
Samuel Adams · 1 episode
The One and Only
Mr. Crawford
- 1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Major Marcus Reno
The Return of the Incredible Hulk
John Bonifant
Killer on Board
Marshall Snowden
Black Sunday
Pugh
- 1976
The Nancy Walker Show
Kenneth Kitteridge · 12 episodes
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Bissell
- 1975
Barbary Coast
Harry Boyle · 1 episode
One of Our Own
Dr. Moresby
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Matt Hodges
- 1974
A Case of Rape
Leonard Alexander
- 1973
The Lie
Albert
Murdock's Gang
Roger Bates
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
The President's Analyst
Wynn Quantrill
Captain Nice
Carter Nash · 15 episodes
- 1966
- 1965
A Thousand Clowns
Albert Amundsen
- 1963
Ladybug Ladybug
Mr. Calkins
- 1961
1950s
- 1958
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
John Quincy Adams · 1 episode
Directed 1
1980s
- 1982
Appearances7
2000s
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
1980s
- 1986
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Narrator
- 1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
- 1982
Thanked in the credits2
2020s
- 2026
The Creeps - Behind the Scenes
Thanks
- 2025
SEGAL
Thanks