
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
September 5, 1939 (86 years old)
Albany, New York, USA
Also Known As
- William Joseph Devane
- Γουίλιαμ Ντιβέιν
- ویلیام دیوان
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.
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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
Acting

Bosch: Legacy
2022

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
2015

Truth
2015

The Grinder
2015

Interstellar
2014

Bad Turn Worse
2014

50 to 1
2014

The Dark Knight Rises
2012

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
2012

Leprechaun's Revenge
2012

Good Morning, Killer
2011

Revenge
2011

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
2011

The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010

Jesse Stone: No Remorse
2010

The River Why
2010

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
2009

Stargate: Continuum
2008

Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007

Psych
2006

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006

What About Brian
2006

NCIS
2003

Monte Walsh
2003







