William Devane
William Joseph Devane (born September 5, 1939 in Albany , New York ) is an American film, television and theater actor.
life and career
Devane was born to Joseph "Joe" Devane, who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's chauffeur during his tenure as governor of New York. He later graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
After graduating, he began his stage career and made his Broadway debut alongside Shirley Knight in The Watering Place . 1966 Devane played Robert F. Kennedy in the Off-Broadway -Stück MacBird .
Devane made his television debut in 1967 as a revolutionary in the independent production In the Country . The personification of John F. Kennedy in the television film The Missiles of October , which is based on Robert Kennedy's book Thirteen Days and is about the Cuban Missile Crisis, earned him wide recognition in 1974. Devane starred in well-known films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Family Grave or in John Schlesinger's The Marathon Man .
Devane is also a popular series actor. He became known with the character of Greg Sumner in the television series Under the California Sun , which he played for ten years. He also often plays political characters. Since episode 7.20 he has played the US president in the science fiction series Stargate - Kommando SG-1 and its offshoot Stargate: Continuum and in 24 (seasons 4 to 6) he played the US Secretary of Defense and in the same role US Presidents in its sequel 24: Live Another Day , as well as the US Secretary of State in several episodes in The West Wing .
Devane has received multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations; for the television series Under the California Sun , he was awarded the Soap Opera Digest Award several times .
He has been married to Eugenie Devane since 1961, with whom he has two children.
Filmography
As an actor
- 1971: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- 1971: Mortadella
- 1975: The Lonely Job (Report to the Commissioner)
- 1976: Family grave (Family Plot)
- 1976: The Marathon Man
- 1977: The Man with the Steel Claw (Rolling Thunder)
- 1977: Major alert (Red Alert)
- 1978: The bears can no longer be stopped (The Bad News Bears Go to Japan)
- 1979: Yanks - Yesterday we were strangers (Yanks)
- 1983: The Last Testament (Testament)
- 1983–1993: Under the California Sun (Knots Landing)
- 1987: The Time Trap (Timestalkers)
- 1992: Hell of Passion (Obsessed)
- 1994: For the Love of Nancy
- 1995: Dread flight of the Boeing 767 (Falling from the Sky: Flight 174)
- 1995: Killer Virus - Death flows in your veins (Virus)
- 1996: Forced to Lie (Forgotten Sins)
- 1997: Asteroid Fire - The Earth Explodes (Doomsday Rock)
- 1997: According to dangerous rules (Exception to the Rule)
- 1998: Payback - Payback
- 2000: Space Cowboys
- 2000: Hollow Man - Invisible Danger (Hollow Man)
- 2001: Race to Space - Mission into the Unknown (Race to Space)
- 2002: Behind the Badge - Murder in a small town idyll (The Badge)
- 2002: The X Files - The Scary Cases of the FBI ( The X-Files , TV series, episodes 9x20–9x21)
- 2003: The West Wing ( The West Wing , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2005–2007: 24 (TV series, 20 episodes)
- 2006: Jesse Stone - Totgeschwiegen ( Death in Paradise , TV movie)
- 2007: Jesse Stone - Old Wounds ( Sea Change , TV movie)
- 2008: Stargate: Continuum
- 2009: Jesse Stone - Thin Ice (Jesse Stone: Thin Ice)
- 2010: Jesse Stone - No Regrets (Jesse Stone: No Remorse)
- 2010: Navy CIS ( NCIS , TV series, episode 8x02)
- 2010: Psych (TV series, episode 5x06)
- 2011: Jesse Stone - Innocence Lost ( Innocents Lost , TV movie)
- 2012: Jesse Stone - the benefit of the doubt ( Benefit of the Doubt , TV movie)
- 2012: The Dark Knight Rises
- 2013: Bad Turn Worse
- 2014: 24: Live Another Day (miniseries, 12 episodes)
- 2014: Interstellar
- 2015: Jesse Stone - Lost in Paradise (TV movie)
- 2015–2016: The Grinder ( The Grinder , TV series, 22 episodes)
As a director
- 1989–1992: Under the California Sun (4 episodes)
As a screenwriter
- 1987–1993: Under the California Sun (4 episodes)
Web links
- William Devane in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernard Weinraub: They Told Devane He'd Be Typecast As a Kennedy (But Which One?) . In: The New York Times .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Devane, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vane, William De; Devane, William J .; Devane, William Joseph (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Albany , New York, United States |