William Devane
Acting
Born September 5, 1939 · Albany, New York, USA
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 gaine…
Known For · 40 titles
NCIS
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Stargate SG-1
24
The X-Files
The West Wing
Interstellar
Psych
Mannix
Knots Landing
Revenge
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Touched by an Angel
The Dark Knight Rises
American Playhouse
Gunsmoke
Early Edition
Film '72
Medical Center
Bosch: Legacy
What About Brian
Hollow Man
The Grinder
Payback
Hope and Gloria
Notes from the Underbelly
The Snoop Sisters
Crumbs
Space Cowboys
The Michael Richards Show
Phenom
Stargate: Continuum
Marathon Man
From Here to Eternity
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
A Woman Named Jackie
Truth
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost