--- title: Mr. Feeny Saves the Day Yet Again As He Stops Burglary description: 91-year-old William Daniels, who played Mr. George Feeny on 'Boy Meet's World', foiled a burglary attempt at his San Fernando Valley home. canonical: https://time.com/5439162/mr-feeny-boy-meets-world/ author: Rachel E. 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Greenspan Oct 30, 2018 6:01 PM UTC A lot has changed in the decades since [_Boy Meets World_](http://time.com/5244091/new-summer-tv-shows-2018/) premiered in 1993. But how the fact that the show’s fictional principal, [Mr. Feeny](http://time.com/3620067/boy-meets-world-reunion-photo/), always comes through, is not one of them. William Daniels, 91, who played George Feeny (beloved history teacher-turned-principal) in _Boy Meets World’s_ seven-season run, foiled an alleged burglary attempt at his Studio City, Calif. home on Saturday night. “Someone tried to break in to the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Daniels on Saturday evening. Luckily, Mr. Daniels was able to frighten away the person and the LAPD quickly responded. They are both well. Mr. Daniels thanks all his fans for their concern,” the actor’s spokesperson told [People](https://people.com/tv/boy-meets-world-william-daniels-stops-attempted-home-burglary/). The Los Angeles Police Department told TIME that a burglary attempt occurred on Saturday evening around 9:30 p.m. at a Studio City, Calif. home, but would not say whose home it was. The alleged burglar did not enter the home, according to an LAPD spokesperson. Daniels reprised his role as Mr. Feeny on the Disney Channel spinoff _Girl Meets World_ from 2014 to 2017\. The actor is also known for his film roles as Mr. Braddock in _The Graduate_ (1967) and Arthur Lestrange in _Blue Lagoon_ (1980). The actor’s role as friendly neighborhood Mr. Feeny — whose character arc also included living next-door to his student (and the show’s lead), Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) — provided episodic wisdom to all of the high school students he taught. Naturally, he became a teacher for all of the ’90s kids watching ABC, who are now taking to Twitter to express their heartfelt reactions to the news of Daniels saving himself and his wife — through memes of Mr. Feeny. > [](https://twitter.com/ginacabadas/status/1057285806459510784) > [](https://twitter.com/MarissaJaay%5F/status/1057288243748565003) > [](https://twitter.com/StokelyHathaway/status/1057305795765911560) > [](https://twitter.com/kavithadavidson/status/1057302394705506304) Even Daniels’ _Boy Meets World_ co-star Will Friedle got in on the fun. > [](https://twitter.com/willfriedle/status/1057296706268610566) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5439162/mr-feeny-boy-meets-world/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5439162/mr-feeny-boy-meets-world/"},"headline":"Boy Meets World's 'Mr. Feeny' Comes Through Again By Thwarting Home Burglary Attempt","datePublished":"2018-10-30T18:01:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:06:14.951Z","description":"91-year-old actor William Daniels and his wife are both safe","url":"https://time.com/5439162/mr-feeny-boy-meets-world/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Television","Bizarre","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff50f2cc9a1b35c9/69893dd397cdff657f6b6980/mr-feeny-attempted-burglary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. 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