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Known For Acting
Known Credits 113
Gender Male
Birthday September 5, 1939 (86 years old)
Place of Birth Albany, New York, USA
Also Known As
- William Joseph Devane
- Γουίλιαμ Ντιβέιν
- ویلیام دیوان
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William Devane
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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 character's father. Devane appeared in the films McCabe & Mrs. Miller; Lady Liberty; Family Plot; Marathon Man; Rolling Thunder; Yanks; Testament; Timestalkers; Forgotten Sins; Exception to the Rule; Payback; Hollow Man and Space Cowboys.
Devane has played members of the Presidential Cabinet on two evening dramas. In 2004, on The West Wing, he guest-starred as the Secretary of State and potential Vice-Presidential nominee. Devane appeared in several scenes with Martin Sheen; they also appeared together as President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, respectively, 30 years earlier in The Missiles of October. In 2005, he joined the cast of 24 as Secretary of Defense James Heller for seasons 4, 5 and 6.
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 character's father. Devane appeared in the films McCabe & Mrs. Miller; Lady Liberty; Family Plot; Marathon Man; Rolling Thunder; Yanks; Testament; Timestalkers; Forgotten Sins; Exception to the Rule; Payback; Hollow Man and Space Cowboys.
Devane has played members of the Presidential Cabinet on two evening dramas. In 2004, on The West Wing, he guest-starred as the Secretary of State and potential Vice-Presidential nominee. Devane appeared in several scenes with Martin Sheen; they also appeared together as President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, respectively, 30 years earlier in The Missiles of October. In 2005, he joined the cast of 24 as Secretary of Defense James Heller for seasons 4, 5 and 6.
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Kỵ Sĩ Bóng Đêm Trỗi Dậy
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Người Vô Hình
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Marathon Man
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Rolling Thunder
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Payback
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24 Giờ Chống Khủng Bố
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Acting
| — | Notes from the Underbelly 1 episode as Walter | |
| 2022 | Kế Thừa 4 episodes as Whitney Vance | |
| 2015 | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Dr. Dix | | 2015 | Truth as Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited) | | 2015 | The Grinder 22 episodes as Dean Sanderson Sr. | |
| 2014 | Hố Đen Tử Thần as Williams | | 2014 | Bad Turn Worse as Big Red | | 2014 | 50 to 1 as Leonard Doc Blach | |
| 2012 | Kỵ Sĩ Bóng Đêm Trỗi Dậy as President | | 2012 | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Dr. Dix | | 2012 | Leprechaun's Revenge as Pop O'Hara | | 2012 | Revenge 2 episodes as Edward Grayson | |
| 2011 | Good Morning, Killer as Everett Morgan Gray | | 2011 | Flag of My Father as Jake | | 2011 | Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Dr. Dix | |
| 2010 | The Kane Files: Life of Trial as Thompson | | 2010 | NCIS 1 episode as Nicolas Mason | | 2010 | Psych 1 episode as Peters | | 2010 | Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Dr. Dix | | 2010 | The River Why as Dutch Hines | |
| 2009 | The Fall as judge Stanley Seeban | | 2009 | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Dr. Dix | | 2009 | The Least Among You as Alan Beckett | | 2009 | The Dealership as Frank Carson | |
| 2008 | Stargate: Continuum as President Henry Hayes | |
| 2007 | Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Dr. Dix | |
| 2006 | What About Brian 6 episodes as Michael Davis | | 2006 | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise as Dr. Dix | | 2006 | Crumbs 13 episodes as Billy Crumb | |
| 2005 | 24 Giờ Chống Khủng Bố 32 episodes as James Heller | |
| 2004 | Deceit as Grove McCarthy | | 2004 | Stargate SG-1 3 episodes as President Hayes | |
| 2003 | The West Wing 2 episodes as Lewis Berryhill | | 2003 | Monte Walsh as Cal Brennan | |
