I wound up in Livorno, Italy and I worked as a disc jockey at an Army radio station. WD: Yes, it was, but it also kind of freed me from the family. I really didn't get away from the family until I was drafted, which was a great help to me because we were all much too close.ĬOA: That must have been quite the challenge-going from this tight knit family in Brooklyn to being on your own? It was a lot of experience over the years. For my mother, it was important that we were gaining experience. We weren’t getting paid, although we found out later that he was. We would go and do all of this for nothing. Anyway, that’s when we started performing for The Nick Kenny Children’s Show on the radio. There were a lot of child performers out there because they were cheap, and sometimes they were just free. It was the 30s, so it was during the Depression. My mother put my sister Jackie and I into dance classes and then pretty soon into performing. I went back a few years ago and I was shocked to find that Hull Street was only two blocks long. Hull Street was where I was born and played. My father was a blue collar worker-he was a bricklayer. WD: Well, it’s totally different today, but when I was a young person in Brooklyn it was more of a blue collar area. What an amazing span of time-you must have some incredible memories of the shaping of that city. Feeny in Girl Meets World, the sequel to Boy Meets World.Ĭoming of Age had the distinct pleasure of speaking with William Daniels-and his wife, actress Bonnie Bartlett-about his life, his career and their long, happy marriage.ĬOA: Mr.

Feeny in the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World.ĭaniels played the father of Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) in The Graduate (1967), Howard in Two for the Road, John Adams in the 1972 musical film 1776, Carter Nash in Captain Nice and is the voice of KITT in Knight Rider. Elsewhere, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and Mr. Later, Daniels enrolled at Northwestern University where he met his wife of 67 years, Bonnie Bartlett.ĭaniels is well-known for multiple iconic roles including Dr. Army in 1945 and was stationed in Italy, where he served as a disc jockey at an Army radio station. Feeny from the 90s teen show Boy Meets World.īorn in Brooklyn, New York on March 31, 1927, Daniels and his sister Jacqueline began performing at an early age at their mother’s urging. Older generations may remember him as Dustin Hoffman’s father in the iconic 1960s film The Graduate and to younger folks, he is and will forever be that wise teacher Mr.

He is unique among actors in that he is instantly recognizable to most people, but the generation of the viewer is often the decisive factor in how they recognize him. Actor William Daniels has been performing in one way or another for most of his 91 years.

Kitt&#39;s voice on knight rider

Kitt's voice on knight rider