Who, you ask? Shame on you! Born in 1927, William Daniels is an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild (yes, the SAG). William started his career in show business in the 1950's, appearing on various tv shows, and has (to date) played 2 US Presidents, John Adams, and John Quincy Adams (twice) in numerous tv shows. His first big break came in 1967 when he was cast as Dustin Hoffman's father in the movie The Graduate.
Various tv roles filled his career over the next decade, including appearances on The Bob Newhart Show, McCloud, The Incredible Hulk, and Quincy M.E, and in 1980 he played the role of Arthur Lestrange in the movie The Blue Lagoon.
Then in 1982 came one of his greatest roles to date, as the voice of K.I.T.T. on the tv series Knight Rider alongside David Hasselhoff. Uncredited in the role (by choice) William's voice was used in all 84 episodes of the shows run over the next 4 years, and is a role which he has reprised on many occassions since.
Once again, tv and movie roles sustained his career until 1993, when he was cast as Cory Matthew's teacher and mentor (and later Principal) Mr George Feeny in Boy Meets World. The show ran for 7 wonderful years, and was only stopped when Ben Savage's chest hair started to show.
Since then, William has appeared in the tv shows Scrubs, Star Trek: Voyager, and once again as the voice of K.I.T.T. for an episode of The Simpsons.
Now onto the autograph! As a massive fan of Boy Meets World, I tracked down William Daniels' fanmail address (it's in the US, by the way) and sent off an autograph request. Soon after I received this fantastic inscribed 8x10" b&w photo of Mr Feeny (I mean William Daniels)!
Score!
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