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Biography

Devane has played tough-guy roles in such notable films as Family Plot, Hollow Man, and Testament. He has also appeared in countless television productions,…more

Born

9/5/1940, Albany, New York, USA

Birth Name

William Devane

Gender

Male

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Star (12)

Role
- TNT Mystery Movie Night
  Everett Morgan "Poppy" Gray
  - S 1: Ep 5 Good Morning, Killer
    12/13/11
- Jesse Stone
  Dr. Dix
  - S 1: Ep 4 Sea Change
    5/22/07
  - S 1: Ep 3 Death in Paradise
    4/30/06
- Crumbs
  Billy Crumb
  - S 1: Ep 5 Six Feet Blunder
    2/7/06
  - S 1: Ep 4 Jody Crumb, Superstar
    2/2/06
  - S 1: Ep 3 Friends in High Places
    1/26/06
  - S 1: Ep 2 Whatever Happened to Baby Bodashka?
    1/19/06
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    1/12/06
  - + 3 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Himself/Greg Sumner
  - S 14: Ep 26 Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again
    12/2/05
- 24
  James Heller
  - S 4: Ep 22 Day 4: 4:00 A.M. - 5:00 A.M.
    5/16/05
  - S 4: Ep 14 Day 4: 8:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
    3/21/05
  - S 4: Ep 13 Day 4: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
    3/14/05
  - S 4: Ep 12 Day 4: 6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
    3/7/05
  - S 4: Ep 11 Day 4: 5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
    2/28/05
  - + 10 More Credits
- The Michael Richards Show
  Brady McKay
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Consultant
    12/19/00
  - S 1: Ep 7 USA Toy
    12/12/00
  - S 1: Ep 6 It's Only Personal
    12/5/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Nursing Home
    11/28/00
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Identity Loan
    11/21/00
  - + 5 More Credits
- Turks
  Sgt. Joseph Turk
  - S 1: Ep 13 Live, Love, Lose and Learn
    4/23/99
  - S 1: Ep 12 Shades Of Gray
    4/22/99
  - S 1: Ep 11 Overkill
    4/15/99
  - S 1: Ep 10 Siege
    4/8/99
  - S 1: Ep 9 Fathers & Sins
    4/1/99
  - + 10 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Greg Sumner
  - S 14: Ep 25 Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-De-Sac (2)
    5/9/97
  - S 14: Ep 24 Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-De-Sac (1)
    5/7/97
  - S 14: Ep 23 The Knots Landing Block Party
    5/13/93
  - S 14: Ep 19 Just Like Old Times (2)
    5/13/93
  - S 14: Ep 18 Just Like Old Times (1)
    5/13/93
  - + 159 More Credits
- The Monroes (1995)
  John Monroe
  - S 1: Ep 5 Bottom's Up
    10/19/95
  - S 1: Ep 4 Emission Control
    10/5/95
  - S 1: Ep 3 Educating Billy
    9/28/95
  - S 1: Ep 2 Triple Cross
    9/21/95
  - S 1: Ep 1 (pilot)
    9/12/95
  - + 3 More Credits
- Phenom
  Lou Del La Rosa
  - S 1: Ep 22 Strictly Lunchroom
    5/10/94
  - S 1: Ep 21 Just a Family of Doolans Sittin' Around Talkin'
    5/3/94
  - S 1: Ep 20 It's a Wonderful Mid-Life Crisis
    4/5/94
  - S 1: Ep 19 Angela's Fifteen Minutes
    3/15/94
  - S 1: Ep 18 Dianne's Young Buck
    2/22/94
  - + 17 More Credits
- Knots Landing
  Gregory "Greg" Sumner [ seasons 5-14 ]
  - S 13: Ep 19 Trials and Tribulations
    3/5/92
  - S 13: Ep 18 Dedicated to the One I Love
    2/27/92
  - S 13: Ep 17 Denials
    2/6/92
  - S 13: Ep 16 Baths and Showers
    1/30/92
  - S 13: Ep 15 Letting Go
    1/23/92
  - + 93 More Credits
- A Woman Named Jackie
  \'Black Jack\' Bouvier
Recurring Role (8)

Role
- 24
  James Heller
  - S 6: Ep 24 Day 6: 5:00 A.M. - 6:00 A.M.
    5/21/07
  - S 6: Ep 20 Day 6: 1:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.
    4/30/07
  - S 5: Ep 19 Day 5: 1:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.
    4/24/06
  - S 5: Ep 18 Day 5: 12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M.
    4/17/06
  - S 5: Ep 17 Day 5: 11:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.
    4/10/06
- What About Brian
  Michael O'Hara
  - S 2: Ep 9 What About True Confessions...
    12/18/06
  - S 2: Ep 6 What About What Was Supposed to Be…
    11/20/06
  - S 2: Ep 5 What About Angelo's Ashes...
    11/13/06
- What About Brian
  Michael Davis
  - S 2: Ep 8 What About Secrets…
    12/11/06
- What About Brian
  Michael
  - S 2: Ep 4 What About the Fish...
    10/30/06
- Early Edition
  Bernie Hobson
  - S 4: Ep 2 Duck Day Afternoon
    10/2/99
  - S 3: Ep 21 Home Groan
    5/1/99
  - S 2: Ep 20 Don't Walk Away, Renee
    5/9/98
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Fourth Carpathian
    4/18/98
  - S 1: Ep 22 Dad
    5/3/97
- Battle of the Network Stars
  CBS Team Captain
  - S 9: Ep 1 Special #17
    12/20/84
  - S 8: Ep 2 Special #16
    5/3/84
  - S 8: Ep 1 Special #15
    11/3/83
- Battle of the Network Stars
  NBC Team Captain
  - S 4: Ep 2 Special #8
    5/4/80
- Battle of the Network Stars
  NBC Team
  - S 3: Ep 2 Special #6
    5/7/79
  - S 3: Ep 1 Special #5
    11/18/78
Guest Star (32)

