William Daniels

Also Credited As:

William David Daniels
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Biography

Elsewhere" (NBC, 1982-88) and "Boy Meets World" (ABC, 1993-2000), as well as in numerous television movies, Broadway plays and feature films. A child performer with his siblings in the early 1940s, he segued smoothly into adult roles; first on stage in "1776" and later in its feature adaptation, which led to a string of turns as John Adams. "St. Elsewhere" defined Daniels' screen persona - erudite, cutting, but vulnerable beneath the …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

March 31, 1927

LATEST CREDITS

St. Elsewhere

Dr Mark Craig

Instant Family

Clifford Beane

Captain Nice

Carter Nash/Captain Nice

Howard Beach: Making the Case For Murder

David Slaney

One of Our Own

Dr Moresby

A Case of Rape

Leonard Alexander

The Nancy Walker Show

Kenneth Kitteridge; her husband

Father Damien: The Leper Priest

Bishop Koeckemann

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

John Nicks

Ladybug, Ladybug

Mr Calkins

The Wonderful World of Philip Malley

Frederick Carswell

The American Revolution

of John Adams

1776

John Adams

Clara

Detective Lieutenant Fine

Freebie and the Bean

Walter Cruskshank

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

Father Veller

Sarah T. -- Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

Matt Hodges

Heaven on Earth

Sebastian Parnell; the celestial messenger

The Adams Chronicles

John Quincy Adams--Age 50 to 81

Deja View

Guest

The Parallax View

Austin Tucker

The Little Match Girl

Haywood Dutton

The Graduate

Mr Braddock

Two For the Road

Howard Manchester

The Blue Lagoon

Arthur Lestrange