| 2002 | A Christmas Visitor as George Boyajian | | 2002 | Threat of Exposure as Col. Weldon | | 2002 | The Badge as The Judge | | 2002 | Hồ Sơ Tuyệt Mật 1 episode as General Mark Suveg | |
| 2001 | Race to Space as Roger Thornhill | | 2001 | Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story as Tom Kincaid | | 2001 | Plotting 'Family Plot' as Self | |
| 2000 | Poor White Trash as Ron Lake | | 2000 | The Michael Richards Show 9 episodes as Brady McKay | | 2000 | Người Vô Hình as Dr. Kramer | | 2000 | Cao Bồi Không Gian as Eugene Davis | | 2000 | The Man Who Used to Be Me as Older Sam Ryan | |
| 1999 | Payback as Carter | | 1999 | Turks 13 episodes as Sergeant Joseph Turk | |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel 1 episode as Benjamin Parker | | 1997 | Doomsday Rock as Dr. Karl Sorenson | | 1997 | Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac 2 episodes as Greg Sumner | | 1997 | Early Edition 5 episodes as Bernie Hobson | | 1997 | The Absolute Truth as Sen. Emmett Hunter | | 1997 | Exception to the Rule as Lawrence Kellerman | |
| 1996 | Hope and Gloria 1 episode as William Devane | | 1996 | Forgotten Sins as Dr. Richard Ofshe | |
| 1995 | Freefall: Flight 174 as Capt. Bob Pearson | | 1995 | Night Watch as Nick Caldwell | | 1995 | The Monroes 9 episodes | | 1995 | Virus as Dr. Harbuck | |
| 1994 | Lady in Waiting as Lt. Barrett | | 1994 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1 episode as Al Capone | | 1994 | For the Love of Nancy as Tom | |
| 1993 | Rubdown as Harry Orwitz | | 1993 | Phenom 22 episodes as Lou Della Rosa | | 1993 | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Daniel 'Dan' Fields | |
| 1992 | The President's Child as Elliot McSwain | | 1992 | Obsessed as Ed Bledsoe | | 1992 | Ancient Secrets of the Bible as Host & Narrator | |
| 1991 | Nightmare in Columbia County as Sheriff Jim Metts | | 1991 | A Woman Named Jackie 3 episodes as Black Jack Bouvier | |
| 1990 | Murder C.O.D. as Alex Brandt | | 1990 | Vital Signs as Dr. Chatham | | 1990 | Chips, the War Dog as Col. Charnley | |
| 1989 | The Preppie Murder as Jack Litman | |
| 1987 | Timestalkers as Scott McKenzie | |
| 1984 | With Intent to Kill as Aaron Charney | |
| 1983 | Testament as Tom Wetherly | | 1983 | Hadley's Rebellion as Coach Ball | | 1983 | Knots Landing 269 episodes as Greg Sumner | | 1983 | Jane Doe as William Quinn | |
| 1981 | The Other Victim as Harry Langford | | 1981 | Red Flag: The Ultimate Game as Maj. Phil Clark | | 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway as Mayor Kirby T. Calo | |
| 1979 | Yanks as John | | 1979 | The Dark as Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree | | 1979 | From Here to Eternity 3 episodes as Sgt. Milt Warden | |
| 1978 | Black Beauty 5 episodes as John Manly | | 1978 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 4 episodes as Self | |
| 1977 | Rolling Thunder as Major Charles Rane | | 1977 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training as Mike Leak | | 1977 | Red Alert as Frank Brolen | |
| 1976 | Marathon Man as Janeway | | 1976 | Family Plot as Arthur Adamson | |
| 1975 | Fear on Trial as John Henry Faulk | | 1975 | Report to the Commissioner as Asst. D.A. Jackson | |
| 1974 | The Missiles of October as President John F. Kennedy | | 1974 | The Missiles of October 2 episodes as John F. Kennedy - US President | | 1974 | Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita | | 1974 | The Snoop Sisters 1 episode as David Prine | | 1974 | Mannix 1 episode as Al Kordic | |
| 1973 | The Bait as Earl Stokey | | 1973 | Crime Club as Kilburn | | 1973 | Gunsmoke 1 episode as Moss Stratton | |
| 1972 | The Irish Whiskey Rebellion as LT. Ashley | |
| 1971 | Lady Liberty as Jock Fenner | | 1971 | My Old Man's Place as Jimmy Pilgrim | | 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller as The Lawyer | | 1971 | The 300-Year Weekend as Tom | | 1971 | The Pursuit of Happiness as Pilot | |
| 1970 | Medical Center 1 episode as Dr. Ray Waltham | |
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Writing
| 1976 | The Million Dollar Rip-Off … Writer | |
Crew
| 1971 | The 300-Year Weekend … Additional Dialogue | |
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