William Daniels
Also Known As: William David Daniels, ویلیام دنیلز
Biography: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Daniels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birthday: March 31, 1927
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Gender: Male
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Blind Date
Overview: When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-27
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Marlowe
Overview: Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-19
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The Blue Lagoon
Overview: Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?
Genres: Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-05
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Two for the Road
Overview: On the way to a party, a British couple dissatisfied with their marriage recall the gradual dissolution of their relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-04-27
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The Bastard
Overview: Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the events leading to the American Revolution. (Episodes 1 and 2 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
Genres: History Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-22
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Blades of Glory
Overview: When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-30
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Clara
Overview: Dramatizes a father’s repressed psyche and hidden prejudices at the scene of his daughter’s murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-05
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A Thousand Clowns
Overview: Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-13
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1776
Overview: Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-09
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The Graduate
Overview: Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-21
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Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
Overview: After Detective Michael Long is shot and left for dead, he is saved by the eccentric billionaire Wilton Knight. He is given a new face by plastic surgery, a new identity as Michael Knight, and the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT) – a dream car with super-spy gadgets and nearly invulnerable armor.
Genres: Action Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-26
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Her Alibi
Overview: A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-03
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The One and Only
Overview: Andy Schmidt manages to win fellow student Mary’s heart, but getting a job after college turns out much harder than expected. Desperate and dreaming of stardom, he tries wrestling.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-03
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The Parallax View
Overview: An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-14
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Reds
Overview: An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-25
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Black Sunday
Overview: An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-01
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Ladybug Ladybug
Overview: Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-23
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All Night Long
Overview: Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that he stop having an affair with suburban housewife Cheryl Gibbons, who is a distant cousin, Cheryl tries to seduce George. At home, in front of his mother, Freddie accuses his dad of stealing his girl, because he found Cheryl serving George a meal in the middle of the night, while her husband Bobby was on duty at the fire station. George then separates from his wife Helen, quits his job, moves into a warehouse, and asks Cheryl to move in with him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-06
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Sunburn
Overview: A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-10
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A Case of Rape
Overview: When she was raped, Ellen thought it was the worst thing to ever happen to her. What was worse, was the treatment by the hospital staff, police and the court system, when she reported it, and the man was caught.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-20
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Drop-Out Father
Overview: Successful advertising executive decides to get out of the rat race but the family rebels at the new lifestyle he outlines. He and his youngest daughter leave the suburbs for a Manhattan loft apartment while the rest of the brood -- wife and three kids -- re-evaluate the situation. For his engaging score, Peter Matz won an Emmy Award nomination.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-26
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Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Overview: The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-21
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Killer on Board
Overview: The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-10
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The Return of the Incredible Hulk
Overview: On the run and presumed dead by the authorities, David Banner, using the name 'Benton', continues in his efforts to find a cure. He accidentally finds himself in the middle of a plot to kill a young, crippled girl so her unscrupulous relatives can inherit the family fortune.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-27
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Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Overview: Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At first, alcohol provides comfort and release. Then it sends her life spiraling out of control.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-11
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Oh, God!
Overview: When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-07
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NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Overview: A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-05
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Magic Kid II
Overview: Kevin Ryan is Hollywood's leading teen heartthrob. He's the star of "Ninja Boy," a hot Martial Arts TV series. The trouble starts when Kevin decides he wants to leave the hit show, so that he can go to high school and lead a normal teenager's life. However, he is the Studio's biggest money maker and the unscrupulous executives are NOT going to let him leave. Their sinister plans involve a desirable young starlet, a muscle-bound mountain man, and an army of inept thugs trying to kill Kevin's loveable, but mixed-up manager, Uncle Bob.
Genres: Family Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-07
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Knight Rider: Halloween Knight
Overview: Michael and K.I.T.T. investigate after Bonnie believes she witnessed a murder from her new apartment. The trouble is, Michael and Devon assume she's hallucinating due to a fever...
