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William Daniels (born 31 March 1927; age 96) is the actor who voiced the Allocator in the Star Trek: Voyager seventh season episode "Critical Care".

William Daniels is also well known to sci-fi fans for his role as the voice of the artificially intelligent electronic computer module named KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) in the 1980s hit TV series Knight Rider (1982-1986, with Patricia McPherson and Peter Parros). Daniels reprised his role as the voice of KITT in the TV movie Knight Rider 2000 (1991, with Christine Healy, Francis Guinan, Megan Butler, and James Doohan). He also reprised his role as the voice of KITT in the 2006 film The Benchwarmers and the 2020 film Superintelligence. Daniels also starred in another hit 1980s TV series St. Elsewhere (1982-1988) as Dr. Mark Craig. Among his co-stars on this popular series were fellow Trek actors Ed Begley, Jr., Bruce Greenwood, Norman Lloyd, Ronny Cox, Jennifer Savidge, Ellen Bry, Alfre Woodard, Chad Allen, David Birney, Jeff Allin, Deborah May, Brian Tochi, France Nuyen, and Jane Wyatt. He is also known for his role in Boy Meets World (1993-2000) as George Feeny. The series also starred Lindsay Ridgeway. Daniels reprised his role as George Feeny in the sequel TV series Girl Meets World (2014-2017), with Lindsay Ridgeway reprising her role in the series finale.

In the 1960s, he starred in the films Ladybug Ladybug (1963, with Kathryn Hays), The President's Analyst (1967, with Sheldon Collins, Walt Davis, and Dyanne Thorne). Also that year, he starred in The Graduate with Kevin Tighe. He also starred in the film Marlowe (1969, with Kenneth Tobey).

In the 1970s, William starred in the short-lived TV series The Nancy Walker Show (1976-1977, with James Cromwell and William Schallert). He starred in the 1977 TV movie The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer with Nicolas Coster. He starred in the 1978 mini-series The Bastard. This production also starred William Shatner, Kim Cattrall, John Colicos, John de Lancie, Ike Eisenmann, James Gregory, Alex Henteloff, and James Whitmore, Jr., while Robert F. Shugrue was among the editors. Daniels also appeared in the 1979 sequel to The Bastard, entitled The Rebels, which was directed by Russ Mayberry and which co-starred Paul Fix, Nehemiah Persoff, Warren Stevens, Kim Cattrall, and Kevin Tighe. Gerald Fried was the movie's composer. Also in 1979, Daniels had a role in the TV mini-series Blind Ambition. Also featured in this series were Lawrence Pressman, William Schallert, James Sloyan, Graham Jarvis, and William Windom

His other film roles include 1776 (1972, with Nicolas Coster), Black Sunday (1977, with Fritz Weaver and Walter Gotell). Oh, God! (1977, with Jeff Corey, David Ogden Stiers, Paul Sorvino, Teri Garr, and Clyde Kusatsu), The One and Only (1978, with Kim Darby and Ed Begley, Jr.). Sunburn (1979, with Seymour Cassel and Joan Collins).

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