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William Daniels

  • Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
  • Birthday: March 31, 1927

A versatile character player of stage, film and, most successfully, TV, often cast in arrogant, authoritative or WASPish roles, William Daniels began performing as a child with his family. He made his Broadway debut as one of the youths in the long-running "Life With Father". Throughout the 1950s, he sporadically appeared in TV, but found his niche on the stage, appearing in the famed 1956 revival of "The Iceman Cometh" directed by Jose Quintero, essaying the lead in John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" on Broadway in 1958 and winning raves in E…more

Credits

Actor

Career Milestones

  • 1979

    Cast as G. Gordon Liddy in the CBS miniseries "Blind Ambition"

  • 1979

    Played John Adams in ABC miniseries "The Rebels"

  • 1978

    Played Samuel Adams in "The Bastard" (ABC)

  • 1976

    Played John Quincy Adams in the PBS miniseries "The Adams Chronicles"

  • 1976 to 1977

    Was Lt. Cdr. Kitteridge on "The Nancy Walker Show" (ABC)

Awards

  • 1985

    Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

  • 1984

    Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

  • 1959

    OBIE Award: Distinguished Performance (Actor)

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