William Devane

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Albany, New York, USA, 1939-09-05

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	In the Country		60
2	1971	The Pursuit of Happiness	Pilot	63
3	1971	The 300-Year Weekend	Tom	20
4	1971	McCabe & Mrs. Miller	The Lawyer	71
5	1971	My Old Man's Place	Jimmy Pilgrim	68
6	1971	Lady Liberty	Jock Fenner	54
7	1972	The Irish Whiskey Rebellion	LT. Ashley	30
8	1973	Crime Club	Kilburn	0
9	1973	The Bait	Earl Stokey	64
10	1974	Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita		0
11	1974	The Missiles of October	President John F. Kennedy	75
12	1975	Report to the Commissioner	Asst. D.A. Jackson	68
13	1975	Fear on Trial	John Henry Faulk	90
14	1976	Family Plot	Arthur Adamson	67
15	1976	Marathon Man	Janeway	72
16	1977	Red Alert	Frank Brolen	40
17	1977	The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training	Mike Leak	58
18	1977	Rolling Thunder	Major Charles Rane	68
19	1979	The Dark	Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree	46
20	1979	Yanks	John	60
21	1981	Honky Tonk Freeway	Mayor Kirby T. Calo	52
22	1981	Red Flag: The Ultimate Game	Maj. Phil Clark	40
23	1981	The Other Victim	Harry Langford	0
24	1983	Jane Doe	William Quinn	60
25	1983	Hadley's Rebellion	Coach Ball	40
26	1983	Testament	Tom Wetherly	64
27	1984	With Intent to Kill	Aaron Charney	0
28	1987	Timestalkers	Scott McKenzie	52
29	1989	The Preppie Murder	Jack Litman	60
30	1990	Chips, the War Dog	Col. Charnley	85
31	1990	Vital Signs	Dr. Chatham	49
32	1990	Murder C.O.D.	Alex Brandt	68
33	1991	Nightmare in Columbia County	Sheriff Jim Metts	60
34	1992	Ancient Secrets of the Bible	Host & Narrator	0
35	1992	Obsessed	Ed Bledsoe	59
36	1992	The President's Child	Elliot McSwain	0
37	1993	Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story	Daniel 'Dan' Fields	54
38	1993	Rubdown	Harry Orwitz	10
39	1994	For the Love of Nancy	Tom	68
40	1994	Lady in Waiting	Lt. Barrett	34
41	1995	Virus	Dr. Harbuck	46
42	1995	Night Watch	Nick Caldwell	45
43	1995	Freefall: Flight 174	Capt. Bob Pearson	55
44	1996	Forgotten Sins	Dr. Richard Ofshe	20
45	1997	Exception to the Rule	Lawrence Kellerman	38
46	1997	The Absolute Truth	Sen. Emmett Hunter	50
47	1997	Doomsday Rock	Dr. Karl Sorenson	47
48	1999	Payback	Carter	68
49	2000	The Man Who Used to Be Me	Older Sam Ryan	53
50	2000	Space Cowboys	Eugene Davis	64
51	2000	Hollow Man	Dr. Kramer	59
52	2000	Poor White Trash	Ron Lake	42
53	2001	Plotting 'Family Plot'	Self	62
54	2001	Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story	Tom Kincaid	41
55	2001	Race to Space	Roger Thornhill	59
56	2002	The Badge	The Judge	59
57	2002	Threat of Exposure	Col. Weldon	53
58	2002	A Christmas Visitor	George Boyajian	53
59	2003	Monte Walsh	Cal Brennan	61
60	2004	Deceit	Grove McCarthy	37
61	2006	Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise	Dr. Dix	69
62	2007	Jesse Stone: Sea Change	Dr. Dix	70
63	2008	Stargate: Continuum	President Henry Hayes	71
64	2009	The Dealership	Frank Carson	0
65	2009	The Least Among You	Alan Beckett	50
66	2009	Jesse Stone: Thin Ice	Dr. Dix	69
67	2009	The Fall	judge Stanley Seeban	0
68	2010	The River Why	Dutch Hines	53
69	2010	Jesse Stone: No Remorse	Dr. Dix	68
70	2010	The Kane Files: Life of Trial	Thompson	51
71	2011	Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost	Dr. Dix	65
72	2011	Flag of My Father	Jake	60
73	2011	Good Morning, Killer	Everett Morgan Gray	52
74	2012	Leprechaun's Revenge	Pop O'Hara	52
75	2012	Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt	Dr. Dix	68
76	2012	The Dark Knight Rises	President	78
77	2014	50 to 1	Leonard Doc Blach	66
78	2014	Bad Turn Worse	Big Red	54
79	2014	Interstellar	Williams	85
80	2015	Truth	Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited)	65
81	2015	Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise	Dr. Dix	66

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Moss Stratton	66
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
3	1967	Mannix	Al Kordic	67
4	1969	Medical Center	Dr. Ray Waltham	61
5	1973	The Snoop Sisters	David Prine	72
6	1974	The Missiles of October	John F. Kennedy - US President	88
7	1978	Black Beauty	John Manly	70
8	1979	From Here to Eternity	Sgt. Milt Warden	65
9	1979	Knots Landing	Greg Sumner	68
10	1991	A Woman Named Jackie	Black Jack Bouvier	92
11	1993	The X-Files	General Mark Suveg	84
12	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Al Capone	70
13	1993	Phenom	Lou Della Rosa	48
14	1994	Touched by an Angel	Benjamin Parker	72
15	1995	Hope and Gloria	William Devane	50
16	1995	The Monroes		0
17	1997	King of the Hill	Chuck Garrison (voice)	73
18	1997	Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac	Greg Sumner	90
19	1997	Stargate SG-1	President Hayes	83
20	1999	Turks	Sergeant Joseph Turk	60
21	1999	The West Wing	Lewis Berryhill	82
22	2000	The Michael Richards Show	Brady McKay	45
23	2001	24	James Heller	78
24	2003	NCIS	Nicolas Mason	76
25	2006	Crumbs		58
26	2006	Psych	Peters	79
27	2011	Revenge	Edward Grayson	76
28	2015	The Grinder	Dean Sanderson Sr.	67
29	2022	Bosch: Legacy	Whitney Vance	80