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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| 1 | Truth (2015) | Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited) | 6.7 | |
| 2 | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015) | Dr. Dix | 7.5 | |
| 3 | Interstellar (2014) Top 100 by FilmGator | Williams | 8.5 | |
| 4 | Bad Turn Worse (2014) | Big Red | 6 | |
| 5 | Leprechaun's Revenge (2012) | Pop O'Hara | 4.5 | |
| 6 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Top 100 by FilmGator | President | 9 | |
| 7 | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012) | Dr. Dix | 8 | |
| 8 | Flag of My Father (2011) | Jake | - | - |
| 9 | Good Morning, Killer (2011) | Everett Morgan Gray | 6 | |
| 10 | Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011) | Dr. Dix | 7.5 | |
| 11 | Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010) | Dr. Dix | 7.5 | |
| 12 | The River Why (2010) | Dutch Hines | 6 | |
| 13 | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009) | Dr. Dix | 8 | |
| 14 | Stargate: Continuum (2008) | President Henry Hayes | 7.2 | |
| 15 | Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007) | Dr. Dix | 7.5 | |
| 16 | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006) | Dr. Dix | 7.5 | |
| 17 | A Christmas Visitor (2002) | George Boyajian | 9 | |
| 18 | Poor White Trash (2000) | Ron Lake | - | - |
| 19 | Hollow Man (2000) Oscars 2001 | Dr. Kramer | 5.9 | |
| 20 | Space Cowboys (2000) Oscars 2001 | Eugene Davis | 6.4 | |
| 21 | Payback (1999) | Carter | 6.8 | |
| 22 | Exception to the Rule (1997) | Lawrence Kellerman | - | - |
| 23 | Virus (1995) | Dr. Harbuck | 5 | |
| 24 | Freefall: Flight 174 (1995) | Capt. Bob Pearson | - | - |
| 25 | Lady in Waiting (1994) | Lt. Barrett | - | - |
| 26 | For the Love of Nancy (1994) | Tom | - | - |
| 27 | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993) | Daniel 'Dan' Fields | - | - |
| 28 | Obsessed (1992) | Ed Bledsoe | - | - |
| 29 | Murder C.O.D. (1990) | Alex Brandt | - | - |
| 30 | Vital Signs (1990) | Dr. Chatham | - | - |
| 31 | The Preppie Murder (1989) | Jack Litman | - | - |
| 32 | Timestalkers (1987) | Scott McKenzie | 3 | |
| 33 | Testament (1983) | Tom Wetherly | 7.7 | |
| 34 | Yanks (1979) | John | - | - |
| 35 | Rolling Thunder (1977) | Major Charles Rane | 7 | |
| 36 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) | Mike Leak | - | - |
| 37 | Red Alert (1977) | Frank Brolen | - | - |
| 38 | Family Plot (1976) | Arthur Adamson | 5.3 | |
| 39 | Marathon Man (1976) | Janeway | 7.4 | |
| 40 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) | Lawyer | 6 |
