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William Devane

William Devane

Actor · Born 1939-09-05 · Albany, New York, USA

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Biography

William Joseph Devane (born September 5, 1937) is an American film, television and theater actor, known for his role as Greg Sumner on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing and as James Heller on the Fox serial drama 24, the role he reprised in Live Another Day. He is also known for his supporting roles in films such as McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Family Plot), Marathon Man, Rolling Thunder and Space Cowboys. Devane began his acting career with the New York Shakespeare Festival where he performed in 15 plays. In 1966, Devane portrayed Robert F. Kennedy in the Off-Broadway spoof MacBird. He gained acclaim for his role as President John F. Kennedy in a television docudrama about the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Missiles of October, and again when he played blacklisted radio personality John Henry Faulk in the Emmy Award-winning TV movie Fear on Trial. He is widely known for his ten years as the ambitious and hardnosed politician-turned-corporate titan Greg Sumner on Knots Landing. In 1994, Devane appeared as Al Capone in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in an episode entitled "That Old Gang of Mine". He also had a recurring role on the CBS show Early Edition as the lead chara…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Interstellar (2014) — Williams
  2. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) — President
  3. The X-Files (1993) — General Mark Suveg
  4. Hollow Man (2000) — Dr. Kramer
  5. NCIS (2003) — Nicolas Mason
  6. Payback (1999) — Carter
  7. Stargate SG-1 (1997) — President Hayes
  8. 24 (2001) — James Heller
  9. Space Cowboys (2000) — Eugene Davis
  10. Marathon Man (1976) — Janeway
  11. Psych (2006) — Peters
  12. Revenge (2011) — Edward Grayson
  13. Stargate: Continuum (2008) — President Henry Hayes
  14. The West Wing (1999) — Lewis Berryhill
  15. Truth (2015) — Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited)
  16. Family Plot (1976) — Arthur Adamson
  17. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) — Al Capone
  18. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) — Lawyer
  19. Bosch: Legacy (2022) — Whitney Vance
  20. Rolling Thunder (1977) — Major Charles Rane
  21. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Benjamin Parker
  22. Early Edition (1996) — Bernie Hobson
  23. Testament (1983) — Tom Wetherly
  24. Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006) — Dr. Dix
  25. Gunsmoke (1955) — Moss Stratton
  26. Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015) — Dr. Dix
  27. Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007) — Dr. Dix
  28. Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010) — Dr. Dix
  29. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  30. Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009) — Dr. Dix
  31. The River Why (2010) — Dutch Hines
  32. The Grinder (2015) — Dean Sanderson Sr.
  33. Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012) — Dr. Dix
  34. Bad Turn Worse (2014) — Big Red
  35. 50 to 1 (2014) — Leonard Doc Blach
  36. Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011) — Dr. Dix
  37. Yanks (1979) — John
  38. Leprechaun's Revenge (2012) — Pop O'Hara
  39. Mannix (1967) — Al Kordic
  40. The Badge (2002) — The Judge