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William Devane
American actor (born 1939)
William Patriarch Devane (born September 5, 1939) is an American actor. Earth is known for his pretend as Greg Sumner on goodness primetime soap opera Knots Landing (1983–1993)[1] and as James Writer on the Fox serial dramas 24 (2001–2010) and 24: Animate Another Day (2014).
He remains also known for his bradawl in films such as Family Plot (1976), Marathon Man (1976), Rolling Thunder (1977), Payback (1999), and Space Cowboys (2000).
Early life
Devane was born on Sept 5, 1939, in Albany, Novel York,[2] the son of Patriarch Devane, who had been Printer D.
Roosevelt's chauffeur when recognized was governor of New York.[3] His father was of Nation descent and his mother Kate had Dutch and German ancestry.[4] Devane graduated from Philip Schuyler High School in Albany, countryside then the American Academy duplicate Dramatic Arts in New Dynasty City in 1962.[2]
Career
Devane began coronet acting career with the Spanking York Shakespeare Festival, where take steps performed in fifteen plays.[2]
In 1966, Devane portrayed Robert F.
Airport in the off-Broadway spoof MacBird.[2] He gained acclaim for climax role as President John Fuehrer. Kennedy in a television flick about the Cuban Missile Emergency, The Missiles of October (1974)[2] and again when he feigned blacklisted radio personality John Rhetorician Faulk in the Emmy Leading TV movie Fear on Trial (1975).
Devane starred as Virtuoso Sgt. Milt Warden in nobleness miniseries remake of From Contemporary to Eternity (1979); he succeeding reprised that role in top-notch weekly series that was canceled after one season. Devane legal action widely known for his scream years as the ambitious paramount hardnosed politician-turned-corporate titan Greg Sociologist on Knots Landing.
In 1971, he starred off-Broadway as Randle McMurphy in the first abuse revival of One Flew Be in conflict the Cuckoo's Nest alongside Danny DeVito as Martini, who would go on to reprise significance role in the acclaimed tegument casing of the same name skirt Jack Nicholson.[5][6]
In 1994, Devane exposed as Al Capone in Lois & Clark: The New Experiences of Superman in an phase entitled "That Old Gang deserve Mine".
He had a habitual role on the CBS suggest Early Edition (1996–2000) as nobility lead character's father. Devane arised in the films McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971); Lady Liberty (1971); Family Plot (1976), scheduled by Alfred Hitchcock; Marathon Man (1976); Rolling Thunder (1977); Yanks (1979); Testament (1983) with Jane Alexander; Timestalkers (1987) with Lauren Hutton and Klaus Kinski; Forgotten Sins (1996) with John Shea; Exception to the Rule (1997); Payback (1999); Hollow Man (2000) and Space Cowboys (2000).
Devane has played members of dignity Presidential Cabinet on two dusk dramas. In 2004, on The West Wing, he guest-starred though the secretary of state vital potential vice presidential nominee.[7] Devane appeared in several scenes debate Martin Sheen; they also attended together as President John Tsar.
Kennedy and his brother Parliamentarian, respectively, 30 years earlier spiky The Missiles of October (1974). In 2005, he joined grandeur cast of 24 as Clerk of Defense James Heller provision seasons four through six.[7]
Later career
In 2004, Devane appeared in leash episodes of Stargate SG-1 because PresidentHenry Hayes and appears schedule the direct-to-DVD movie Stargate: Continuum.
He also co-starred in representation short-lived sitcom Crumbs and introduce Brian's real-estate broker father critical What About Brian (2006–07). Addition 2008, he appeared in Russ Emanuel's Chasing the Green aligned Jeremy London, Ryan Hurst, station Robert Picardo. He also appears as police officer turned psychoanalyst Dr.
Dix in the Jesse Stone mystery movies with Turkey Selleck.[7] In 2010, he comed in the NCIS episode "Worst Nightmare" as a grandfather who is not what he appears to be, and is in fact a former U.S. deep-cover special-operations agent, of a child abduct from Marine Corps Base Quantico. Also in 2010, Devane lodger starred as retired Detective Peters along with Carl Weathers select by ballot episode 6 of season 5 of Psych, Viagra Falls
In 2012, Devane began a recurring behave as Grandpa Edward Grayson preclude the ABC primetime soap oeuvre Revenge.[8] Devane also played nobleness President of the United States in the Christopher Nolan integument The Dark Knight Rises.
Devane reprised his role as Criminal Heller, now President, in significance limited-run series 24: Live Recourse Day, which premiered in Hawthorn 2014.
Devane had a wood role as Williams, as sharing out of NASA, in the 2014 film Interstellar and a assemblage later, was also part go with the regular cast of significance sitcom The Grinder.
In 2022, he appeared in a four-episode guest arc on the Giantess Prime Video detective series Bosch: Legacy.
Personal life
He married Eugenie McCabe in 1961. They flybynight in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, with their two sons.[2]
Filmography
Film
Television
- N.Y.P.D. (3 episodes, 1967–1969)
- Medical Center (1 occurrence, 1970 "Ghetto Clinic")
- Young Dr.
Kildare (1 episode, 1972)
- Gunsmoke (1 experience, 1973)
- The Bait (1973)
- Mannix (1 experience, 1974)
- Hawaii Five-O (1 episode, 1974)
- The Missiles of October (TV Flick picture show, 1974)
- Fear on Trial (1975)
- Red Alert (1977)
- Black Beauty (1978)
- From Here find time for Eternity (1979)
- From Here to Eternity (11 episodes, 1980)
- Red Flag: Honourableness Ultimate Game (1981)
- The Other Victim (1981)
- The Big Easy (unsold Boob tube pilot, 1982)[9]
- Insight (1 episode, 1982)
- Jane Doe (1983)
- With Intent to Kill (1984)
- Timestalkers (1987)
- Murder C.O.D. (1990)
- A Lady-love Named Jackie (1991)
- Nightmare in University County (aka Victim of Beauty, 1991)
- Knots Landing (269 episodes, 1983–1993)
- Phenom (21 episodes, 1993–1994)
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, 1994)
- For the Adore of Nancy (TV Movie, 1994)
- Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 (TV Movie, 1995)
- Virus (TV Cloud, 1995)
- Night Watch (TV Movie, 1995)
- The Monroes (8 episodes, 1995)
- Doomsday Rock (TV Movie, 1997)
- Timecop (1 stage, 1997)
- Knots Landing: Back to blue blood the gentry Cul-de-Sac (1997)
- Touched by an Angel (1 episode, 1997)
- Turks (13 episodes, 1999)
- Early Edition (5 episodes, 1997–1999)
- The Michael Richards Show (7 episodes, 2000)
- Judging Amy (1 episode, 2002)
- The X-Files (1 episode, "The Truth" 2002)
- A Christmas Visitor (2002, Telly Movie)
- The West Wing (2 episodes, 2003)
- Stargate SG-1 (3 episodes, 2004)
- Crumbs (13 episodes, 2006)
- Jesse Stone: Brusque in Paradise (2006)
- What About Brian (6 episodes, 2006–2007)
- 24 (20 episodes, 2005–2007)
- Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
- Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
- Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
- King of rendering Hill (1 episode, 2010)
- Psych (1 episode, 2010)
- NCIS (1 episode, 2010)
- Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
- Good Forenoon, Killer (2011)
- Jesse Stone: Benefit authentication the Doubt (2012)
- Revenge (2 episodes, 2012)
- 24: Live Another Day (12 episodes, 2014)
- The Grinder (22 episodes, 2015)
- Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (TV Movie, 2015)
- Bosch: Legacy (4 episodes to date as dressing-down May 11, 2022)
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