He reprised the voice-only role of KITT in 1991 for the television movie Knight Rider 2000, and again in the theatrical comedy movie The Benchwarmers. Daniels said in 1982, "My duties on Knight Rider are very simple. Concurrently, he provided the voice of KITT in Knight Rider from 1982 to 1986. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988, for which he won two Emmy awards.
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He starred in the short-lived series Captain Nice as police chemist Carter Nash. In 1976, he reprised the role as the middle-aged and elder John Quincy Adams in the acclaimed PBS miniseries The Adams Chronicles.
He is known as the quintessential John Adams.ĭaniels's first network television appearance came in 1952 when he portrayed the young John Quincy Adams, eldest son of John and Abigail Adams in the Hallmark Hall of Fame drama A Woman for the Ages. in 1979 he again reprised his role as the outspoken John Adams in the film Rebels, again about the American revolution, without seeming to ever break character. Two years later, he co-starred in Richard Donner's telefilm Sarah T. In 1969, Daniels starred as John Adams in the Broadway musical 1776 he also appeared in the film version in 1972. In 1967 he appeared in The Graduate as the father of Dustin Hoffman's character. In 1965, he reprised his Broadway role as a child welfare worker in the screen version of A Thousand Clowns. He received an Obie Award for The Zoo Story (1960).ĭaniels's motion picture debut was as a school principal in the 1963 anti-war drama film Ladybug Ladybug. His Broadway credits include roles in 1776, A Thousand Clowns, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, and A Little Night Music. He made his Broadway debut in 1943 in Life with Father, and remained a busy Broadway actor for decades afterwards. He made his television debut as part of a variety act (along with other members of his family) in 1943, on NBC, then a single station in New York. He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1999 to 2001 and led the union's efforts during the 2000 commercial actors strike.ĭaniels is also noted for having portrayed in film or on television the three most prominent members of the Adams political family: John Adams, his cousin and fellow founding father, Samuel Adams, and John Adams’ son John Quincy Adams.ĭaniels and other cast members of 1776 with Richard Nixon following a performance of the Tony Award-winning musical in the East Room of the White House (1971)ĭaniels began his career as a member of the singing Daniels family in Brooklyn. Braddock (Benjamin Braddock's father) in The Graduate, Howard Maxwell-Manchester in Two for the Road, John Adams in the musical film 1776, and Carter Nash in Captain Nice.
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He reprised his Knight Rider role in the sequel TV movie Knight Rider 2000 and his Boy Meets World role in the sequel series Girl Meets World.ĭaniels' film roles include Mr. Elsewhere, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards the voice of KITT in the television series Knight Rider and as George Feeny in the sitcom Boy Meets World, which earned him four People's Choice Award nominations. William David Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an American actor, who is best known for his television roles, notably as Mark Craig in the drama series St.
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