# Captain Nice (1967)

Years before gaining fame as a talking car and a curmudgeonly schoolteacher, William Daniels ( Knight Rider , Boy Meets World ) played Carter Nash, a chemist who discovered a magic elixir that transformed him into Captain Nice. His domineering mother (Alice Ghostley) pushed him into becoming a crimefighter and created a costume for him out of a pair of pajamas. As an inside-joke, recognizable character actor Byron Foulger was unrecognizable as Carter's henpecked father, who was always silent and hidden behind a newspaper. Meter maid Candy Kane (Ann Prentiss) was a love interest for Carter, although he consistently rejected her affections, and she was the only city worker who wasn't inept. Mayor Finney (Liam Dunn) was Carter's maternal uncle, and Chief Segal (Bill Zuckert) was a clone of Batman 's Chief O'Hara. ABC's " Batman " was being prepped to debut when the pilots for " Captain Nice "and " Mr. Terrific ," were first announced in late 1965. The show was created by Buck Henry, who'd just scored a massive hit for NBC with " Get Smart ," which he co-created with Mel Brooks. Looking to cast an unknown in the lead, someone caught wind of an actor named Stephen Strimpell, who was a darling of the New York theatre community, and he was flown to Hollywood for a screen test, but Henry had a different actor in mind. While walking by a movie theater, Henry took notice of a lobby card featuring William Daniels clad in a pair of thick-rimmed glasses, looking quite a bit like Clark…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1967
- By: Buck Henry
- Genres: Comedy
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/capn-nice-tv-show)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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