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-14
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Laugh Busters
Overview: While getting ready to promote the new 1984 fall Saturday morning line-up, the Director D.W. and his assistant are interrupted by the infamous Gargamore O'Dette who plans to bring down the special and NBC itself. Gargamore has kidnapped a bunch of the new cartoon characters and sent his live action henchmen (played by James Avery and Bill Saluga from Going Bananas) to stop the real live actors from making it onto the special. Gargamore wants to do this because the new Saturday morning line-up is funny and he's deathly allergic to laughter.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
Overview: The true story of Olympic champion figure skater Tai Babilonia, her rise to fame and her fall from grace.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-05
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The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Overview: General Custer is on trial for the deaths of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-01
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The Rebels
Overview: This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthright to become a Colonial soldier fighting for America's independence, befriending a Southern aristocrat and his earthy buddy to help thwart a plot to assassinate George Washington. (Episodes 3 and 4 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
Genres: History Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-14
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Night of 100 Stars II
Overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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Damien: The Leper Priest
Overview: A dramatization of the life of the 19th-Century priest who devoted himself to service in Hawaii's leper colony.
Genres: Drama Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-27
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The President's Analyst
Overview: At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid spies that come with a sensitive government position get to him, and he runs away. Now spies from all over the world are after him, either to get him for their own side or to kill him and prevent someone else from getting him.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-21
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Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Overview: The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-29
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The Million Dollar Face
Overview: Tony Curtis is the ruthless head of a cosmetics firm, Kiss of Gold, locked in fierce competition with his arch-rival, Glamour, Inc., that happens to be run by his former lover (Lee Grant), and finds his company in the grip of a power struggle among his executives (one of whom, unbeknownst to him, is the son he'd never met) when he is severely injured in a helicopter accident. This pilot to a prospective primetime soap opera failed to generate network interest.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-12
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Conquest of the Earth
Overview: A compilation of Battlestar Galactica episodes 1–3 and 7–9, with alternate footage. The Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally arrive on Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitable Cylon invasion.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-31
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Rehearsal for Murder
Overview: A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-26
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Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Overview: Mike Stone's back and his old partner, Steve Keller, is missing. So Mike heads up an investigation. At the same time, he is investigating another brutal murder. And he is trying to decide which of two inspectors shall he recommend for the position of Lieutenant; a woman who has a "Dirty Harry" tendency or a man who reminds him of Steve Keller.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-27
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City in Fear
Overview: A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-30
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Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff
Overview: Time to hassle the Hoff at the rudest, raunchiest television event of the year--The Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff. From running in slo-mo on the beach to inspiring Germany with the power of cheesy pop--it's almost too easy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-15
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The Lottery
Overview: Returning to his small hometown of Icara, Maine, a man discovers its horrible secret -- a bizarre, clandestine ritual that led to his mother's early death and his father's insanity.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-29
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The Lie
Overview: An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as "The Lie" (1971). An American couple is trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-24
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The Little Match Girl
Overview: Molly is an angel sent to earth as a little match girl: her mission, to save the fragmented Dutton family.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-21
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Segal
Overview: A documentary focusing on the life and career of actor George Segal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Murdock's Gang
Overview: After serving a prison term, a flamboyant attorney becomes a private eye with a staff of ex-cons.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-20
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Superintelligence
Overview: When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-11
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Making a Case for Murder
Overview: In December, 1986, 3 black men ran into car trouble in Howard Beach, a middle-class neighborhood in New York City. Unable to start their car, they sought refuge in a nearby restaurant. What happened later that night shocked the entire city.
Genres: TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-04
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Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
Overview: A stunt car racing team gets involved in a madcap cross-country auto race that is supposed to determine the disposition of a family fortune.
Genres: Action Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-27
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One of Our Own
Overview: Dr Jake Goodwin is the chief neurosurgeon at a busy city hospital. As he makes his rounds, Goodwin becomes involved in a vast array of medical cases. Problems arise when a top doctor is brought in seriously injured after a car crash, and Goodwin must deal with the doctor's own personal physician who wants to avoid a scandal. At the same time Goodwin's own son is brought in with a life threatening condition. This film was the pilot for the TV series Doctor's Hospital.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-05
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Rooster
Overview: A physically small police psychologist and a physically large insurance detective team up on an arson case.
Genres: Crime Comedy Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-19
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Bleacher Bums
Overview: Bleacher Bums takes place in the bleachers of Chicago's Wrigley Field. The characters are a bunch of Chicago Cubs fans, watching a game in progress on a summer afternoon.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-15
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The Chinese Typewriter
Overview: Two private investigators are hired by an airline company to retrieve a stolen prototype jet. Starring Tom Selleck. Released 1979.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-03
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