William Joseph Devane (born September 5, 1939 in Albany, New York) is an American actor best known for Knots Landing, 24, and Space Cowboys.
He is married to Eugenie Devane and they have two children.
Film Roles
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) as Clement Samuels
- Family Plot (1976) as Arthur Adamson/Edward Shoebridge
- Marathon Man (1976) as Peter Janeway
- The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) as Mike Leak
- Rolling Thunder (1977) as Major Charles Rane
- The Dark (1979) as Roy Warner
- Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) as Mayor Kirby T. Calo
- Testament (1983) as Tom Wetherly
- Exception to the Rule (1997) as Larry Kellerman
- Payback (1999) as Carter
- Space Cowboys (2000) as Eugene "Gene" Davis
- Hollow Man (2000) as Dr. Howard Kramer
- Stargate: Continuum (2008) as President Henry Hayes
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as The President
- Interstellar (2014) as Williams
Television Roles
- Gunsmoke (1973) as Moss Stratton (1 episode)
- Hawaii Five-O (1974) as Fallon (1 episode)
- Mannix (1974) as Al Kordic (1 episode)
- From Here to Eternity (1979) as Milt Warden
- Insight (1982) as Royce (1 episode)
- Knots Landing (1983–93) as Greg Sumner
- Lois & Clark (1994) as Al Capone (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel (1997) as Benjamin Parker (1 episode)
- Judging Amy (2002) as Richard McCarty (1 episode)
- The X-Files (2002) as Gen. Mark Suveg
- The West Wing (2003) as Secretary of State Lewis Barryhill (2 episodes)
- Stargate SG-1 (2004) as President Henry Hayes (3 episodes)
- 24 (2005–07) as James Heller (20 episodes)
- What About Brian (2006–07) as Michael Davis/Michael O'Hara (6 episodes)
- King of the Hill (2010) as Chuck Garrison (1 episode)
- Psych (2010) as Floyd Peters (1 episode)
- NCIS (2010) as Nicolas Mason (1 episode)
- Revenge (2012) as Edward Grayson (2 episodes)
- 24: Live Another Day (2014) as President James Heller (12 episodes)
- The Grinder (2015) as Dean Sanderson Sr.
- Bosch: Legacy (2022) as Whitney Vance (4 episodes)