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William Devane
Dikenal di bidang: AktingWilliam 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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24
sebagai James Heller 
Knots Landing
sebagai Greg Sumner 
Interstellar
sebagai Williams 
The Grinder
sebagai Dean Sanderson Sr. 
Hollow Man
sebagai Dr. Kramer 
Space Cowboys
sebagai Eugene Davis 
Payback
sebagai Carter 
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
sebagai Lawyer 
A Woman Named Jackie
sebagai Black Jack Bouvier 
Marathon Man
sebagai Janeway 
Stargate: Continuum
sebagai President Henry Hayes 
Family Plot
sebagai Arthur Adamson 
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
sebagai Dr. Dix 
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
sebagai Dr. Dix 
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
sebagai Dr. Dix 
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
sebagai Dr. Dix 
Testament
sebagai Tom Wetherly 
Rolling Thunder
sebagai Major Charles Rane 
Monte Walsh
sebagai Cal Brennan 
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
sebagai Dr. Dix 
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
sebagai Dr. Dix 
Rogues Gallery
sebagai Self – Narrator 
50 to 1
sebagai Leonard Doc Blach 
The Dark
sebagai Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree 
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
sebagai Dr. Dix 
Yanks
sebagai John 
The River Why
sebagai Dutch Hines 
Honky Tonk Freeway
sebagai Mayor Kirby T. Calo 
Good Morning, Killer
sebagai Everett Morgan Gray 
The Badge
sebagai The Judge 
The Preppie Murder
sebagai Jack Litman 
Night Watch
sebagai Nick Caldwell 
Lady in Waiting
sebagai Lt. Barrett 
Report to the Commissioner
sebagai Asst. D.A. Jackson 
Freefall: Flight 174
sebagai Capt. Bob Pearson 
Victim of Beauty
sebagai Sheriff Jim Metts 
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
sebagai Mike Leak 
Lady Liberty
sebagai Jock Fenner 
Poor White Trash
sebagai Ron Lake 
Leprechaun's Revenge
sebagai Pop O'Hara 
The Pursuit of Happiness
sebagai Pilot 
Murder C.O.D.
sebagai Alex Brandt 
A Christmas Visitor
sebagai George Boyajian 
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
sebagai Thompson 
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Penulis 
Timestalkers
sebagai Scott McKenzie 
Bad Turn Worse
sebagai Big Red 
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
sebagai Tom Kincaid 
Race to Space
sebagai Roger Thornhill 
Forgotten Sins
sebagai Dr. Richard Ofshe 