The Graduate: William Daniels’ Blue Cabana Set as Mr. Braddock
Vitals William Daniels as Mr. Braddock, affable but aloof suburban father Los Angeles, Summer 1967 Film: The Graduate Release Date: December 22, 1967 Director: Mike Nichols Costume Designer: Patricia Zipprodt Background The Graduate made B…
William Daniels as Elizabeth Wilson in The Graduate (1967)
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William Daniels as Mr. Braddock, affable but aloof suburban father
Los Angeles, Summer 1967
Film:The Graduate Release Date: December 22, 1967 Director: Mike Nichols Costume Designer: Patricia Zipprodt
Background
The Graduate made Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) an icon for many, whether they could identify with his aimless disillusionment or his killer Ivy style. It may be my own "advancing" age—as I'll officially be old enough to run for president exactly three weeks from today—that recently drew me more to his father's charmingly dated leisurewear, specifically the matching blue cabana set when unintentionally humiliating poor Benjamin on his 21st birthday by forcing him to model a full scuba suit for "a practical demonstration" in the Braddock family swimming pool in front of their friends.
It may help my affection for the character that Mr. Braddock was portrayed by the great William Daniels, whose prolific career has spanned eight decades with iconic roles like John Adams in the stage and screen presentations of 1776 and as the avuncular Mr. Feeny on '90s sitcom Boy Meets World, as well as a distinctive voice that he lent to KITT on the '80s series Knight Rider.
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