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.
Born: 05 September 1939
Played In
Bosch: Legacy
Whitney Vance
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Dr. Dix
Truth
Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited)
The Grinder
Dean Sanderson Sr.
Interstellar
Williams
Bad Turn Worse
Big Red
50 to 1
Leonard Doc Blach
The Dark Knight Rises
President
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Dr. Dix
Leprechaun's Revenge
Pop O'Hara
Good Morning, Killer
Everett Morgan Gray
Flag of My Father
Jake
Revenge
Edward Grayson
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
Dr. Dix
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Thompson
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Dr. Dix
The River Why
Dutch Hines
The Fall
judge Stanley Seeban
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Dr. Dix
The Least Among You
Alan Beckett
The Dealership
Frank Carson
Stargate: Continuum
President Henry Hayes
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Dr. Dix
Notes from the Underbelly
Walter
Psych
Peters
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Dr. Dix
What About Brian
Michael Davis
Crumbs
Billy Crumb
Deceit
Grove McCarthy
NCIS
Nicolas Mason
Monte Walsh
Cal Brennan
A Christmas Visitor
George Boyajian
Threat of Exposure
Col. Weldon
The Badge
The Judge
24
James Heller
Race to Space
Roger Thornhill
Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
Tom Kincaid
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Self
Poor White Trash
Ron Lake
The Michael Richards Show
Brady McKay
Space Cowboys
Eugene Davis
Hollow Man
Dr. Kramer
The Man Who Used to Be Me
Older Sam Ryan
The West Wing
Lewis Berryhill
Payback
Carter
Turks
Sergeant Joseph Turk
Doomsday Rock
Dr. Karl Sorenson
Stargate SG-1
President Hayes
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
Greg Sumner
The Absolute Truth
Sen. Emmett Hunter
Rogues Gallery
Self – Narrator
Exception to the Rule
Lawrence Kellerman
Early Edition
Bernie Hobson
Forgotten Sins
Dr. Richard Ofshe
Freefall: Flight 174
Capt. Bob Pearson
Night Watch
Nick Caldwell
The Monroes
Virus
Dr. Harbuck
Hope and Gloria
William Devane
Lady in Waiting
Lt. Barrett
For the Love of Nancy
Tom
Touched by an Angel
Benjamin Parker
Rubdown
Harry Orwitz
Phenom
Lou Della Rosa
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Al Capone
The X-Files
General Mark Suveg
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Daniel 'Dan' Fields
The President's Child
Elliot McSwain
Obsessed
Ed Bledsoe
Ancient Secrets of the Bible
Host & Narrator
Victim of Beauty
Sheriff Jim Metts
A Woman Named Jackie
Black Jack Bouvier
Murder C.O.D.
Alex Brandt
Vital Signs
Dr. Chatham
Chips, the War Dog
Col. Charnley
The Preppie Murder
Jack Litman
Timestalkers
Scott McKenzie
With Intent to Kill
Aaron Charney
Testament
Tom Wetherly
Hadley's Rebellion
Coach Ball
Jane Doe
William Quinn
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
The Other Victim
Harry Langford
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
Maj. Phil Clark
Honky Tonk Freeway
Mayor Kirby T. Calo
Knots Landing
Greg Sumner
Yanks
John
The Dark
Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. Milt Warden
Black Beauty
John Manly
Rolling Thunder
Major Charles Rane
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Mike Leak
Red Alert
Frank Brolen
Marathon Man
Janeway
Family Plot
Arthur Adamson
Fear on Trial
John Henry Faulk
Report to the Commissioner
Asst. D.A. Jackson
The Missiles of October
President John F. Kennedy
The Missiles of October
John F. Kennedy - US President
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
The Snoop Sisters
David Prine
The Bait
Earl Stokey
Crime Club
Kilburn
The Irish Whiskey Rebellion
LT. Ashley
Lady Liberty
Jock Fenner
Film '72
Self
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Lawyer
My Old Man's Place
Jimmy Pilgrim
The 300-Year Weekend
Tom
The Pursuit of Happiness
Pilot
Medical Center
Dr. Ray Waltham
Mannix
Al Kordic
In the Country
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Gunsmoke
Moss Stratton