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William Devane
Highest Rated: 93% Family Plot (1976)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Sep 5, 1939
Birthplace: Albany, New York, USA
A charismatic lead on television and in the occasional feature, William Devane was an inveterate scene-stealer whose devilish grin and intense focus were among the highlights of such projects as "The Missiles of October" (ABC, 1974), "Marathon Man" (1976), "Rolling Thunder" (1977) and the soap "Knots' Landing" (CBS, 1980-1993). Devane's versatility allowed him to play presidents and politicians, including several Kennedys, with the same degree of believability as his evil but lovable Greg Sumner on "Knots." Along the way, he netted Emmy nods, a fistful of Soap Opera Digest Awards, and a favored player status among television audiences that was reserved for very few performers over the course of a four-decade career. As much in demand in his seventh decade as he was at the beginning of his career, Devane remained one of the most respected and appreciated actors to frequent the small screen.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 54% | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Dr. Dix (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 29% | 71% | 50 to 1 | Doc Blach (Character) | $4.6M | 2014 |
| 80% | 51% | We Gotta Get Out of This Place | Big Red (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 13% | Leprechaun's Revenge | Pop O'Hara (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Dr. Dix (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning, Killer | Everett Morgan "Poppy" Grey (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Dr. Dix (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flag of My Father | Jake (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kane Files | Thompson (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | The River Why | Dutch Hines (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Dr. Dix (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | The Least Among You | Alan Beckett (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Chasing the Green | Victor Gatling (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Dr. Dix (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 20% | No Score Yet | The Fall | Judge Ceeban (Character) | $2.3M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Dr. Dix (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Dr. Dix (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deceit | Grove McCarthy (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | Monte Walsh | Cal Brennan (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | A Christmas Visitor | George Boyajian (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 33% | 39% | The Badge | The Judge (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 71% | 39% | Race to Space | Richard Thornhill (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Control | Col. Weldon (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Who Used to Be Me | Sam (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 60% | 31% | Poor White Trash | Ron Lake (Character) | $3.5K | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story | Tom Kincaid (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 78% | 53% | Space Cowboys | Eugene Davis (Character) | $90.4M | 2000 |
| 26% | 28% | Hollow Man | Dr. Kramer (Character) | $73.2M | 2000 |
| 56% | 69% | Payback | Carter (Character) | $81.5M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doomsday Rock | Dr. Karl Sorenson (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Absolute Truth | Sen. Emmett Hunter (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exception to the Rule | Lawrence Kellerman (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forgotten Sins | Dr. Richard Ofshe (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Falling From the Sky! Flight 174 | Capt. Bob Pearson (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Night Watch | Nick Caldwell (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 0% | 34% | Virus | Dr. Harbuck (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frogmen | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | For the Love of Nancy | Tom (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Lady in Waiting | Lt. Barrett (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | Daniel `'Dan'` Fields (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rubdown | Harry Orwitz (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The President's Child | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Obsessed | Ed Bledsoe (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Nightmare in Columbia County | Sheriff Jim Metts (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder C.O.D. | Alex Brandt (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Chips, the War Dog | Col. Charnley (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | The Preppie Murder | Jack Litman (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Timestalkers | Scott McKenzie (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Urge to Kill | Aaron Charney (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hadley's Rebellion | Coach Ball (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jane Doe | Lieutenant William Quinn (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 89% | 74% | Testament | Tom Wetherly (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Honky Tonk Freeway | Mayor Kirby T. Calo (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Red Flag: The Ultimate Game | Maj. Phil Clark (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Other Victim | Harry Langford (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Island and Homecoming | Master Sgt. Milt Warden (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor | Master Sgt. Milt Warden (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Aftermath and Revenge | Master Sgt. Milt Warden (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity: Crossroads and Secrets | Master Sgt. Milt Warden (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Dark |
Roy Warner/ |
- | 1979 |
| 57% | 62% | Yanks | John (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. Milt Warden (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 50% | 40% | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | Mike Leak (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 80% | 78% | Rolling Thunder | Major Charles Rane (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Red Alert | Frank Brolen (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 81% | 81% | Marathon Man | Peter Janeway (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 93% | 62% | Family Plot | Arthur Adamson (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 43% | 58% | Report to the Commissioner | Asst. D.A. Jackson (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fear on Trial | John Henry Faulk (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 80% | 91% | The Missiles of October | John F. Kennedy (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Club | Jack Kilburn (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Liberty | Jock Fenner (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Irish Whiskey Rebellion | Lt. Ashley (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bait | Earl Stokey (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Glory Boy | Jimmy Pilgrim (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 85% | 86% | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | The Lawyer (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 300 Year Weekend | Tom (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Old Man's Place | Jimmy Pilgrim (Character) | - | 1971 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 86% | Bosch: Legacy | Whitney Vance (Character) | 2022 |
| 93% | 81% | The Grinder | Dean Sanderson Sr. (Character) | 2015-2016 |
| 87% | 86% | 24 |
James Heller (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2005-2007 2014 |
| 69% | 78% | Revenge | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Nicolas Mason (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Chuck Garrison (Guest Voice) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What About Brian | Michael Davis (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| 33% | No Score Yet | Crumbs | Billy Crumb (Character) | 2006 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Secretary of State Lewis Berryhill (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | The Michael Richards Show | Brady McKay (Character) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Early Edition | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-1999 |
| 43% | No Score Yet | Turks | Sgt. Joe Turk (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | Timecop | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Gloria | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 29% | No Score Yet | The Monroes | Unknown (Character) | 1995 |
| 86% | 86% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| 44% | No Score Yet | Phenom | Lou Del La Rosa (Character) | 1993-1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Knots Landing |
Gregory Sumner (Character), Director |
1983-1987 1990-1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity | Unknown (Character) | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snoop Sisters | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Al Kordic (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Moss Stratton (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Interns | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |