# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-daniels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:25:37.814Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-daniels"
name: "William Daniels"
slug: "william-daniels"
description: "William David Daniels is an American actor, known for his television roles, notably as Mark Craig on the drama series St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards; the voice of KITT on the television series Knight Rider; and George Feeny on the sitcom Boy Meets World, which earned him four People's Choice Award nominations. 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. He also portrayed Carter Nash in Captain Nice."
tagline: "American actor (born 1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Daniels.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-03-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.776712233226392
  historical:           24.30463866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MrBillDaniels"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Daniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "William Daniels"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump