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William Devane

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

September 4, 1939 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Albany, New York, USA

William Devane

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.

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The Badge

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Payback

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Marathon Man

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Space Cowboys

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Rolling Thunder

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Yanks

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Family Plot

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A Christmas Visitor

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Stargate: Continuum

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller

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Report to the Commissioner

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Monte Walsh

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The Kane Files: Life of Trial

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Poor White Trash

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Night Watch

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Murder C.O.D.

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Vital Signs

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The Least Among You

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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

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Timestalkers

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Freefall: Flight 174

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The Missiles of October

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Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

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Leprechaun's Revenge

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The Dark

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Chips, the War Dog

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For the Love of Nancy

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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

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Flag of My Father

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Obsessed

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Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

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Red Alert

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The Dealership

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50 to 1

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Bad Turn Worse

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Lady Liberty

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Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story

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The Bait

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Lady in Waiting

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Race to Space

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Fear on Trial

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Testament

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Interstellar

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Forgotten Sins

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Doomsday Rock

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Nightmare in Columbia County

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The Other Victim

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Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

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The Man Who Used to Be Me

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Exception to the Rule

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Hadley's Rebellion

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Deceit

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The Fall

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Hollow Man

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Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

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The Dark Knight Rises

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Good Morning, Killer

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Jesse Stone: Sea Change

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In the Country

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Jesse Stone: No Remorse

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Threat of Exposure

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Ancient Secrets of the Bible

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The Preppie Murder

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Plotting 'Family Plot'

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My Old Man's Place

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Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

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The Irish Whiskey Rebellion

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The Absolute Truth

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Crime Club

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Truth

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The President's Child

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Honky Tonk Freeway

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Virus

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The 300-Year Weekend

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The River Why

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Rubdown

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Jane Doe

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The Pursuit of Happiness

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With Intent to Kill

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Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita

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Crumbs

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King of the Hill

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Knots Landing

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The Michael Richards Show

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Phenom

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Gunsmoke

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The X-Files

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NCIS

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Stargate SG-1

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The Monroes

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Turks

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Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac

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24

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Psych

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The West Wing

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Revenge

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The Grinder

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From Here to Eternity

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A Woman Named Jackie

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Black Beauty

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Bosch: Legacy

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

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Hope and Gloria

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Medical Center

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

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Mannix

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Touched by an Angel

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The Snoop Sisters

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The Missiles of October

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