William Devane
Acting
Born: Sep 05, 1939
From: Albany, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leprechaun's Revenge | Pop O'Hara | 2012 | 5.1 |
| Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Dr. Dix | 2012 | 6.9 |
| Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Dr. Dix | 2011 | 6.4 |
| Flag of My Father | Jake | 2011 | 6.0 |
| The Kane Files: Life of Trial | Thompson | 2010 | 4.8 |
| The Least Among You | Alan Beckett | 2009 | 5.0 |
| Stargate: Continuum | President Henry Hayes | 2008 | 7.132 |
| Monte Walsh | Cal Brennan | 2003 | 6.14 |
| The Badge | The Judge | 2002 | 5.75 |
| A Christmas Visitor | George Boyajian | 2002 | 5.357 |
| Space Cowboys | Eugene Davis | 2000 | 6.391 |
| Poor White Trash | Ron Lake | 2000 | 4.5 |
| Payback | Carter | 1999 | 6.82 |
| Night Watch | Nick Caldwell | 1995 | 4.743 |
| Freefall: Flight 174 | Capt. Bob Pearson | 1995 | 5.725 |
| For the Love of Nancy | Tom | 1994 | 7.068 |
| Obsessed | Ed Bledsoe | 1992 | 6.111 |
| Murder C.O.D. | Alex Brandt | 1990 | 8.125 |
| Vital Signs | Dr. Chatham | 1990 | 4.632 |
| Chips, the War Dog | Col. Charnley | 1990 | 8.333 |
| Timestalkers | Scott McKenzie | 1987 | 5.364 |
| Yanks | John | 1979 | 5.884 |
| The Dark | Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree | 1979 | 4.724 |
| Rolling Thunder | Major Charles Rane | 1977 | 6.761 |
| The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | Mike Leak | 1977 | 5.83 |
| Marathon Man | Janeway | 1976 | 7.182 |
| Family Plot | Arthur Adamson | 1976 | 6.77 |
| Report to the Commissioner | Asst. D.A. Jackson | 1975 | 6.615 |
| The Missiles of October | President John F. Kennedy | 1974 | 7.467 |
| McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Lawyer | 1971 | 7.171 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1939 |
| From | Albany, New York, … |