William Devane

ActorWriterCrew Sep 5 (age 87) Albany, New York, USA 1955–2022 (67 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Interstellar

Williams

Film

The Dark Knight Rises

President

Film

24

James Heller

Film

Payback

Carter

Film

Marathon Man

Janeway

Film

Hollow Man

Dr. Kramer

Film

Space Cowboys

Eugene Davis

Film

Stargate: Continuum

President Henry Hayes

Filmography

Acting (123)

Movies (87)

Truth

2015

as Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited)

6.5

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

as Dr. Dix

Interstellar

as Williams

50 to 1

as Leonard Doc Blach

Bad Turn Worse

as Big Red

The Dark Knight Rises

2012

as President

7.8

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

as Dr. Dix

Leprechaun's Revenge

as Pop O'Hara

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

2011

as Dr. Dix

6.5

Good Morning, Killer

2011

as Everett Morgan Gray

4.9

Flag of My Father

2011

as Jake

6.0

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

as Dr. Dix

The River Why

as Dutch Hines

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

2010

as Thompson

4.8

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

as Dr. Dix

Chasing the Green

The Dealership

as Frank Carson

The Fall

2009

as judge Stanley Seeban

The Least Among You

as Alan Beckett

Stargate: Continuum

as President Henry Hayes

7.1

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

as Dr. Dix

Payback: Straight Up

as Fred Carter

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006

as Dr. Dix

6.9

Payback: Straight Up

2006

as Fred Carter

Payback: Straight Up

Deceit

as Grove McCarthy

Monte Walsh

as Cal Brennan

The Badge

as The Judge

A Christmas Visitor

as George Boyajian

Threat of Exposure

as Col. Weldon

Race to Space

as Roger Thornhill

Plotting 'Family Plot'

2001

as Self

6.9

Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story

as Tom Kincaid

Hollow Man

as Dr. Kramer

Space Cowboys

as Eugene Davis

Poor White Trash

as Ron Lake

The Man Who Used to Be Me

as Older Sam Ryan

Payback

as Carter

The Absolute Truth

as Sen. Emmett Hunter

4.5

Doomsday Rock

1997

as Dr. Karl Sorenson

5.3

Exception to the Rule

1997

as Lawrence Kellerman

Forgotten Sins

as Dr. Richard Ofshe

Virus

as Dr. Harbuck

Freefall: Flight 174

as Capt. Bob Pearson

Night Watch

as Nick Caldwell

Lady in Waiting

as Lt. Barrett

For the Love of Nancy

as Tom

Rubdown

as Harry Orwitz

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

1993

as Daniel 'Dan' Fields

5.3

Obsessed

1992

as Ed Bledsoe

6.1

The President's Child

1992

as Elliot McSwain

9.0

Ancient Secrets of the Bible

1992

as Host & Narrator

Victim of Beauty

as Sheriff Jim Metts

Vital Signs

as Dr. Chatham

Murder C.O.D.

as Alex Brandt

Chips, the War Dog

as Col. Charnley

The Preppie Murder

as Jack Litman

Timestalkers

as Scott McKenzie

With Intent to Kill

as Aaron Charney

Testament

as Tom Wetherly

Jane Doe

as William Quinn

Hadley's Rebellion

as Coach Ball

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

1982

as Self

6.0

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981

as Mayor Kirby T. Calo

5.4

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

as Maj. Phil Clark

The Other Victim

as Harry Langford

Yanks

as John

The Dark

as Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree

4.6

Rolling Thunder

1977

as Major Charles Rane

6.8

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

as Mike Leak

Red Alert

as Frank Brolen

Marathon Man

as Janeway

Family Plot

as Arthur Adamson

Fear on Trial

as John Henry Faulk

Report to the Commissioner

1975

as Asst. D.A. Jackson

6.6

The Missiles of October

1974

as President John F. Kennedy

7.5

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

1974

Crime Club

1973

as Kilburn

The Bait

1973

as Earl Stokey

6.4

The Irish Whiskey Rebellion

as LT. Ashley

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

as The Lawyer

My Old Man's Place

as Jimmy Pilgrim

Lady Liberty

as Jock Fenner

The Pursuit of Happiness

as Pilot

The 300-Year Weekend

as Tom

In the Country

Payback: Straight Up

as Fred Carter

Television (36)

Bosch: Legacy

2022

as Whitney Vance

8.0

The Grinder

2015

as Dean Sanderson Sr.

6.7

Revenge

2011

as Edward Grayson

7.5

Notes from the Underbelly

as Walter

Psych

as Peters

What About Brian

as Michael Davis

Crumbs

as Billy Crumb

NCIS

as Nicolas Mason

as James Heller

as James Heller

The Michael Richards Show

as Brady McKay

The West Wing

as Lewis Berryhill

Turks

as Sergeant Joseph Turk

Stargate SG-1

as President Hayes

King of the Hill

as Chuck Garrison (voice)

7.4

Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac

1997

as Greg Sumner

9.0

Rogues Gallery

1997

as Self – Narrator

Early Edition

as Bernie Hobson

Hope and Gloria

as William Devane

The Monroes

Touched by an Angel

as Benjamin Parker

The X-Files

as General Mark Suveg

8.4

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Al Capone

Phenom

as Lou Della Rosa

A Woman Named Jackie

as Black Jack Bouvier

8.8

Knots Landing

1979

as Greg Sumner

6.9

From Here to Eternity

as Sgt. Milt Warden

Black Beauty

as John Manly

Battle of the Network Stars

1976

as Self - NBC Team

6.4

The Missiles of October

1974

as John F. Kennedy - US President

The Snoop Sisters

as David Prine

Film '72

as Self

Medical Center

as Dr. Ray Waltham

Mannix

as Al Kordic

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Gunsmoke

as Moss Stratton

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

The Million Dollar Rip-Off

Writer

The 300-Year Weekend

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