
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.

The Blue Lagoon
1980 · as Arthur Lestrange

The Graduate
1967 · as Mr. Braddock

1776
1972 · as John Adams

Superintelligence
2020 · as KITT (voice)

Blades of Glory
2007 · as Commissioner Ebbers

Blind Date
1987 · as Harold Bedford

The Creeps
2025 · as Kitt

Her Alibi
1989 · as Sam

The Parallax View
1974 · as Austin Tucker

Marlowe
1969 · as Mr. Cromwell

Reds
1981 · as Julius Gerber

Two for the Road
1967 · as Howard Manchester

Black Sunday
1977 · as Pugh

All Night Long
1981 · as Richard H. Copleston

Rehearsal for Murder
1982 · as Walter Lamb

Oh, God!
1977 · as George Summers

Ladybug Ladybug
1963 · as Mr. Calkins

The One and Only
1978 · as Mr. Crawford