William Frederick Knight

William Frederick Knight (December 6, 1933 – November 8, 2022), sometimes credited as William Knight, William Frederick, or Frederick Knight, was an American actor who lent his voice to the English dubs of anime and video games. He was often cast in the role of a wise old man, such as in Ghost in the Shell (as Daisuke Aramaki), The Big O (as Gordon Rosewater), Paranoia Agent (as the old man), and Eureka Seven (as Kuzemi, one of the three Sages). He played similar archetypes in live-action roles in television and short films, including I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and The League of STEAM. He was a recurring actor in sketches on the G4 series Attack of the Show and the show Dhar Mann.

Knight died in North Hollywood, California on November 8, 2022, at the age of 88.

Voice roles

Anime

• Amazing Nurse Nanako – General, Griffith
• ' – Denkichi's Master
• Cowboy Bebop – Old Man (Session 2: "Stray Dog Strut")
• DearS – Grandfather
• El Hazard – The Magnificent World – Dr. Schtalubaugh
• El Hazard 2 – The Magnificent World – Dr. Schtalubaugh
• ' – Dr. Schtalubaugh
• ' – Dr. Schtalubaugh, Captain of the Guard
• Ergo Proxy – J.J. (Ep. 11)
• Eureka Seven – Kuzemi
• Fake – Leonard Henry
• Freedom Project – Alan
• Gad Guard – Gary
• ' – Luigi Vampa
• ' – Daisuke Aramaki
• ' – Daisuke Aramaki
• ' – Daisuke Aramaki
• Gungrave – Dr. Tokioka, Butler Tokioka
• GUNxSWORD – Carlos (Eps. 3, 26)
• Haibane Renmei – Watchmaker
• Heat Guy J – Grandpa
• Hellsing – Father Rinaldo
• Hellsing Ultimate – Father (Ep. 1, 3)
• Hibakusha – Colonel Paul Tibbets
• Ikki Tousen – Choko
• Immortal Grand Prix – Ichi
• ' – Kenzou
• Kamichu! – Chairman of God Association (Ep. 7)
• Kurokami – Keita's grandfather
• ' – Lord Miralio, Professor Freud
• ' – Jils
• Mars Daybreak – Doze
• Mermaid Forest – Toba Islander
• Mezzo Forte – Emoto
• Naruto – Hyuga Elder Sukeza (Ep. 153)
• Naruto Shippuden – Danzō Shimura
• New Getter Robo – Bonze
• NieA 7 – Butcher, Newscaster, Newspaper Man, Old Alien
• ' – Nurarihyon
• Outlaw Star – Ctarl-Ctarl Governor
• Overman King Gainer – Gach
• Paranoia Agent – Old Man
• Planetes – Father-In-Law
• R.O.D -The TV- – Irving (Ep. 5), Shop Owner A, Teacher (Ep. 6)
• Rumic Theater – Old Man, Pops
• Samurai Champloo – Daigoro
• Spirit of Wonder – Cooper
• Spirit of Wonder Scientific Boys Club – Cooper
• Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko II – Swift
• Strawberry Eggs – Tofu Kuji
• Street Fighter II V – Master Yo Sen-ko (Animaze dub)
• Texhnolyze – Old Man 1, Tsujinaka
• The Adventures of Mini-Goddess – Crawl Space Boss, Narrator
• The Big O – Gordon Rosewater
• The Melody of Oblivion – Old Man Tsunagi
• ' – Dr. Nor
• The Twelve Kingdoms – Genkai
• Tokko – Taishi
• Trigun – Old Man (Ep. 5)
• Wolf's Rain – Old Wolf (Ep. 5)
• ' – Grandpa

• Akira – Miyako (Pioneer/Animaze dub)
• Appleseed – Elder
• ' – Van Dann
• Ghost in the Shell – Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki
• ' – Daisuke Aramaki
• ' – Daisuke Aramaki
• Metropolis – Notarlin
• Street Fighter Alpha – Monk
• ' – Shin Hayata/Ultraman
• ' – Ultraman
• Ultraman Saga – Shin Hayata/Ultraman

Video games

• The Darkness – Frank Rottenberg
• Defiance – Varus Soleptor
• Ghost in the Shell – Daisuke Aramaki
• ' – Daisuke Aramaki
• Naruto series – Danzo Shimura
• ' – Sultan of Azad
• ' – Hojo Ujimasa
• WildStar – Dorian Walker, Pell, Torax
• World of Final Fantasy – Adamantoise