William Daniels
Summary
William David Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild (1999 to 2001). He is known for his performance as Dustin Hoffman's father in The Graduate (1967), as John Adams in 1776, as Carter Nash in Captain Nice, as Mr. George Feeny in ABC's Boy Meets World, as the voice of KITT in Knight Rider, and as Dr. Mark Craig in St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Emmy Awards.Daniels was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Irene and David Daniels, a builder. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1949, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
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Time photographer tells of deaths in Syria and flight to safety
Time magazine's cover story this week carries a lengthy account of the attack in Syria that killed Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik, as told by French photographer William Daniels.
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Photojournalist William Daniels describes seige in Syria that killed Colvin, details escape with Bouvier
Time | Facebook Photojournalist William Daniels was on assignment for Time magazine when he snuck into Homs and holed up in the “makeshift media center” in Syria with Edith Bouvier, Rémi Ochlik, Marie Colvin, Paul Conroy and others. Daniels… Read more.
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Deaths of Shadid, Colvin, Ochlik highlight the risk-reward calculation of war reporting
Associated Press | BBC News | The Independent The news industry must figure out how to take better care of its journalists, said Ed Shadid at a memorial service for his cousin, New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid. That… Read more.
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Slain Journalists Bodies' Recovered From Syria
The bodies of slain American war reporter Marie Colvin and French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik have been turned over to the Red Cross, the humanitarian organization said on Friday.
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French Journalists Return Home From Syria
VILLACOUBLAY, France (AP) â Two French journalists smuggled out of a war-torn Syrian city where they were trapped for nine days returned home Friday, one injured and carried from the plane on a stretcher, the other smiling broadly and punching his fist in the air.
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Wounded French Journalist Evacuated From Syria
BEIRUT, March 1 (Reuters) - Wounded French freelance journalist Edith Bouvier arrived in Lebanon from Syria on Thursday along with French photographer William Daniels, a witness and other sources in Lebanon said. Bouvier's femur was shattered during heavy shelling of Homs's rebel-held Baba Amro district which killed veteran Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik last week.
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Help May Be On The Way For Injured Journalists In Syria
GENEVA (AP) â The Red Cross said Friday it is trying to reach foreign journalists who were wounded during fighting in the Syrian city of Homs.
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Simon Cowell's not getting his Kitt together for Hasselhoff's Knight Rider | Media Monkey
Knight Rider fans rejoice. In fact, double rejoice. Not only is David Hasselhoff – better known as Michael Knight – set to bring back the classic 80s show (forget the recent remake) but Simon Cowell could well take over the distinctive voice of Kitt – famously voiced by William Daniels – as he "has the perfect bossy tone".
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