William Devane
Acting
Born: September 5, 1939 (age 87) · 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 (77)
Interstellar
Williams
The Dark Knight Rises
President
Space Cowboys
Eugene Davis
Payback
Carter
Family Plot
Arthur Adamson
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Lawyer
Marathon Man
Janeway
Hollow Man
Dr. Kramer
Stargate: Continuum
President Henry Hayes
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Dr. Dix
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Dr. Dix
Freefall: Flight 174
Capt. Bob Pearson
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Dr. Dix
Testament
Tom Wetherly
Truth
Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited)
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Dr. Dix
Night Watch
Nick Caldwell
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Dr. Dix
Rolling Thunder
Major Charles Rane
Vital Signs
Dr. Chatham
The Badge
The Judge
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
Dr. Dix
Report to the Commissioner
Asst. D.A. Jackson
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Mike Leak
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Dr. Dix
The Preppie Murder
Jack Litman
Monte Walsh
Cal Brennan
Honky Tonk Freeway
Mayor Kirby T. Calo
The Dark
Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree
Lady in Waiting
Lt. Barrett
Yanks
John
The Pursuit of Happiness
Pilot
Red Alert
Frank Brolen
For the Love of Nancy
Tom
Timestalkers
Scott McKenzie
Poor White Trash
Ron Lake
Leprechaun's Revenge
Pop O'Hara
The River Why
Dutch Hines
50 to 1
Leonard Doc Blach
The Missiles of October
President John F. Kennedy
Race to Space
Roger Thornhill
Lady Liberty
Jock Fenner
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
Maj. Phil Clark
A Christmas Visitor
George Boyajian
Virus
Dr. Harbuck
My Old Man's Place
Jimmy Pilgrim
The Irish Whiskey Rebellion
LT. Ashley
Exception to the Rule
Lawrence Kellerman
Victim of Beauty
Sheriff Jim Metts
Obsessed
Ed Bledsoe
Good Morning, Killer
Everett Morgan Gray
Hadley's Rebellion
Coach Ball
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Thompson
The Absolute Truth
Emmett Hunter
Crime Club
Kilburn
Chips, the War Dog
Col. Charnley
Forgotten Sins
Dr. Richard Ofshe
The Man Who Used to Be Me
Older Sam Ryan
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Daniel 'Dan' Fields
Bad Turn Worse
Big Red
With Intent to Kill
Aaron Charney
The Bait
Earl Stokey
The President's Child
Elliot McSwain
Murder C.O.D.
Alex Brandt
Chasing the Green
2009
Ancient Secrets of the Bible
Host & Narrator
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
Tom Kincaid
The 300-Year Weekend
Tom
The Other Victim
Harry Langford
Threat of Exposure
Col. Weldon
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974
Fear on Trial
John Henry Faulk
Jane Doe
William Quinn
Rubdown
Harry Orwitz
Deceit
Grove McCarthy
Flag of My Father
Jake
In the Country
1967
TV Shows (33)
NCIS
Nicolas Mason · 1 eps
The X-Files
General Mark Suveg · 1 eps
24
James Heller · 32 eps
Stargate SG-1
President Hayes · 3 eps
Psych
Peters · 1 eps
The West Wing
Lewis Berryhill · 2 eps
Mannix
Al Kordic · 1 eps
Knots Landing
Greg Sumner · 269 eps
Ironside
Smiley · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Fallon · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Benjamin Parker · 1 eps
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Al Capone · 1 eps
Revenge
Edward Grayson · 2 eps
American Playhouse
Tom Wetherly · 1 eps
Medical Center
Dr. Ray Waltham · 1 eps
Early Edition
Bernie Hobson · 5 eps
Bosch: Legacy
Whitney Vance · 4 eps
Gunsmoke
Moss Stratton · 1 eps
What About Brian
Michael Davis · 6 eps
The Grinder
Dean Sanderson Sr. · 22 eps
Hope and Gloria
William Devane · 1 eps
Notes from the Underbelly
Walter · 1 eps
The Michael Richards Show
Brady McKay · 9 eps
Phenom
Lou Della Rosa · 22 eps
The Snoop Sisters
David Prine · 1 eps
Crumbs
Billy Crumb · 13 eps
A Woman Named Jackie
Black Jack Bouvier · 3 eps
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
Greg Sumner · 2 eps
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. Milt Warden · 3 eps
Black Beauty
John Manly · 5 eps
Turks
Sergeant Joseph Turk · 13 eps
The Monroes
9 eps
The Missiles of October
John F. Kennedy - US President · 2 eps
