22 Interesting Facts About William Daniels

1. #006

   On Boy Meets World (1993) he played George Feeny, the principal and teacher at John Adams High School. This is another John Adams connection for Daniels, who played him many times.

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2. #007

   He knew Ed Begley Jr.'s family when Begley was very young, years before they acted together in St. Elsewhere (1982).

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3. #008

   Producer Glen A. Larson asked Daniels whether he would read for the voice of a car in another series, Knight Rider (1982), before he acted in St. Elsewhere (1982). He resisted, recalling the famous failure My Mother the Car (1965), but Larson insisted it was not a car but a computer and persuaded Daniels to go to a small recording studio at Universal.

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4. #012

   He was nominated for a Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the lead role of John Adams in the 1969 musical "1776." At the time there was no star billing (that is, above the title), so he could not be nominated as a lead actor. Since Adams is clearly the lead in 1776 (1972), Daniels declined the nomination.

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5. #013

   To be able to take on a wider range of roles, he took care to lose the Brooklyn accent he grew up with. The accent he adopted is close to the Boston dialect he used as Dr. Mark Craig on St. Elsewhere (1982) and Mr. George Feeny on Boy Meets World (1993).

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6. #015

   Because of his popularity on St. Elsewhere (1982), Daniels was also invited to speak at medical school graduations, particularly at Northwestern, his alma mater. Since he was not a real doctor, he turned each of them down.

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7. #017

   He began dancing at the age of 4.

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8. #018

   In 1936, at nearly 9 years old, Daniels began performing on children's radio for the first time, together with one of his sisters.

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9. #019

   William Daniels played the same character, George Feeny, in three different series: Boy Meets World (1993), Maybe This Time (1995) and Girl Meets World (2014).

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10. #021

    His classmates at Northwestern included Paul Lynde, Georgann Johnson and his future wife, Bonnie Bartlett.

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11. #024

    He met Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner while working on 1776 (1972); a decade later, in 1982, he would work with them on St. Elsewhere (1982).

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12. #025

    As an elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, he upset both the incumbent, Richard Masur, and the candidate Angel Tompkins, who combined the two names into "Angeltompkins" for herself and managed to place first on the ballot(!) The SAG president serves a two-year term.

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13. #027

    He is best known to the public for his role as Dr. Mark Craig on St. Elsewhere (1982) and as George Feeny on Boy Meets World (1993) and Girl Meets World (2014).

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14. #028

    He is a best friend of Ed Flanders and Norman Lloyd.

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15. #029

    He does not live far from his former St. Elsewhere (1982) co-star Ed Begley Jr.

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16. #031

    He is a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity.

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17. #032

    On St. Elsewhere (1982) his character was originally from Boston, and in real life he had had a Boston accent since the age of 15.

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18. #034

    He was born in an apartment that had no bathtub or shower.

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19. #036

    On the set of St. Elsewhere (1982), Daniels, along with Ed Flanders and Norman Lloyd, had to pronounce medical terms using a medical dictionary. He also had to deliver a speech before an operation.

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20. #038

    He is one of the few actors who kept working into his 80s and 90s without considering retirement.

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21. #039

    William Daniels lives in Studio City, California.

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22. #040

    William Daniels supported Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 United States presidential election.

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