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William Devane
Öne çıktığı alan: OyunculukWilliam 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.
Filmografi 51
24
James Heller rolünde 
Knots Landing
Greg Sumner rolünde 
Yıldızlararası
Williams rolünde 
The Grinder
Dean Sanderson Sr. rolünde 
Gününü Göreceksin
Carter rolünde 
Aile Komplosu
Arthur Adamson rolünde 
Görünmeyen Tehlike
Dr. Kramer rolünde 
Uzay Kovboyları
Eugene Davis rolünde 
A Woman Named Jackie
Black Jack Bouvier rolünde 
Yıldız Geçidi: Süreklilik
President Henry Hayes rolünde 
McCabe ve Bayan Miller
Lawyer rolünde 
Vahşi Koşu
Janeway rolünde 
Casus Oyunu
Nick Caldwell rolünde 
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Dr. Dix rolünde 
Rogues Gallery
Self – Narrator rolünde 
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Dr. Dix rolünde 
Rolling Thunder
Major Charles Rane rolünde 
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Dr. Dix rolünde 
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Dr. Dix rolünde 
Monte Walsh
Cal Brennan rolünde 
Jesse Stone: Kayıp Masumlar
Dr. Dix rolünde 
Yanks
John rolünde 
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Dr. Dix rolünde 
Büyük Sürpriz
Leonard Doc Blach rolünde 
Gerçek Yaratık
Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree rolünde 
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Dr. Dix rolünde 
Aşk Nehri
Dutch Hines rolünde 
Testament
Tom Wetherly rolünde 
Race to Space
Roger Thornhill rolünde 
Honky Tonk Freeway
Mayor Kirby T. Calo rolünde 
Good Morning, Killer
Everett Morgan Gray rolünde 
The Badge
The Judge rolünde 
The Preppie Murder
Jack Litman rolünde 
Lady in Waiting
Lt. Barrett rolünde 
Rapor
Asst. D.A. Jackson rolünde 
Freefall: Flight 174
Capt. Bob Pearson rolünde 
Victim of Beauty
Sheriff Jim Metts rolünde 
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Mike Leak rolünde 
Suçun Bedeli
Ron Lake rolünde 
La mortadella
Jock Fenner rolünde 
Leprechaun's Revenge
Pop O'Hara rolünde 
The Pursuit of Happiness
Pilot rolünde 
Murder C.O.D.
Alex Brandt rolünde 
A Christmas Visitor
George Boyajian rolünde 
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Thompson rolünde 
Timestalkers
Scott McKenzie rolünde 
Kurtuluş
Big Red rolünde 
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
Tom Kincaid rolünde 
Forgotten Sins
Dr. Richard Ofshe rolünde 