William Daniels

Age: 82
Height: 5'7"

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born: Mar. 31st, 1927

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William Daniels' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Boy Meets World	George Feeny
Knight Rider (1982)	K.I.T.T.
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Mark Cr…
Captain Nice	Carter Nash Capt. Nice
For the People (1965)	Fred Rice
Brenner	Larry Dyer
Freebie and the Bean	Dist. Atty.…
Lost at Home	Arthur
The Nancy Walker Show	Lt. Cmdr. K…

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

While performing on both _"St. Elsewhere" (1982)_ (qv) and _"Knight Rider" (1982)_ (qv) in the 1980s, Daniels made goodwill visits to children's hospitals. He discovered that not many children were thrilled to meet an actor who played a doctor, but the fact that he voiced the talking car KITT always appealed to them, so he shifted emphasis during his visits. He entertained the children with KITT-styled phrases, and answered their questions about "Knight Rider" while hardly mentioning his other, larger acting role.
As a child, he was part of the Daniels Family song-and-dance troupe that traveled in and around the state of New York. His entire family appeared on one of the first experimental TV broadcasts in 1941.
Played George Feeny who was the principal and a teacher at John Adams High School on the TV show _"Boy Meets World" (1993)_ (qv). This is yet another John Adams connection for Daniels, who has portrayed him many times.
The characters that Daniels and his real-life wife, 'Bonnie Bartlett' (qv), played in _"Boy Meets World" (1993)_ (qv) married each other in an episode of that series, just as they are in real life.
Portrayed John Adams in the original Broadway stage version of 1776 and reprised his role in the movie 1776 (1972).
(November 1999) Elected president of Screen Actors Guild upsetting incumbent 'Richard Masur' (qv), as well as candidate Angel Tompkins who conjoined her two names to call herself "Angeltompkins" so she could be listed first on the ballot(!) The SAG president serves a 2-year term.
1949 Graduate of Northwestern University.
Nominated for a Tony as Supporting Actor in a Musical for his lead role of John Adams in the 1969 musical "1776." He could not be nominated for lead actor because he did not then have star billing (i.e., above the title). Adams is clearly the lead role in _1776 (1972)_ (qv), so Daniels declined the nomination.