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Acting

William Daniels

Career: Active from 1963 to 2025, with a break from 1997 to 2024, busiest in 1977 and 1980 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 18
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Graduate
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

William Daniels Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
3.0, average 4.1
Uncanny
1.4, average 2.5
Melancholy
3.7, average 4.7
Scare
1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Mystery 3
American History 3
Bleak Outlook 3
Classic Sitcom 3
Family-Friendly 3
Character Study 3
Romantic Comedy 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Founding Fathers 2
Dialogue-Driven 2
Character-Driven Narrative 2
Existential Dread 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 45

The Creeps - Behind the Scenes

Thanks

115

as Kraft Intelligence (voice)

The Creeps

47

as KITT (voice)

Superintelligence

44

as KITT (voice)

2010s

2 titles · average score 70

Girl Meets World

70

TV show · as George Feeny

Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff

70

as K.I.T.T. (voice)

2000s

7 titles · average score 76

Blades of Glory

65

as Commissioner Ebbers

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Craig Thomas

The Closer

77

TV show · as Andrew Schmidt

Boston Legal

80

TV show · as Milton Brody

The Lyon's Den

76

TV show

Kim Possible

78

TV show · as Robot Pilot (voice)

Scrubs

81

TV show · as Dr. Douglas

1990s

11 titles · average score 57

The King of Queens

66

TV show · as Phillip Waldscott

The Lottery

60

as Reverend Hutchinson

Maybe This Time

TV show · as George Feeny

The American Revolution

TV show · as John Adams

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Whit Russell / George

Magic Kid II

44

as Manny

Boy Meets World

67

TV show · as George Feeny

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

61

as Julius Burns

as Detective Lieutenant Fine

The General Motors Playwrights Theater

TV show · as Detective Lieutenant Fine

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

as John Nicks

1980s

23 titles · average score 60

Her Alibi

31

as Sam

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as KITT (voice)

Making a Case for Murder

as Slaney

Blind Date

47

as Harold Bedford

The Little Match Girl

70

as Haywood Dutton

Knight Rider

76

TV show · as KITT (voice)

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Mark Craig

Faerie Tale Theatre

82

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

All Night Long

38

as Richard H. Copleston

The Blue Lagoon

39

as Arthur Lestrange

Damien: The Leper Priest

as Bishop Koeckemann

Freebie and the Bean

TV show · as Walter Cruikshank

1970s

40 titles · average score 70

Blind Ambition

TV show · as G. Gordon Liddy

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

as Father Veller

The One and Only

59

as Mr. Crawford

Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus

as Lawrence Stepwell III

Oh, God!

66

as George Summers

The Return of the Incredible Hulk

65

as John Bonifant

The Nancy Walker Show

TV show · as Kenneth Kitteridge

One of Our Own

as Dr. Moresby

The Parallax View

74

as Austin Tucker

A Case of Rape

69

as Leonard Alexander

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Gary Bevins / Thomas Caine

1776

72

as John Adams

1960s

13 titles · average score 69

Marlowe

66

as Mr. Cromwell

The Mod Squad

43

TV show

The Good Guys

TV show

The Graduate

83

as Mr. Braddock

Captain Nice

66

TV show · as Carter Nash

Ironside

45

TV show

Judd, for the Defense

76

TV show

Two for the Road

77

as Howard Manchester

T.H.E. Cat

76

TV show · as Tony Webb

A Thousand Clowns

73

as Albert Amundsen

Ladybug Ladybug

74

as Mr. Calkins

The Defenders

71

TV show · as Mike Herman / Malloy

1950s

2 titles · average score 77

Naked City

69

TV show · as Harry Culverin

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as John Quincy Adams