Most Recent Role: President Henry Hayes on Stargate SG-1
Alias Name(s): William De Vane, Bill Devane
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Albany, New York, USA
Birthday: 9-5-1940
Birth Name: William Devane
Alias Name(s): William De Vane, Bill Devane
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Albany, New York, USA
Birthday: 9-5-1940
Birth Name: William Devane
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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, most memorably as the corporate cad in Knots Landing and as the Secretary of Defense James Heller in 24 .
Devane has been married to his wife, Eugenie, since 1961. He owns two Italian restaurants in Southern California, which...
Most Recent Appearance
Stargate SG-1: Continuum
Tuesday 29 July 2008 on SciFi
While attending the execution of the last System Lord, Ba'al, SG-1 are somehow transported back to Earth, sans Teal'c and Vala. Soon after they realize their timeline had been altered after a fleet of Goa'uld motherships have closed in on Earth led by none other than Lord Ba'al, his Queen Qetesh...
News Headlines
- external: Cuthbert, Devane Returning to '24' 2006-02-13
- external: Devane should have stuck to '24' 2006-01-12
- external: Devane a crinkly treat in 'Crumbs' 2006-01-12
- external: 'Knots' reunion! 2005-06-28
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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 owns a ranch in Thermal, California.
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William Devane has been an actor, producer, director, screenwriter, restaurateur, apprentice electrician, and a construction worker.
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William Devane was nominated for his first Emmy in 1971, for his portrayal of President John F Kennedy in The Missiles of October.
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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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William Devane: A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on.
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William Devane: I like to live in the present rather than dwell on the past.
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Other Appearances
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24
James Heller |
Crumbs
Billy Crumb |
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Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise
Dr. Dix |
Knots Landing
Greg Sumner |
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Phenom
Lou Del La Rosa |
The Michael Richards Show
Brady McKay |
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24
James Heller |
Battle of the Network Stars
CBS Team Captain |
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Early Edition
Bernie Hobson |
What About Brian
Michael |
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American Playhouse
Testament Tom Wetherly |
Dinah
October 13, 1977 Himself |
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Dweezil and Lisa
Chicago Tour Himself |
Gunsmoke
Kimbro Moss Stratton |
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Hawaii Five-O
Killer at Sea Fallon |
Hope and Gloria
One Sorry Mother Himself |
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Knots Landing
Just Desserts |
Knots Landing
Bouncing Babies |
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Knots Landing
Survival of the Fittest |
Knots Landing
The Way Things Were |
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Knots Landing
Play, Pause, Search (1) |
Knots Landing
A Merry Little Christmas |
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Knots Landing
Straight Down the Line |
Knots Landing
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down |
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