RECENT CREDITS
Blades of Glory (FILM)  Mar. 30, 2007
The Closer (TV)  Dec. 4, 2006
King of Queens (TV)  May. 12, 2004
Lost at Home (TV)  Apr. 22, 2003
Scrubs (TV)  Apr. 30, 2002


HIGHLIGHTS
Along with his sisters, performed in their family's song-and-dance troupe, The Daniels Family, in New York.
In his teens, he debuted on Broadway in Life With Father.
Portrayed John Adams in the Broadway version of 1776 and reprised the role in the 1972 film version.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Blades of Glory  2007 -Commissioner Ebbers
Actor
Film


Her Alibi  1989 -Sam
Actor
Film


Blind Date  1987 -Judge Harold Bedford
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Adams Chronicles   -John Quincy Adams
Actor
TV


Back to the Streets of San Francisco   -Judge Julius Burns
Actor
TV


Boston Legal   -Judge Milton Brody
Actor
TV


Boy Meets World  1999-2000 -George Feeny
Actor
TV
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Captain Nice   -Carter Nash/Captain Nice
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Freebie and the Bean   -DA Walter W. Cruikshank
Actor
TV


King of Queens   -Philip
Actor
TV
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Lost at Home   -Arthur Forrester
Actor
TV
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Scrubs   -Dr. Douglas
Actor
TV
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St. Elsewhere   -Dr. Mark Craig
Actor
TV


Actor
TV
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Reds  1981 -Julius Gerber
Actor
Film


Oh, God!  1977 -George Summers
Actor
Film


The Parallax View  1974 -Austin Tucker
Actor
Film


1776  1972 -John Adams
Actor
Film


The Graduate  1967 -Mr. Braddock
Actor
Film


Two for the Road  1967 -Howard Manchester
Actor
Film


A Thousand Clowns  1965 -Albert
Actor
Film


Ladybug, Ladybug  1963 -Mr. Calkins
Actor
Film


Marlowe   -Mr. Crowell
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Blind Ambition   -G. Gordon Liddy
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Voice
Film


All Night Long   -Richard H. Copleston
Actor
Film


Back to the Streets of San Francisco   -Judge Julius Burns
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Black Sunday   -Pugh
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Drop-Out Father   -Draper Wright
Actor
Film


Family Honeymoon   -Arch Armstrong
Actor
Film


A Case of Rape   -Leonard Alexander
Actor
Film


The President's Analyst   -Wynn Quantrill
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Lottery   -Reverend Hutchinson
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The One and Only   -Mr. Crawford
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Rooster  
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Sunburn   -Crawford
Actor
Film


The Blue Lagoon   -Arthur LeStragne
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Along with his sisters, performed in their family's song-and-dance troupe, The Daniels Family, in New York.
In his teens, he debuted on Broadway in Life With Father.
Portrayed John Adams in the Broadway version of 1776 and reprised the role in the 1972 film version.
Worked hard to lose his Brooklyn accent, adopting an accent closer to that of his Boston-based character from the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere
Won an Emmy in 1986 along with wife Bonnie Bartlett for St. Elsewhere, on which they portrayed Dr. and Mrs. Mark Craig. The couple also played husband and wife on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets Wo
Elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1999, upsetting incumbent Richard Masur.
Northwestern created the Willies- an annual awards ceremony for excellence in theater at his alma mater- in his name. 


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