Role
- Revenge
  Edward Grayson
  - S 1: Ep 15 Chaos
    2/15/12
  - S 1: Ep 14 Perception
    2/8/12
- NCIS
  Nicolas Mason
  - S 8: Ep 2 Worst Nightmare
    9/28/10
- Psych
  Peters
  - S 5: Ep 6 Viagra Falls
    8/18/10
- Stargate SG-1
  President Henry Hayes
  - S 11: Ep 2 Stargate SG-1: Continuum
    7/29/08
  - S 7: Ep 22 Lost City (2)
    3/19/04
  - S 7: Ep 21 Lost City (1)
    3/12/04
  - S 7: Ep 20 Inauguration
    3/5/04
- What About Brian
  Michael
  - S 2: Ep 10 What About the Tangled Web…
    1/8/07
- TV Land Confidential
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Breakout and Disappearing Stars
    10/12/05
- Dweezil and Lisa
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Chicago Tour
    2/20/04
- The West Wing
  Lewis Berryhill
  - S 5: Ep 3 Jefferson Lives
    10/8/03
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Dogs of War
    10/1/03
- The X-Files
  General Mark Suveg
  - S 9: Ep 19 The Truth (1)
    5/19/02
- Judging Amy
  Richard McCarty
  - S 3: Ep 12 Who Shot Dick?
    1/8/02
- Touched By an Angel
  Benjamin Parker
  - S 4: Ep 7 Sandcastles
    11/2/97
- Timecop
  Detective John Langdon
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Heist
    9/29/97
- Hope and Gloria
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 16 One Sorry Mother
    3/16/96
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
  Al Capone
  - S 2: Ep 7 That Old Gang of Mine
    11/13/94
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 1 The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/94
  - S 18: Ep 1 The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/92
- Good Morning America
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 223 November 11, 1992
    11/11/92
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 53 April 1, 1992
    4/1/92
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 66 Show #4477
    2/11/92
  - S 17: Ep 53 Show #3053
    2/13/79
  - S 16: Ep 42 Show #2942
    1/19/78
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 78 January 9, 1992
    1/9/92
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 72 December 10, 1991
    12/10/91
- American Playhouse
  Tom Wetherly
  - S 4: Ep 1 Testament
    11/26/84
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 140 April 3, 1980
    4/3/80
  - S 4: Ep 23 October 13, 1977
    10/13/77
- Hawaii Five-O
  Fallon
  - S 6: Ep 23 Killer at Sea
    2/19/74
- Mannix
  Kordic
  - S 7: Ep 16 The Dark Hours
    1/20/74
- Snoop Sisters
  Guest Star
- Medical Center
  Dr. Waltham
  - S 5: Ep 11 Nightmare
    12/3/73
  - S 4: Ep 12 Gladiator
    12/6/72
- Ironside
  Smiley
  - S 7: Ep 9 Downhill All the Way (2)
    11/8/73
  - S 7: Ep 8 Downhill All the Way (1)
    11/8/73
- Gunsmoke
  Moss Stratton
  - S 18: Ep 21 Kimbro
    2/12/73
- Ironside
  Chambers
  - S 6: Ep 6 Riddle Me Death
    11/2/72
- Medical Center
  Dr. Ray Waltham
  - S 2: Ep 6 Ghetto Clinic
    10/21/70
- N.Y.P.D.
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 18 Candy Man (2)
    2/18/69
  - S 2: Ep 17 Candy Man (1)
    2/11/69
- N.Y.P.D.
  Laney
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Screaming Woman
    9/19/67
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Jesse Stone
  Dr. Dix
  - S 1: Ep 6 No Remorse
    5/9/10
Writer (1)

Role
- Knots Landing
  Writer
  - S 14: Ep 14 The Way Things Were
    2/11/93
  - S 9: Ep 26 Just Desserts
    4/14/88
  - S 9: Ep 20 Bouncing Babies
    2/25/88
  - S 8: Ep 21 Survival of the Fittest
    2/12/87
Director (1)

Role
- Knots Landing
  Director
  - S 13: Ep 12 And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
    1/2/92
  - S 12: Ep 26 Play, Pause, Search (1)
    5/16/91
  - S 12: Ep 12 A Merry Little Christmas
    12/20/90
  - S 10: Ep 25 Straight Down the Line
    5/4/89

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- His father was the chauffeur of Franklin Roosevelt when he was Governor of New York.
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- He is best known for playing political roles.
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- William Devane was nominated for an Emmy in 1975 and 1976. He was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1987.
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- William Devane: The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.
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- William Devane: The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process.
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- William Devane: My objective (on Knots) was to act what was not there, which is not what television is about. In television that's why you have so many people who aren't really talented who are successful at it because it's all there in front of them, you just act what's on the page and you're fine.
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