William Daniels
Daniels at the Emmy Awards, September 20, 1987. Photo by Alan Light.
Born	March 31, 1927 (1927-03-31) (age 80) Brooklyn, New York, United States
Awards Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 1985 & 1986 St. Elsewhere

William Daniels (born March 29, 1927) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor whose distinctive, nasal voice and penchant for portraying critical yet competent characters has landed him a number of roles over the years. In effect, he has made a career out of playing characters who somehow remain sympathetic despite being "obnoxious and disliked" (as his character John Adams was repeatedly described in 1776) from the other characters' point of view. The following are articles about persons named Willaim Daniels: William Daniels, American actor William Daniels, a porn star who performs under the name Billy Dee William Jack Daniels, British car engineer Category: ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... “NY” redirects here. ... An Emmy Award. ... This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winners: 1974: Telly Savalas - Kojak 1975: Robert Blake - Baretta 1976: Peter Falk - Columbo 1977: James Garner - The Rockford Files 1978: Edward Asner - Lou Grant 1979: Ron Leibman - Kaz 1980: Edward Asner - Lou Grant... St. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Emmy Award. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... John Adams, Jr. ... 1776 is the title of a 1969 Broadway musical and its 1972 film adaptation. ...

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Best Known Roles

In 1969, Daniels starred as John Adams in the musical 1776, as well as appearing in the movie version in 1972. Two years later, he co-starred with Larry Hagman, Linda Blair and a pre-Star Wars Mark Hamill in Richard Donner's telefilm Sarah T...Portrait Of a Teenage Alcoholic. In 1976, Daniels portayed eldest son John Quincy Adams in the acclaimed PBS miniseries The Adams Chronicles (George Grizzard played John Adams). He provided the voice of KITT in Knight Rider from 1982 to 1986 (for which he was not credited). He appeared as acid-tongued (but well-meaning) Dr. Mark Craig in St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988 (for which he won an Emmy twice). Daniels then got notice from a younger audience by portraying the teacher George Feeny in Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000. Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... 1776 is the title of a 1969 Broadway musical and its 1972 film adaptation. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Larry Hagman (born on September 21, 1931) is a popular American actor who is famous for playing J.R. Ewing in the 1980s television soap opera Dallas and Major Anthony Nelson on the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. ... Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959 in St. ... Star Wars is an epic space opera saga and a fictional universe initially developed by George Lucas during the 1970s and expanded since that time. ... Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951) is an American actor and voice actor. ... Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg on April 24, 1930) is an American film director and also producer through the production company, The Donners Company, he and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler-Donner, own. ... KITT on display at Universal Studios. ... For the American media company, see Knight Ridder. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... St. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... George Feeny is a fictional character from the television show, Boy Meets World, played by William Daniels Throughout the series George tries his best to guide young Cory, Shawn, and their friends as they encounter problems in their lives on their road to adulthood. ... Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, who grows up from a pre-pubescent boy to a married man. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Other roles

• Daniels had a successful career as a stage actor; besides 1776, his Broadway credits include On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and A Little Night Music. He earned an Obie Award for The Zoo Story (1960).
• His motion picture debut was as a school principal in the 1963 anti-war drama Ladybug Ladybug.
• The father of the character Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate in 1967, despite being only ten years older than Hoffman.
• An officious social worker who tries to strip the protagonist of the custody of his nephew in A Thousand Clowns (1965).
• A physician named John Bonifant in Death In the Family, the second made-for-TV movie of the 1970s Incredible Hulk TV series.
• Several episodes of the 1977 show, Soap, as a German Private Investigator.
• An episode of The Rockford Files as high-handed District Attorney Gary Bevins, who conducts a grand-jury hearing at which Jim Rockford is subpoenaed to testify.
• Norman, a radio executive attending a Halloween party with coworkers; he appears dressed as a clown for the party, and unwittingly picks up Cylon hitchhikers in the Galactica 1980, episode "The Night the Cylons Landed".
• The voice of Scythe 2.0. in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, episode "Scythe 2.0.".
• The voice of a robot in an episode of Kim Possible.
• Guest starred in an episode of Scrubs. His appearance involved three other cast members from St. Elsewhere; they played hospitalized doctors.
• Howard Manchester in 1967's Two for the Road.
• George Summers in the 1977 Carl Reiner film Oh, God!.
• Arthur Spooner's nemisis, Philip Waldecott in The King Of Queens.
• The un-named judge in the 2007 movie Code Name: The Cleaner.
• He played a skating commissioner in Blades of Glory.
• A part in The Closer.

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Trivia

• In the series Boy Meets World, Daniels' character Mr. Feeny works at John Adams High School. Daniels played John Adams in 1776. Both shows are set in Philadelphia.

• In the series Boy Meets World, Daniels' character Mr. Feeny is originally from Boston - the location of the hospital where his character Dr. Craig works in St. Elsewhere, and where John Adams, whom he portrayed in 1776, practiced law.

• Daniels was at the center of a famed dispute over the nomination process for the Tony Awards. In 1969, when Daniels was starring in 1776, only actors billed above the title could be nominated in the lead actor categories. 1776 was an ensemble production, however, with no star billing; Daniels therefore found himself nominated as a featured actor, along with co-star Ron Holgate. Daniels was onstage for all but approximately twenty minutes, whereas Holgate had one song, few spoken lines, and no stage time after about the first hour. Daniels refused the nomination, and Holgate won.

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External links

• William Daniels at the Internet Movie Database