William Devane

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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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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1939-09-05
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 15.7
  • info Birth Place Albany, New York, USA
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5.8

The Badge

2002-09-07

6.8

Payback

1999-02-05

7.2

Marathon Man

1976-10-08

6.4

Space Cowboys

2000-08-04

6.8

Rolling Thunder

1977-11-02

6

Yanks

1979-09-01

6.7

Family Plot

1976-04-09

5.4

A Christmas Visitor

2002-11-24

7.1

Stargate: Continuum

2008-07-29

7.1

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971-06-24

6.8

Report to the Commissioner

1975-02-05

6.1

Monte Walsh

2003-01-17

5.1

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

2010-10-02

4.2

Poor White Trash

2000-12-01

4.5

Night Watch

1995-10-04

6.8

Murder C.O.D.

1990-09-24

4.9

Vital Signs

1990-04-13

5

The Least Among You

2009-01-12

5.8

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

1977-07-08

5.2

Timestalkers

1987-03-10

5.6

Freefall: Flight 174

1995-10-10

7.5

The Missiles of October

1974-12-18

6.5

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

2011-05-21

5.2

Leprechaun's Revenge

2012-03-17

4.5

The Dark

1979-04-27

8.5

Chips, the War Dog

1990-03-24

6.8

For the Love of Nancy

1994-10-02

6.8

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

2012-05-19

6

Flag of My Father

2011-11-01

5.9

Obsessed

1992-09-26

5.4

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

1993-05-04

4

Red Alert

1977-05-18

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The Dealership

2009-01-01

6.4

50 to 1

2014-03-21

5.4

Bad Turn Worse

2014-08-15

5.5

Lady Liberty

1971-12-22

4.1

Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story

2001-06-22

6.4

The Bait

1973-03-13

3.4

Lady in Waiting

1994-12-07

5.9

Race to Space

2001-10-31

9

Fear on Trial

1975-10-02

6.4

Testament

1983-11-04

8.4

Interstellar

2014-11-05

2

Forgotten Sins

1996-03-07

4.7

Doomsday Rock

1997-08-23

6

Nightmare in Columbia County

1991-12-10

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The Other Victim

1981-11-04

4

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

1981-10-03

5.3

The Man Who Used to Be Me

2000-07-16

3.8

Exception to the Rule

1997-01-01

4

Hadley's Rebellion

1983-09-30

3.7

Deceit

2004-03-15

0

The Fall

2009-10-30

6

Hollow Man

2000-08-04

6.6

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

2015-10-18

7.8

The Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-17

5.2

Good Morning, Killer

2011-12-13

7

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

2007-05-22

6

In the Country

1967-01-01

6.8

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

2010-05-09

5.3

Threat of Exposure

2002-11-07

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Ancient Secrets of the Bible

1992-05-15

6

The Preppie Murder

1989-09-24

6.2

Plotting 'Family Plot'

2001-03-06

6.8

My Old Man's Place

1971-06-29

6.9

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

2009-03-01

7

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006-04-30

3

The Irish Whiskey Rebellion

1972-01-10

5

The Absolute Truth

1997-04-30

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Crime Club

1973-03-06

6.6

Truth

2015-10-16

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The President's Child

1992-10-27

5.1

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981-08-21

4.6

Virus

1995-05-08

2

The 300-Year Weekend

1971-02-26

5.3

The River Why

2010-04-09

1

Rubdown

1993-09-15

6

Jane Doe

1983-03-12

6.3

The Pursuit of Happiness

1971-02-23

0

With Intent to Kill

1984-10-24

0

Payback: Straight Up

2006-10-21

0

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

1974-06-11

5.8

Crumbs

2006-01-12

7.3

King of the Hill

1997-01-12

6.8

Knots Landing

1979-12-27

4.5

The Michael Richards Show

2000-10-24

4.8

Phenom

1993-09-14

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

8.4

The X-Files

1993-09-10

7.7

NCIS

2003-09-23

8.3

Stargate SG-1

1997-07-27

0

The Monroes

1995-09-12

6

Turks

1999-01-21

9

Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac

1997-05-07

7.8

24

2001-11-06

7.8

24

2001-11-06

7.9

Psych

2006-07-07

8.3

The West Wing

1999-09-22

7.6

Revenge

2011-09-21

6.7

The Grinder

2015-09-29

6.5

From Here to Eternity

1979-02-14

9

A Woman Named Jackie

1991-10-13

7

Black Beauty

1978-01-31

8

Bosch: Legacy

2022-05-05

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-10-01

5

Hope and Gloria

1995-03-09

6.1

Medical Center

1969-09-24

7

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993-09-12

6.7

Mannix

1967-09-16

7.2

Touched by an Angel

1994-09-21

7.2

The Snoop Sisters

1973-12-19

8.8

The Missiles of October

1974-09-18

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