William Devane
Acting
Born: September 5, 1939 (age 86) · Albany, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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 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.
Known for
Interstellar
2014
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
The X-Files
1993
Hollow Man
2000
NCIS
2003
Payback
1999
Stargate SG-1
1997
24
2001
Space Cowboys
2000
Marathon Man
1976
Psych
2006
Revenge
2011
Photos (6)
Movies (78)
Interstellar
Williams
The Dark Knight Rises
President
Hollow Man
Dr. Kramer
Payback
Carter
Space Cowboys
Eugene Davis
Marathon Man
Janeway
Stargate: Continuum
President Henry Hayes
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Dr. Dix
Truth
Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited)
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Dr. Dix
Family Plot
Arthur Adamson
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Dr. Dix
Testament
Tom Wetherly
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Lawyer
Yanks
John
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Dr. Dix
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Dr. Dix
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
Dr. Dix
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Dr. Dix
Monte Walsh
Cal Brennan
Rolling Thunder
Major Charles Rane
Timestalkers
Scott McKenzie
Honky Tonk Freeway
Mayor Kirby T. Calo
Night Watch
Nick Caldwell
The Badge
The Judge
The River Why
Dutch Hines
Freefall: Flight 174
Capt. Bob Pearson
Vital Signs
Dr. Chatham
The Preppie Murder
Jack Litman
Leprechaun's Revenge
Pop O'Hara
The Missiles of October
President John F. Kennedy
Lady Liberty
Jock Fenner
Report to the Commissioner
Asst. D.A. Jackson
Poor White Trash
Ron Lake
Race to Space
Roger Thornhill
The Dark
Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree
Good Morning, Killer
Everett Morgan Gray
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Mike Leak
50 to 1
Leonard Doc Blach
A Christmas Visitor
George Boyajian
Lady in Waiting
Lt. Barrett
The Pursuit of Happiness
Pilot
With Intent to Kill
Aaron Charney
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
Maj. Phil Clark
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Victim of Beauty
Sheriff Jim Metts
For the Love of Nancy
Tom
My Old Man's Place
Jimmy Pilgrim
Red Alert
Frank Brolen
Crime Club
Kilburn
Chasing the Green
2009
Jane Doe
William Quinn
Fear on Trial
John Henry Faulk
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Thompson
The Absolute Truth
Emmett Hunter
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Daniel 'Dan' Fields
The Bait
Earl Stokey
The Man Who Used to Be Me
Older Sam Ryan
Virus
Dr. Harbuck
Forgotten Sins
Dr. Richard Ofshe
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
Tom Kincaid
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974
The President's Child
Elliot McSwain
The 300-Year Weekend
Tom
Chips, the War Dog
Col. Charnley
Murder C.O.D.
Alex Brandt
Bad Turn Worse
Big Red
The Other Victim
Harry Langford
Hadley's Rebellion
Coach Ball
Exception to the Rule
Lawrence Kellerman
Rubdown
Harry Orwitz
Obsessed
Ed Bledsoe
In the Country
1967
Flag of My Father
Jake
Threat of Exposure
Col. Weldon
The Irish Whiskey Rebellion
LT. Ashley
Deceit
Grove McCarthy
Ancient Secrets of the Bible
Host & Narrator
TV Shows (32)
NCIS
Nicolas Mason · 1 eps
24
James Heller · 32 eps
The West Wing
Lewis Berryhill · 2 eps
The X-Files
General Mark Suveg · 1 eps
Stargate SG-1
President Hayes · 3 eps
Psych
Peters · 1 eps
Ironside
Smiley · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Tom Wetherly · 1 eps
Mannix
Al Kordic · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Benjamin Parker · 1 eps
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Al Capone · 1 eps
Knots Landing
Greg Sumner · 269 eps
Revenge
Edward Grayson · 2 eps
Bosch: Legacy
Whitney Vance · 4 eps
Early Edition
Bernie Hobson · 5 eps
Gunsmoke
Moss Stratton · 1 eps
Medical Center
Dr. Ray Waltham · 1 eps
The Grinder
Dean Sanderson Sr. · 22 eps
What About Brian
Michael Davis · 6 eps
Hope and Gloria
William Devane · 1 eps
Notes from the Underbelly
Walter · 1 eps
The Michael Richards Show
Brady McKay · 9 eps
The Snoop Sisters
David Prine · 1 eps
Crumbs
Billy Crumb · 13 eps
A Woman Named Jackie
Black Jack Bouvier · 3 eps
Black Beauty
John Manly · 5 eps
Phenom
Lou Della Rosa · 22 eps
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. Milt Warden · 3 eps
Turks
Sergeant Joseph Turk · 13 eps
The Monroes
9 eps
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
Greg Sumner · 2 eps
The Missiles of October
John F. Kennedy - US President · 2 eps
