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William Joseph Devane, born in 1937, navigated the American acting landscape with a career that spans stage, television, and film. His early roles included the Off-Broadway spoof MacBird and the portrayal of Robert F. Kennedy, followed by the Emmy-winning TV movie Fear on Trial as John Henry Faulk. Devane's most notable television presence came with his decade-long run as Greg Sumner on Knots Landing, a role that earned him widespread recognition. His filmography boasts collaborations with auteurs like Robert Altman in "McCabe & Mrs. Miller," and he later joined the cast of 24 as Secretary of Defense James Heller, a role he reprised in "Live Another Day.
The roles that explain the career.
60 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Dr. Dix | Film |
| 2014 | Bad Turn Worse | Big Red | Film |
| 2014 | 50 to 1 | Leonard Doc Blach | Film |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Williams | Film |
| 2012 | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Dr. Dix | Film |
| 2012 | Leprechaun's Revenge | Pop O'Hara | Film |
| 2011 | Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Dr. Dix | Film |
| 2011 | Good Morning, Killer | Everett Morgan Gray | Film |
| 2011 | Flag of My Father | Jake | Film |
| 2010 | The Kane Files: Life of Trial | Thompson | Film |
| 2010 | The River Why | Dutch Hines | Film |
| 2010 | Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Dr. Dix | Film |
| 2009 | The Least Among You | Alan Beckett | Film |
| 2009 | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Dr. Dix | Film |
| 2009 | The Fall | judge Stanley Seeban | Film |
| 2008 | Stargate: Continuum | President Henry Hayes | Film |
| 2007 | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Dr. Dix | Film |
| 2006 | Crumbs | Billy Crumb | TV |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Dr. Dix | Film |
| 2003 | Monte Walsh | Cal Brennan | Film |
| 2002 | A Christmas Visitor | George Boyajian | Film |
| 2002 | The Badge | The Judge | Film |
| 2001 | Race to Space | Roger Thornhill | Film |
| 2001 | 24 | James Heller | TV |
| 2000 | The Michael Richards Show | Brady McKay | TV |
| 2000 | Poor White Trash | Ron Lake | Film |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Eugene Davis | Film |
| 2000 | Hollow Man | Dr. Kramer | Film |
| 1999 | Payback | Carter | Film |
| 1997 | Doomsday Rock | Dr. Karl Sorenson | Film |
| 1995 | Virus | Dr. Harbuck | Film |
| 1995 | Freefall: Flight 174 | Capt. Bob Pearson | Film |
| 1995 | The Monroes | TV | |
| 1995 | Night Watch | Nick Caldwell | Film |
| 1994 | Lady in Waiting | Lt. Barrett | Film |
| 1994 | For the Love of Nancy | Tom | Film |
| 1993 | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | Daniel 'Dan' Fields | Film |
| 1993 | Phenom | Lou Della Rosa | TV |
| 1992 | Obsessed | Ed Bledsoe | Film |
| 1991 | Victim of Beauty | Sheriff Jim Metts | Film |
| 1990 | Vital Signs | Dr. Chatham | Film |
| 1990 | Chips, the War Dog | Col. Charnley | Film |
| 1987 | Timestalkers | Scott McKenzie | Film |
| 1983 | Hadley's Rebellion | Coach Ball | Film |
| 1983 | Testament | Tom Wetherly | Film |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Mayor Kirby T. Calo | Film |
| 1979 | Yanks | John | Film |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Greg Sumner | TV |
| 1979 | The Dark | Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree | Film |
| 1977 | Red Alert | Frank Brolen | Film |
| 1977 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | Mike Leak | Film |
| 1977 | Rolling Thunder | Major Charles Rane | Film |
| 1976 | Family Plot | Arthur Adamson | Film |
| 1976 | Marathon Man | Janeway | Film |
| 1976 | The Million Dollar Rip-Off | Writer | Film |
| 1975 | Report to the Commissioner | Asst. D.A. Jackson | Film |
| 1974 | The Missiles of October | President John F. Kennedy | Film |
| 1971 | The Pursuit of Happiness | Pilot | Film |
| 1971 | Lady Liberty | Jock Fenner | Film |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Lawyer | Film |
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