Book William Devane

William Devane is an American actor whose career spans classic stage work, landmark television and major Hollywood films. He started with the New York Shakespeare Festival, performing in fifteen of its productions, played Robert F. Kennedy in the off-Broadway satire MacBird in 1966, and in 1971 led the first stage revival of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest off-Broadway as Randle McMurphy. He earned acclaim as President John F. Kennedy in The Missiles of October (1974) and as blacklisted broadcaster John Henry Faulk in Fear on Trial (1975). His films include McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976), Marathon Man (1976), Rolling Thunder (1977), Payback (1999), Space Cowboys (2000), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Interstellar (2014). Television audiences know him best as the ruthless politician turned tycoon Greg Sumner on Knots Landing, a role he played for ten years from 1983 to 1993, and as Secretary of Defense James Heller on 24 from 2005 to 2007 and 24: Live Another Day in 2014. He also played Al Capone on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Devane brings commanding presence and wit.